EMC continued its push into hybrid clouds on Tuesday, buying three startups and introducing a package of hardware, software and services for getting a cloud up and running.

Cloud computing is part of EMC’s vision for a so-called “3rd Platform” of IT, along with big data, social networking and mobile capabilities. The company has its roots in storage but now calls itself a federation of businesses that can deliver that platform to enterprises through VMware’s virtualization software, RSA’s security products and Pivotal’s big-data and PaaS (platform as a service) technologies.

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