What Will The Future Hold?

Given that EMC does not want to be broken up or sold, and that many potential suitors don't have the financial capability or intestinal fortitude to take on a merger with or acquisition of EMC, chances are that the status quo will rule and EMC will remain an independent company completely happy with its VMware stake.

One variable is that EMC Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci is slated to retire in February 2015. Unlike many companies EMC's size, EMC has at least three solid executives who could easily step in and take the reins when Tucci retires. That is, assuming he does retire, an assumption that could prove wrong as it has already in the past couple of years.

Placing a bet on the status quo could be the safest yet in the story of what will happen to EMC.