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While some IT firms are battening down the hatches, EMC's Joe Tucci says that a recession is the perfect time to position the business for growth, writes Eamon McGrane

JOE TUCCI should have been tired and frayed around the edges. He and his entourage of fellow EMC execs checked into their hotel room in Cork at 4.45am after arriving in Ireland by private jet.