The takeover is expected to be completed in 2016. According to Dell, it will then be active in a market with a volume of two trillion dollars. With the purchase of EMC, Dell is also taking over VMware's share package.
EMC holds 80 percent of the shares in the virtualization specialist. The company will remain independent and will also be traded independently of Dell on the stock exchange.
In addition to VMware, EMC's portfolio also includes the security specialist RSA. EMC shareholders will receive 24.05 dollars in cash and 0.111 VMware shares per share.
Dell founder Michael Dell, his investment company MSD Partners, the investment company Silver Lake and the Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek will issue new shares.
The two companies formed an alliance back in October 2001 with the aim of providing customers with efficient NAS solutions for the storage, management and backup of information.
Dell founder Michael Dell will lead the joint company as Chairman and CEO. The 68-year-old EMC CEO Joseph M. Tucci will remain in office until the takeover is completed.
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