EMC CEO Joe Tucci

LAS  VEGAS — EMC kicks off its annual EMC World conference Monday at the Venetian here, and up first on the agenda is the general session for its partner community.

Last year was the first time the storage giant held a Global Partner Summit in concert with its larger end user event, and used the opportunity to highlight new rules of engagement that more clearly delineated the interactions between EMC’s own sales force and that of its partners.

So what’s on the agenda for EMC and its Velocity partner program at this year’s event? Join me after the jump to find out. The liveblog should start updating at around 8:30 am Pacific, 11:30 am Eastern Monday morning.

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