EXHIBIT 23.6

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Documentum, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 of EMC Corporation of our report dated January 28, 2003, relating to
the consolidated balance sheet of Documentum, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2002, and the consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the
2002 financial statement schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2002
on Form 10-K of Documentum, Inc.

Our report refers to our audit of the adjustments and disclosures that were
applied to revise the 2001 and 2000 consolidated financial statements as more
fully described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. However, we
were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the 2001 and 2000
consolidated financial statements of Documentum, Inc. other than with respect to
such adjustments and disclosures and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion
or any other form of assurance on the 2001 and 2000 consolidated financial
statements taken as a whole.

We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
Registration Statement.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Mountain View, California
October 27, 2003