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 to be filed on or about November 17, 2003 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 financial statement schedule, which
report appears in the December 31, 2002 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
November 17, 2003