1.   And when tenants stop paying their monthly rental fees, the storage companies turn their goods into junk for the auction block.

2.   As an artist about to leave on a long trip to Italy, I called a storage company to have someone pack the artwork in my studio.

3.   At EMC, the data storage company, the customer help desk is just steps away from the office of the vice president of products.

4.   At the same time, storage companies like EMC Corp.

5.   A spokesman for EMC Corp., the Hopkinton,Mass.-based computer data storage company that Egan cofounded, said the firm was unaware of any problems.

6.   But the recognition that people wanted a storage company that would also pick up and deliver stuck with him.

7.   Computer makers and storage companies displayed strength as well.

8.   Egan is the founder and past CEO of EMC, a Hopkinton-based computer data storage company.

9.   Emulex, a California storage company, found that out Monday.

10.   EMC is the top storage company here, in Europe, and in Asia, except for Japan.