It was Australia’s turn to meet the eponymous founder of Dell last week, with a small sprinkling of New Zealand media joining in to listen to the man who founded a US$60 billion company, and to interrogate him on the future of the business.
Dell’s direct sales model via the internet and phone is still not understood by many, says Dell executive Mike Gray, who visited New Zealand recently.
My slight aversion to projectors, based on the often washed-out images they often produce, along with noisy fans and difficult set-ups, was cured when DLP (Digital Light Processing), a Texas Instruments-developed technology, came onto the market.
Hewlett-Packard continues to dominate all sectors of the PC market, according to analyst firm IDC’s final figures for the first quarter of the year. However, Acer has displaced Dell at number two, a reflection of market concentration on notebooks, which showed 20.8% growth.
This week’s spike in my job-satisfaction index is sponsored by that least likely of catalysts: Dell. That vendor’s acquisition of the low-volume, high-end PC maker Alienware is so strategically brilliant that I may have to ditch Dell and find a new exemplar for the lack of vision and innovation that typifies the PC market.
The only slapstick in Hewlett Packard CIO Randall Mott’s approach to IT is the Three Stooges art on his tie. Although Mott may smile from time to time as he describes the challenges involved in consolidating his company’s internal IT operations, there’s nothing haphazard about his goals, which are to cut costs and improve operations.
Dell has confirmed that it has lost a services deal with Philips that was valued at up to US$700 million (NZ$1.05 billion).
Dell will build laptops with embedded modems that can connect to US wireless network operator Cingular’s HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) network.
New name will better reflect Dell’s growth into other areas
Dell's eventual entry into the printer and personal digital assistant (PDA) markets will cause headaches for some vendors and delight users as the company drives down prices, analysts say.
Notebook computer shipments grew 18%,