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Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statement

Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statementDoes that make him...?Just wondering if that makes him the majority shareholder now? Or could that be his goal, to make sure he retains control over Dell as a rule because he may be considering stepping aside as CEO to pursue something...

Tags: Mortgages, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, believer

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Michael Dell's 2008 compensation almost halved, but security tab remains

Michael Dell's 2008 compensation almost halved, but security tab remainsHay Mike I blue screenedNow what---

Tags: Benefits, Michael Dell, compensation, security

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

Michael Dell promises 'Greenprint' reference architecture

Michael Dell promises 'Greenprint' reference architectureI doubt that is a direct quote.Is the part in parenthesis from you or from Dell?

Tags: GreenPrint, Michael Dell

Discussion threads 2007-11-18

Michael Dell: Changing the economics of SMB storage

Michael Dell: Changing the economics of SMB storageMore garbage from DellDell has no business in the reliability game. They make garbage plain and simple.RE: Michael Dell: Changing the economics of SMB storageI have played with one of these and they are excellent value for money. Here in the...

Tags: SMB/SME, SMB Storage, Michael Dell, small and medium business, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Michael Dell unaware of accounting woe; says Dell misjudged demand

Michael Dell unaware of accounting woe; says Dell misjudged demanddell & iraqFrom what I've heard, most of the contractors and army are using Dell machines in Iraq for whatever reason, does anyone know what sort of revenue that has generated for the company?RE: Michael Dell unaware of accounting woe; says...

Tags: Operational accounting, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, accounting woe, accounting

Discussion threads 2007-09-05

Shut down Dell and give the money back to shareholders

Shut down Dell and give the money back to shareholdersdamn dell financialI got ripped off by dell as did my friends. Promise this and don't get it and charged more. I was involved in the class action suit and got a refund. $4oo. less than I was harrassed for. The...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Financial accounting, shareholder, Apple Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, computer

Discussion threads 2007-07-29

Shut down Dell and give the money back to shareholders

In October 1997 at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97, Michael Dell was asked what he'd do if he was in charge of Apple Computer. Dell responded to an audience of several thousand IT executives "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."According to Mac Daily News: A...

Tags: Humor, Finance, AAPL

Blog posts 2007-07-29

Hey Michael Dell, bring customer service home

One of the reasons given for Michael Dell re-claiming the CEO mantle at Dell last week was the realization that customer service standards had slipped, and need to be restored.In our ZDNet neighborhood, as well as in the blogosphere and among friends and neighbors, this perception has taken on...

Tags: customer service, Dell Computer Corp., General, Michael Dell, trends

Blog posts 2007-02-05

The problem at Dell wasn't the CEO. It's the commodity R&D

Michael Dells reassumption of the CEOs post at Dell is a shell game that can do little more than temporarily assuage Wall Street. Lets be honest. As chairman of the company, Michael Dell had whatever opportunity and access he needed (to the now-ex CEO Kevin Rollins as well as other...

Tags: General, Vista, Hardware Infrastructure, Mobile, Dell Computer Corp., DSi

Blog posts 2007-02-02

Dell digs greener tech

Michael Dell wants to plant some treesFrom CES 2007: Chairman Michael Dell explains his company's plan to aid the greening of the planet through online customer donations to a tree-planting fund.

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Videos 2007-01-10

Dell unveils first AMD-based servers

Michael Dell introduces AMD servers at Oracle OpenWorldFrom Oracle OpenWorld 2006: Michael Dell discusses two new systems available starting today: the four-processor PowerEdge 6950 and the two-processor PowerEdge SC1435. Both use Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor, a first for Dell.

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Michael Dell

Videos 2006-10-23

Michael Dell talks PC history

Industry leader remembers his first computerMichael Dell, a college dropout whose company went on to become a tech-industry giant, has led the rise and evolution of the PC. On the 25th anniversary of IBM's first desktop, Dell talks with CNET News.com's Tom Krazit about his first computer, which came from...

Tags: Michael Dell

Videos 2006-08-03

Michael Dell takes direct model into emerging markets

"97 percent of the people we want to sell our products to don't live in the U.S."At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Dell Chairman Michael Dell tells Gartner analysts Jennifer Beck and John Enck that the fastest-growing markets for the company are outside the U.S. and that the...

Tags: Michael Dell, emerging market

Videos 2005-10-21

Oracle OpenWorld: Just one last thing...

Dell's PR today sent us some screen shots from the hysterical Tech Force video shown during Michael Dell's keynote Video at Oracle OpenWorld. It was described as a Dell training video to show how to work with Oracle as a sales team. The video was a spoof on the recent...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., video, Tech Force

Blog posts 2004-12-13

Dell opens up about 'scalable' strategy

Michael Dell addresses attendees at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco.Dell Chairman Michael Dell talks about the PC maker's vision to offerlow-cost, scalable computing for the enterprise that delivers on meetingindustry standards.

Tags: Michael Dell, Dell Computer Corp., strategy

Videos 2004-12-07

Michael Dell: IBM deal a dud

Michael Dell: IBM deal a dudHard to argue his points.Making two companies work together is tough, making one company work with the Chinese government owners of Lenovo is going to prove to be much, much harder.Of course Mr Dell would say this, DUH!"mergers haven't been successful"? HUH? Maybe...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Desktops, Processors, IBM Corp., merger, Michael Dell, IBM PowerPC, Dell Computer Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2004-12-07

Michael Dell: Large and in charge (of the industry)?

Bill Gates may be on top of Forbes list of richest people. But two stories in today's news make it evident that Michael Dell may now be the boss when it comes to the computer business. The first of these, discussed below is a story about how AMD...

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Blog posts 2004-10-26

Michael Dell: Facts on Dell

The company can take a PC order and within 90 minutes have the necessary materials delivered by its suppliers. Dell sells between 120,000 and 140,000 PCs a day. Michael Dell at Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT

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Blog posts 2003-09-29

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Executive 'sleepers'

Strong executive sponsorship is a practical necessity for achieving successful IT projects. But what about those so-called sponsors who fail to engage and follow through on the responsibilities of their role? by Michael Krigsman

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Executive Sponsorship, Laurie, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23