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• Memo to Dell: Pump Up Ubuntu Linux

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-07

  Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: Hey Greg Davis. You’ve just been named Dell’s DELL global channel chief -- in charge of the PC giant’s worldwide partner strategy. What are you going to do to help bolster Dell's profits? Here’s one suggestion: Offer some Ubuntu Linux PCs to Dell's...

  Tags: Hardware, Software, Joe Panettieri, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp.

• With Second Dell Client Gone, Enfatico Must Prove Itself in 2009 -- Cheaply

  BNET - 2008-12-31

  Dell laid off Mark Jarvis, the company's chief marketing officer, raising questions about Enfatico's relationship with the client. Jarvis was a supporter of the agency, and the second client-exec-supporter of Enfatico's to go. Back in November, vp marketing Casey Jones lost his job. He was the "creator" of Enfatico, the...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Enfatico, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jim Edwards

• Top Dell Execs Leave as PC Maker Restructures

  Reuters - 2008-12-31

  By Jim FinkleBOSTON (Reuters) - Two top Dell Inc executives recruited to help turn around the No. 2 PC maker are leaving as part of the second major staff shake-up in the two years since founder Michael Dell returned as CEO.The company, once the top PC maker, has slashed jobs...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., President, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Michael Dell, Smb/Sme, Us

• Apple and Dell Business PC Purchases Limp Towards the New Year

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-31

  Paul Carton ChangeWave Alliance submits: Business PC buying continues to deteriorate as we head into 2009, according to ChangeWave's latest survey on corporate PCs. For the fourth-consecutive survey, we are seeing a reduction in corporate PC buying plans for the next quarter. Importantly, the percentage of companies planning...

  Tags: Hardware, Paul Carton, Apple Inc., Dell Computer Corp.

• Dell: Everyone Becomes a Consultant

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-31

  Wednesday closes a chapter in the Dell DELL recovery story: Founder and CEO Michael Dell hired Mike Cannon, formerly chief executive of contract electronics manufacturer Solectron (sold to Flextronics FLEX last year), in February of 2007 to fill a new post of President of Global Operations. Today, Cannon is departing,...

  Tags: Hardware, Tiernan Ray, Dell Computer Corp.

• Dell Preparing Senior Management Changes: Report

  Reuters - 2008-12-31

  (Reuters) - Dell Inc's president of global operations, Michael Cannon, and chief marketing officer, Mark Jarvis will leave their roles in moves expected to be announced soon, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people briefed on the matter.The people told the paper that they expect Jarvis to leave Dell, while...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Us

• Dell to Apple: Our Laptops Are Greener Than Yours

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-22

  Greentech Media submits: By Ucilia Wang How green are Apple's AAPL laptops? Not as green as you think, said a Dell DELL executive in a blog post Friday. by Greentech Media

  Tags: Hardware, Greentech Media, Apple Inc., Dell Computer Corp.

• Less Packaging Makes Dell Greener

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-18

  Aaron Krawitz submits: How can enterprise customers receive hundreds of servers with a fraction of the packaging? This is the obstacle that faced Oliver Campbell, Dell Inc.’s DELL senior manager of global packaging. The answer struck Campbell as he was gulping down frosty beers with clients and colleagues....

  Tags: Hardware, Aaron Krawitz, Dell Computer Corp.

• Dell Cuts 20 Million Pounds of Packaging Materials

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-17

  Greentech Media submits: By Michael Kanellos It’s plastic for paper at Dell DELL. by Greentech Media

  Tags: Hardware, Greentech Media, Dell Computer Corp.

• Desperation Marketing: Apple, Dell, HP, XM Sirius, and CES Just Examples

  BNET - 2008-12-16

  When an industry is feeling an economic pinch, you can feel it in the advertising. Yes, the amount of ad spending drops, as has been obvious in reports from those who track it. But the quality of the advertising itself begins to change, as companies try to close the business...

  Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., XM Satellite Radio Inc., Apple Inc., Sirius, Apple Store, Odds, Blu-Ray, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Sales, Marketing, Erik Sherman

• Webcast: Essential Archive Requirements for E-Discovery

  BNET - 2008-12-10

  Corporate lawsuits are inevitable. When companies are sued, electronic data, and especially email is the first target of legal discovery. With increases in lawsuit frequency and the volume of electronic data, e-Discovery search is becoming a critical capability and potential liability for most organizations. The savings from one major lawsuit...

  Tags: Lawsuit, Dell Computer Corp., Webcast, MessageOne, E-mail, Online Communications

• Google loses out to Microsoft in Dell search deal - Rumour

  Strategy Eye - 2008-12-08

  Dell is replacing its existing search deal with Google and is in the process of negotiating a new deal with Microsoft. The new will reportedly see new PCs sold with Microsoft's Live Search toolbar pre-installed, according to online rumours. The...

  Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Internet Search, Search Technology, Microsoft Corp., Rumour, Search, Internet, Sales Strategy, Sales, Dell, Google, Microsoft, Andrew McDonald

• DELL Offers Easier Financing, Despite Rising Credit Losses

  BNET - 2008-12-08

  In a move to boost sales and profits of higher-margin items like corporate server computers, DELL is offering zero-percent financing to commercial customers. Ironically, the decision to offer easier financing terms comes after word that the PC maker's financing arm, Dell Financial Services DFS, reported an increase in credit losses...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Financing, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, David Phillips

• Tech Roundup: Yahoo Stumbles, Dell Grumbles, VC Tumbles, More

  BNET - 2008-12-01

  Yahoo considers a CEO without media or Internet experience as Carl Icahn increases his stake in the comapny and Microsoft says "no, thanks"; Dell's numbers only reached their poor state with cutting some new consumer electronic products and massive layoffs; orders for WiMAX equipment still rolling in to Taiwan manufacturers;...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Yahoo! Inc., WiMAX, Telephony, Consumer Electronics, Wi-Fi, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless, Networking, Personal Technology, Erik Sherman

• Netbooks Will Push Games to the Cloud

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-24

  Bruce Everiss submits: /strong Netbooks are a recent and significant innovation. Basically they are very small notebook computers with stripped down capabilities that are optimised for connectivity. They all have wi fi and some have bluetooth and some have 3G cellphone capabilities. They have two massive advantages. The...

  Tags: Hardware, Bruce Everiss, Dell Computer Corp., Google Inc.

• Dell Should Do a SmartPhone Acquisition

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-24

  Sramana Mitra submits: Dell Inc DELL, the No.2 PC vendor with annual revenue of $61 billion, reported its third quarter results last Thursday. Though slowdowns in IT spending and demand saw its revenue decline and miss estimates, Dell’s cost-cutting measures have boosted its earnings, beating expectations. Last quarter, Dell...

  Tags: Hardware, Sramana Mitra, Dell Computer Corp.

• Dell, HP: A Tale of Two PC Makers

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-24

  Santosh Sankar submits: PC makers Hewlett Packard HPQ and Dell DELL posted earnings last week partially lessening concerns that PC manufacturers will follow their tech counterparts in the spending downturn. Intel’s INTC recent remarks did not bode well as revenue guidance was lowered by over $1 billion due to softening...

  Tags: Hardware, Santosh Sankar, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.

• More Apple Numbers: Unit Sales, Net Sales Per Unit, Comparison to Dell

  BNET - 2008-11-24

  When Lindsay Blakely dug through Apple's fiscal year 2008 October through September 10-K and found the company's actual advertising expenditures, that got me wondering what else might be in the hundred and one pages. Let's start with the actual number of product units that Apple sold... by Erik Sherman

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Advertisement, Unit, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Erik Sherman

• Dell Wins Big SaaS Contract, Care of IBM

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-23

  Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: At first glance, IBM IBM has won a massive $873 million outsourcing contract with the State of Georgia. But I took a closer look and discovered Dell Managed Services will also cash in on the engagement. A trusted source says the contract ranks...

  Tags: Software, Joe Panettieri, Dell Computer Corp., IBM Corp.

• Dell: Costs Drop, But So Does Demand

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-21

  Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: As I noted earlier, Dell’s results for the fiscal third quarter ended October 31 included weaker than expected results at the top line, but better than expected profits, thanks to significant cost cutting and improving gross margins. Here are a few key tidbits from the...

  Tags: Hardware, Eric Savitz, Dell Computer Corp.

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