Comments on: Dell to Buy Perot Systems for Services http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Michael Dell Talks Up Services and Coming Upgrades — But Trashes Netbooks http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224600 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:39:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224600 [...] toward focusing on services, solutions, the enterprise and emerging countries. He said Dell’s recently announced $3.9 billion acquisition of Perot Systems is directly focused on offering services to enterprises. Hewlett-Packard and IBM have been building [...]

]]> By: Will Xerox’s $6.4 Billion Bet on the Cloud Pay off? http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224599 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:26:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224599 [...] week Dell said it would buy Perot Systems and the year before HP purchased EDS, another outsourcer. Both moves were efforts to get deeper [...]

]]> By: Sandeep http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224598 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:12:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224598 What will happen to the Perot emplyees after this merger? Is this benficial to the Perot employees?

OR

Will they fire/reduce some of the Perot emplyees? What do you say :(

]]> By: engago team http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224597 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:44:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224597 Form fast moving products with online sales
To slow moving project sales.

DELL is not a genius.

]]> By: Phone Reviews http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224596 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:01:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224596 Once again, Dell plays follow the leader. HP bought a Plano-based services company, so Mikey did too.

]]> By: Invest Tools http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224595 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:50:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224595 $30 per share in cash? not bad for Perot Systems. I hope it’s a good deal for Dell in long term.

]]> By: Dell To Buy Perot Systems For $3.9B — tinyComb http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224594 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:59:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224594 [...] Last year HP purchased EDS, an IT services company that was also founded by Ross Perot, in 1962. (Om) Related Posts:Dell Phone To Launch In China Within DaysIs The New Dell Phone A Palm?Dell's New [...]

]]> By: Niraj http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224593 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:30:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224593 A PC Assembler + a US only outsourcer not equal any strategic advantage.

HP + EDS –> had a big play on cloud computing — > next growth area

Dell + Perot –> can only mint cash cow , legacy businesses – would be hard to be a growth driver

]]> By: P. Roagain http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224592 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:13:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224592 “Here we go again” are the words Ross Perot used when he started Perot Systems after selling out EDS to General Motors to become a billionaire. The cycle is now complete. My condolences to all of the loyal employees who will be the casualties necessary to make the aquisition successful and Perot even richer. Hopefully, you’ll still be able to pay your mortgage/rent/car payments. Just check out the blogs about what happened to loyal EDS employees after the latest HP buyout.

]]> By: gbp http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224591 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:16:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224591 Only if you know how to run the business.
Perot FWIW, is not a big player in high end business /software consulting in commercial sector.
Their major customers are government and healthcare sector. Dell can milk existing contracts for some time. But they ( both Perot and Dell) are way behind in terms of competing in high priced business consulting.

They are good for desktop support, configuration management tools , help desk ticketing…
which are not commodity business.

]]> By: gbp http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224590 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:11:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224590 Yup,
This is a disaster , Michael Dell wants to make extra money from services, but its fast becoming low margin business. Besides Perot is not in the same league as IBM’s business consulting or Accenture.

I wish they bought PALM rather than Perot.

]]> By: Anna Langella http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224589 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:08:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224589 Wow. That is a game changer of sorts….
After HP/Compaq/DE lining up service and hardware…. took Dell long enough to decide to go this route….
To bad they missed coming up with a competitive mp3 player/phone with a developer network… but hey competing the old fashion way on service and support has gotta work… doesn’t it?

]]> By: nerd http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224588 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:07:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224588 Not for long time….

]]> By: techie http://gigaom.com/2009/09/21/dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-services/#comment-224587 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:55:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70459#comment-224587 Dell+Perot — are still miles behind HP or IBM…

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