Comments on: Dell’s golden opportunity isn’t in servers

By: Tiger Michael

Tiger Michael — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:34:02 +0000

Dell is now in the midst of laying off all the experienced support engineers from the Perot acquisition. They will now go down the path of HP.

By: Dell Michael

Dell Michael — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:30:52 +0000

Brad is correct. And now Dell is laying off all the experienced Perot acquired engineers in favor of low labor cost India & Mexico associates. So much for Perot changing Dell away from a widget selling company. They will be the next HP.

By: Guest2

Guest2 — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:51:35 +0000

It will be about all the things you mention, but you will not need specialized hardware of the Tanberg’s and Polycom’s of the world. All you need these days is a web cam and Microsoft Lync.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:49:33 +0000

Ninety percent of my data centers is all Dell. They all run without issues. Perhaps the machines don’t suck as much as your tech staff does?

By: Jeff Tishgart

Jeff Tishgart — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:48:29 +0000

Dell’s recent acquisitions have enabled them to greatly expand their services portfolio. Their migration from being a “box pusher” has been relatively quick with minimal culture shock or organizational redundancy. From an outsider point of view, I am impressed. The logical progression of their service offers will need to be around differentiation from the other players. While this has been accomodated in the healthcare vertical through the Perot integration, this must happen organically across other verticals and portfolio solutions. This is most evident in the cloud space where they have a fresh slate and need to drive towards business-relevant outcomes. I’m excited to witness Dell 2.0

By: AliOmar

AliOmar — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:09:14 +0000

It will be about Video Calling/Conference, VOIP, Presentation collaboration via Video communication, Video broadcasting, video mail, video customer support & Video answering machine, Video Communications in Industries, Services & Education

No 1 Cisco acquired Tundberg 2-Polycom 3-Logitech acquired in video calling Lifesize, Sightspeed, Paredial & Mirial

So i believe Dell to acquire either Polycom or Lifesize to be part of of the next big thing

By: Doug Garday

Doug Garday — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:34:16 +0000

Its interesting to note people emotions to quality, or lack thereof. While TV, print and internet commercials target the right-brained emotional people (ooh I want it). They totally ignore the other half of the population that makes decisions based on quality and value.

By: Reader

Reader — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:12:25 +0000

As a result of the acquiring Perot, Dell has become the NUMBER ONE healthcare services provider in the world. Indeed Dell is doing very well with the Perot acquisition.

By: Brad Stanton

Brad Stanton — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:24:27 +0000

Main problem is that majority of Dell leaders are of a hardware background. They continue to focus on RUM (revenue, units, margin.) Doesn’t seem they have truly enabled the Perot acquisition to garner the higher end of services. Get them to name how many Global 500 accounts they have that are at least 50% or more outsourced to them. All that being said, don’t under estimate them, the culture is embedded for passionate and enduring work. If they get the right leaders in there that truly understand services, watch out!

By: Michael Dell

Michael Dell — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:06:38 +0000

Dell bashing occurs because they deserve it. Their servers absolutely suck. I use to have multiple racks of servers some with HP/Compaq and the other with Dell. The Dell servers were always having some sort of problem, whereas the HP just ran.