Kevin Rollins
Kevin Rollins
Kevin Barney Rollinsis an American businessman and philanthropist. The former President and CEO of Dell Inc., in 2006 Rollins was named by London's CBR as the 9th Most Influential person in the Enterprise IT sector...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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We now have excellent balance, and the focus is on our enterprise products.
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In the enterprise, the trend is towards smaller, more powerful standardized systems where Dell is uniquely positioned.
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At Dell, we're on a mission to find, hire and develop diverse talent. Thurmond has galvanized our internal belief that to be a successful company and a great place to work, Dell must leverage the similarities and differences of employees. The Austin Area Urban League could not have picked a more deserving recipient of its 2006 Whitney M. Young Junior Award.
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As we continue to attract new customers worldwide, our team in India has played a vital role in the company's operations.
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As we look at the dynamics of the industry...we see normal seasonal trends (and) good growth, healthy growth. And if what people are saying about our competition and the industry being down, we're probably taking more share this quarter than we anticipated.
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The U.S. consumer business didn't grow that fast this quarter, but it's still a great business,
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The first quarter is always the toughest quarter for us.
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And our size: The company this year is going to be close to $50 billion, so if that's the case and you can continue to grow that fast, I would rather put my energies to solving customer problems and growing our business than worrying about integrating and laying people off.
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The market is in a very strange mood, and so with earnings and revenue growth estimates, it's pretty hard to predict how the market's going to react to a company's earnings and revenue growth rate right now,
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If you look at Internet companies today that have no earnings but have a lot of stock value and the high cost to buy them, we can't see in our business model where it makes a whole lot of sense,
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After the second quarter, we took a hard look at execution and made changes to balance our pricing and product range, ... We implemented improvements to increase efficiency and drive lower operating expenses, and we focused resources to improve customer support. We are already seeing results including the consolidation.
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We drove a better balance across all price points of our products and greater operational efficiencies this quarter, and performed at the high level of execution we expect for ourselves. Our success in countries such as China and Germany shows the Dell direct business model is preferred by customers in all regions and provides us with a unique advantage and opportunity for continued growth.
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Supply costs have flattened somewhat, but our competitive advantage has not.
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Our success in countries such as China and Germany shows the Dell direct business model is preferred by customers in all regions and provides us with a unique advantage and opportunity for continued growth.