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Dell Solution Center Network Expands in Australia and U.S.

17 May 2012

Dell’s focus on helping our customers “Do More..” was reinforced over the last two weeks as we opened new “Solution Centers” in Sydney and New York City. Interest in these two centers has been huge since we first announced these locations and we already have numerous engagement requests from customers and partners who want to see and test how Dell solutions can meet their unique requirements. Each center was launched with an event attended by customers, alliance partners, channel partners and media. In New York, we were also delighted to meet with several industry analysts. Our guests were invited to tour the centers and experience a diverse range of industry...

Dell Channel Partner Steve Hipskind Talks About the Impact of Acquisitions

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16 May 2012
Innovations that deliver results faster: Extending the benefits of 12th generation servers

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14 May 2012
Dell’s Customers Speak, Dell Listens: Green Packaging Program with Mushrooms Grows

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11 May 2012

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Technology provides path to higher ed in India - one young lady shares her story.

Posted 11 months ago

by Carly Tatum, Social Media Communications
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I’m a sucker for inspiration. I love a good non-fiction fairytale or reality show that proves people can defy odds, overcome great obstacles and achieve their goals. And every once in a while in life, I meet someone with such an inspiring story that I just can't help but share. During a recent visit to India, I met a young lady who attends the Dell YouthConnect program at a government-run high school in Bangalore. Her school, unlike others in the area, has a dedicated classroom...
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IDC Virtualisation and Cloud Seminar 2011

Posted 11 months ago

by Paul Brook
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This week Steve Smith and I presented at the IDC Virtualisation and Cloud Seminar 2011 where we were also given the opportunity to sit on an expert panel to answer questions around what cloud computing means for real businesses today. I attended and presented at the show last year and was very interested to see that the audience this year was less interested in trying to define ‘the cloud’, and much more focused around how their own businesses could benefit from cloud – for example...
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Exploring the machinery of life

Posted 11 months ago

by Kathy Mahady
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When a fluorescent sea anemone glows on a coral reef, it’s using a protein . When we move, proteins help our muscles contract. And when we curse our wrinkles as we age, it’s the lack of the protein collagen we lament. Proteins also tell us about human health. By identifying proteins linked with specific diseases, we can develop novel diagnostics and therapies. At Utrecht University in the Netherlands, the Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group is exploring new methods of protein research...
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More Than Just Form Factors!

Posted 11 months ago

by Forrest Norrod, VP/GM—Next Gen Computing
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Over the past several quarters, we’ve seen Dell’s vision of offering open, capable and affordable enterprise solutions take hold and clearly resonates with customers. During Dell’s most recent financial results announcement we reported servers and networking revenue increased 11 percent. We’ve executed on our commitment to build, develop and grow our solutions capabilities. These include organic and inorganic investments in storage, services, security and systems management...
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Under control: how to protect your browser from cyber crime

Posted 11 months ago

by Chris Mullan
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As the primary interface between a user's computer and the Internet, browsers have become a main target for a rising number of security threats. More than ever the Web browser is a central focus for cyber crime and its vulnerabilities are commonly exploited, particularly when users visit a malicious website. Jon Ramsay, Executive Director, CTU, Dell SecureWorks revealed some astonishing numbers at this year’s Annual Analyst Conference (see Flickr images here . SecureWorks deals with 13...
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Dell Shoots for the Stars

Posted 11 months ago

by James Coomer
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A few weeks ago, we announced exciting news about our work with The University of Portsmouth in the UK, where Dell is providing the University’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation with a new high performance computer (HPC) called SCIAMA1. The SCIAMA has helped put the University and the South East Physics Network among the global leaders in physics research and uses data from telescopes to simulate and test current theories about the Universe. The university’s scientists will...
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New Dell Vostro 260 and 260s: Reliable, Easy-to-Use Desktop Solutions that Offer a Perfect Fit for Small Businesses

Posted 11 months ago

by Steve Gluskoter
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The Dell Vostro desktop family is growing again! Following the January debut of the Vostro 460 , and All-in--One in March we are expanding our desktop solutions for small business by adding another solid performer to our line. The Dell Vostro 260 and 260s desktop are designed for the small business seeking a system that can operate right out of the box. We made the system easy to set up so customers can focus on their business; both Vostros are packaged with the right essential features...
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Dell at SAP SAPPHIRE NOW 2011 - Conference Wrap Up

Posted 11 months ago

by Peter Tsai
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Last week, more than 14,000 people attended SAP SAPPHIRE NOW 2011 in Orlando, Florida. In addition, more than 100,000 people tuned in to the live broadcasts of SAPPHIRE keynotes and sessions. At the conference, attendees discovered the newest products from SAP, learned about industry best practices, and saw what new products SAP partners like Dell are offering. No worries if you didn't attend in person or watch the live streaming sessions, I was on hand at the conference with the Dell team...
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Connecting Children in South Africa – A Dell YouthConnect Story #Tech4Good

Posted 11 months ago

by Stephen Murdoch
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Last month, I was in South Africa to meet customers and decided to spend one afternoon with the children from Christel House South Africa (CHSA), a Dell YouthConnect partner. The visit to Christel House was the highlight of the week for me. It started with an impromptu game of handball with one of the children in the playground. We then learned about the school’s mission – to help children around the world break the cycle of poverty, realise their hopes and dreams, and become self...
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Performance + Style + Battery Life = Dell XPS 15z

Posted 11 months ago

by Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger
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Over the last several days, many of you have been reading about a thin laptop coming from Dell . Today we made it official by introducing Dell's XPS 15z laptop —the thinnest 15-inch PC on the planet, and the first in a series of new thin and powerful products from Dell to come this year. Dell’s XPS 15z is available today via Dell.com for customers in the United States and Canada, plus several countries around the world (see the list of countries here ). Starting at $999.99,...
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Dell Venue Pro Now Available on AT&T and T-Mobile with Exclusive Microsoft Promotion

Posted over 1 year ago

by Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger
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Earlier this month, Dell began offering the Dell Venue Pro smartphone to AT&T customers .That means the Windows Phone 7 based smartphone is now available with contract pricing on AT&T and T-Mobile network, as well as an unlocked version . All versions include a free ultimate gamer package from Microsoft, which includes Microsoft points and a free 3-month Xbox Live gold pass. Regardless of what options United States customers choose, all of the options include an exclusive Microsoft promotion...
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Ideas in Action Update–May 19, 2011

Posted over 1 year ago

by Dell - Cy J
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Since my last update a few things have happened that I wanted to share. The Idea Partners have been busy responding to ideas and sharing feedback with their teams. Recently a few ideas have been Implemented or Partially Implemented by Dell and several others are Under Review. We have also been working on cleaning up the site by archiving some of the older ideas with a low vote count. I also want to update everyone on plans to improve the site in the future. Anne_c has been our most active Idea...
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Dell Announces Q1 Earnings

Posted over 1 year ago

by Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger
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Dell just released our FY12 Q1 earnings details . Revenue increased 1% to $15 billion, while our cash flow from operations was $465 million for the quarter. See more details in Rob’s post on DellShares . His post also features a video interview with Dell Senior Vice President and CFO Brain Gladden and President of our Public and Large Enterprise business unit, Paul Bell. As seen in the tweet below, Dell will also hold a live audio webcast today at 5pm ET, and will be live tweeting from the...
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Thin Sandy Bridge Laptop Coming Soon

Posted over 1 year ago

by Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger
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Update: 5-24: The XPS 15z is now available for many customers in the United States and in the other countries listed in this post. See my full XPS 15z post here or click on the image of my tweet below to read more about it. Late last week on our global Facebook pages , we shared a little more information on an upcoming thin laptop that will be built around Intel’s second-generation core processors. If you read tech blogs on a regular bases, you probably already saw the reactions from...
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Taka Taka Solutions Wins 2011 Dell Social Innovation Competition

Posted over 1 year ago

by Karen Quintos, CMO
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Dell was founded with an entrepreneurial spirit that still thrives in our company today. Our mission is to help people and organizations everywhere do and achieve more with technology. We're proud to encourage that spirit among the world's brightest entrepreneurs through the 2011 Dell Social Innovation Competition , in partnership with The University of Texas at Austin's RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service. Yesterday, we announced the winners of the Dell Social...
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TeachMeet Midlands UK, May 20, 2011

Posted over 1 year ago

by Stuart S
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I'm looking forward to what I am confident will be one of my most stimulating professional development experiences of the year on the evening of Friday May 20: TeachMeet Midlands at the National College here in the UK. TeachMeets are informal gatherings of (originally) teachers, designed to allow the sharing of ideas and use of technology in the classroom. For the second time in three years I have helped to organise this event alongside Tom Barrett and additionally this year with my talented...
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Expanded Relationship with SAP Announced at SAPPHIRE NOW

Posted over 1 year ago

by DELL-Debra D
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There was a lot of excitement this morning at booth #2707 at SAPPHIRE NOW , SAP ’s annual conference being held in Orlando, Florida. Dell and SAP today announced an expanded relationship : the companies have joined forces to deliver new cloud and in-memory computing offerings. The big news -- SAP applications are now available using Dell’s cloud solutions , which can help customers increase resiliency, performance, and efficiencies of scale without the overhead of traditional IT environments. Also...
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Tune in today: Reveal of the 2011 winner of the Dell Social Innovation Competition #DSIC11

Posted over 1 year ago

by Carly Tatum, Social Media Communications
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Right now the finalists for the Dell Social Innovation Competition are backstage at the AT&T Center in Austin, TX prepping their pitches for a panel of judges . They’ve spent their weekend exploring the local flavors and sounds of ATX, and now it’s time for these students to take the stage and prove why their big idea should receive the big prize, $50,000 in funding to make their idea a reality. It makes me nervous just thinking about it. The final event begins at 6:30pm CST today...
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The New Yorker gets appified – Is it the end of the world as we know it?

Posted over 1 year ago

by Barton George—Director, Web & Tech Vertical Market
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There is only one magazine over the last couple of decades that I have read religiously, The New Yorker. Every week a new edition appears, often much later than it hits the stands, in my mailbox and I get vaguely giddy cracking open the slim edition to see what treasures lie inside. As a lapsed English major I have long given up reading novels due to time constraints but thanks to the weekly fiction in the New Yorker I am able to stay relatively current with what's happening in the world of literature...
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Dell nominated for Green IT Awards 2011

Posted over 1 year ago

by DELL-Jean C
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Following our success in the Newsweek top 100 Green Companies , Dell’s work to help preserve the environment continues to be recognised across the industry. We were delighted to find out earlier this month that our organisation has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Green IT Awards 2011 for a number of categories: Manufacturer of the Year; Company of the Year; Product of the Year; and Public Sector Project of the Year. On top of this, Dell Compellent has also been recognised for the...
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Dell’s Innovation Days Conference 2011 showcases virtualization, cloud and mobility solutions

Posted over 1 year ago

by DELL-Charlie R
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May 6 and 7 in Tirol, Austria, Dell Services hosted the 2011 Annual Dell Innovationstage Conference (Innovation Days). Influential IT leaders from customers in the region including Audi and Daimler Group gathered to share their experience and to discuss strategies for innovation in an increasingly virtual era. After a welcome address by Dell Services Managing Director Andreas Stein , Forrester’s Pascal Matzke delivered a keynote address exploring how technology can support business innovation...
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Partnering With Government to Better Serve the Country

Posted over 1 year ago

by Max Peterson
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Just as this year’s Department of Defense Intelligence Information Systems (DoDIIS) Worldwide Conference began, the U.S. intelligence community got some big news. The world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, was killed on the first day of the conference due in large part to the extraordinary efforts of the U.S. defense and intelligence community. Not only was this a proud day for these dedicated public servants, it highlighted the importance of government organizations partnering...
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Dell at the SAP Sapphire NOW 2011 Conference in Orlando, Florida

Posted over 1 year ago

by Peter Tsai
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Spring is in the air, and besides flowers and showers, the coming of May also means that it's time for the SAP SAPPHIRE NOW 2011 Conference in Orlando Florida. SAPPHIRE NOW, which takes place between May 15th and May 18th, 2011 is touted as the world's premier business technology event where SAP customers can "discover new initiatives, solutions, products, and services." As usual at large tech conferences, Dell will be on hand to help customers do exactly that - discover...
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Michael Shares Healthcare Vision: Information-Driven Care and Innovation

Posted over 1 year ago

by Dr. Jamie Coffin
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Last week several members of the Dell team including Michael, Verna Chao, David Zirl, Scott Jenkins and me, joined 300 healthcare executives at the Health Evolution Partners Leadership Summit in California to discuss future innovations in healthcare. We heard about new models in primary care and the emerging health super-consumer, and we discussed the emergence of personalized medicine. We also shared Dell’s experiences with the payers, providers and pharmaceutical companies who are using information...
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What it takes to win the Dell Social Innovation Competition. Wisdom from past winner, Emma Clippinger.

Posted over 1 year ago

by Deb Bauer
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The Dell Social Innovation Competition Finals are set for Monday, May 16, and finalists are busy polishing their presentations, hoping to gain that special edge to win over the judges and capture the $50,000 first prize. 2009 winner Emma Clippinger , Executive Director of Gardens for Health Intl , discusses how she experienced this exciting preparation period. “The Dell Social Innovation Competition catalyzed a critical stage in Gardens for Health's development. I will never forget...