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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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Service Management; Of The Cloud, For The Cloud, By The Cloud

Posted 6 months ago

by BMC Software - Simon King
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Editor’s Note: We hope you enjoyed Dell World 2011! Even though the event is officially over, we’re still interested in hearing how customers and partners are unlocking innovation. Our next guest blog is from Simon King. Simon is the Sr. Director of Product Management at BMC Software responsible for the vision and executive of the Service Support Portfolio, which includes IT Service Management, SaaS and IT Business Management. You can find him on Twitter @ sjking2000 . With the recent...
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Congratulations Shwood! Winner of America's Favorite Small Business

Posted 6 months ago

by Mel Parker
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It has been an amazing journey searching for America’s Favorite Small Business these past eight weeks. We’ve been inspired by more than 200 businesses as they shared the story of their own American Dream. Tens of thousands of votes later, we are thrilled to announce that America has chosen the winner: Shwood Handcrafted Wooden Eyewear . Shwood, based in Portland, Ore., was founded in 2005 by Eric Singer, who began by hand-carving wooden sunglasses in his garage. Today, with thousands...
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Behind the Scenes at ACL Fest & Lollapalooza with Dell Precision workstations

Posted 6 months ago

by Jason Devos
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Hello again. In my previous post I talked about how Dell Precision workstations were used to capture, edit and power video for the Lollapalooza and ACL Music Festival livestreams on YouTube. Now, I want to take you behind the scenes to show you how Dell technology was used to edit dozens of feeds into live Webcasts and show reels from each day of the festivals. Click here to get a look – it looks really calm, but trust me, there is a lot of pressure to quickly deliver quality product. ...
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Weekly Recap: Dell in the News - October 28 edition

Posted 6 months ago

by Chris Byrd, Corp Comm Social Media Team
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Stay up to date with the latest industry news, as well as top stories from here at Dell with the Weekly Recap. Story of the Week According to a recent survey commissioned by Dell and conducted by IDG Research Services, two-thirds of current or potential Hewlett-Packard customers with more than 500 employees are concerned by HP’s changes in business strategy and leadership. Respondents indicated that Dell would be the largest beneficiary if HP discontinues its PC business. Of the respondents...
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Dell Mobile Security for Android Officially Certified for Government Use by DISA

Posted 6 months ago

by Joe Ayers
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Today’s military is asked, quite literally, to go to the ends of the earth. Technology has allowed information to flow from one corner of the globe to another with a great deal of efficiency helping to make military operations more accurate and effective. In most cases, the technology that enabled this flow of information was largely confined to office environments or operated with limited capabilities outside of controlled environments – mostly in vehicles ; that dynamic is now beginning...
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Dell Reiterates Commitment to End User Computing

Posted 6 months ago

by Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger
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In an environment in which end-user computing is transforming, Dell’s position regarding its end-to-end solutions for customers is provided by Dave Johnson, our senior vice president of Corporate Strategy. “Dell is committed to providing end-to-end IT solutions that our customers need. From the endpoint to the data center and cloud, customers value the certainty and predictability of working with Dell. HP’s decision to re-enter the PC business is consistent with our vision and...
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Education Infographic

Posted 6 months ago

by Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger
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Over on the Education blog, Kari Sherrodd just published an infographic called Coming Together to Bridge Digital Divide. It was a topic that came up during the recent Education Think Tank Event that our team was part of. If you're interested in the topic, it's worth taking a look. And if you have ideas you want to share, please do so on Twitter using the #DoMoreEDU hashtag. Click on the image below to read Kari's post and to view the Infographic:
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Dell Launches Latitude ST Tablet for Business, Healthcare and Education

Posted 6 months ago

by Kirk Schell
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We’re living in an exciting time as mobile computing continues to take significant evolutionary strides. Many organizations are embracing the productivity benefits of enabling their workers to be more mobile but with that freedom, they often face hurdles like security, device management and support for critical applications. At Dell, we strive to design products, services and solutions that maximize workforce efficiency without making IT sacrifices. That’s why I’m pleased to...
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Join in the #DellCAPCanada Conversations

Posted 6 months ago

by David Miketinac
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We’re very excited today to host our fifth Customer Advisory Panel event tomorrow in Toronto. The CAP Days program has expanded outside the US to a global audience with events in China and Germany and now Canada. The program brings together social media savvy current and past customers, industry leaders and Dell executives for candid conversations around all areas of our business ranging from product quality to service and support to sustainability practices and marketing efforts. Our moderator...
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New IDG Study: HP Customers Look to Dell for End-to-End Solutions

Posted 6 months ago

by Tim Mattox
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Two weeks ago I blogged on research conducted by Technology Business Research (TBR) showing the measurable impact HP’s PC business news is having on its customers. Yesterday, Dell announced similar findings from IDG Research Services that also looks at the impact recent HP moves are having on enterprise customers. The study found that two-thirds of current or potential HP customers with more than 500 employees are concerned by HP’s changes in business strategy and leadership. The research...
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Legal Professionals Work with Dell Partner MWL Systems to Solve Mystery of Rapid Data Protection

Posted 6 months ago

by James Wright
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PartnerDirect is Dell’s global channel partner program. In Europe we have numerous case studies showcasing the capabilities of our international network of Dell Certified Partners. Over the coming weeks I’ll be blogging about some of these great success stories which demonstrate the true value-add that Dell solution providers and resellers alike are bringing to the fore. As IT gets more tightly woven into the fabric of business operations, many companies are thinking about what would...
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I Didn’t Know Dell Did That: SMBs and Networking

Posted 6 months ago

by Ingrid Vanderveldt
- 1 Comments
One of the most valuable assets Dell has in house that you might not know about is our Enterprise Technologists group (ET). They are a team of technical experts, with 20+ years of real world industry experience who advise small and medium-sized businesses on how to leverage a variety of technologies for their business. They have expertise in areas from virtualization to cloud, systems management to security. The ETs work with business owners to strategize and collaborate on how technology solutions...
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The future of Electronic Medical Records [Infographic]

Posted 6 months ago

by Dr. Andrew Litt, Chief Medical Officer
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This is an unprecedented time of change in healthcare. Models for healthcare delivery are changing, the institutions that deliver it are transforming themselves – or being transformed by the marketplace – and of course information technology is helping to enable that transformation. We are at a rare point in history where IT and the way we build and use it can and has been making a remarkable difference for institutions, for professionals and for patients. It is exciting to watch the...
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How Important is Color?

Posted 6 months ago

by Paul Nicholson
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Color is something we often take from granted. It’s easy to miss how it impacts our daily lives. Of course, the importance traffic light colors are obvious, but ask designers or psychologists and many will tell you that certain colors can make us happy, sad, hungry, or can even encourage us to take action. The Dell Printing and Imaging team understand the impact color can have on business interactions – inside the office and out – and are constantly working to lower the barriers...
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Dell Named One of Computerworld’s Top Green-IT Organizations

Posted 6 months ago

by David Lear, Executive Director—Sustainability
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It’s a great privilege to share that Dell has been named one of Computerworld’s Top Green-IT organizations for 2011. We were recognized, among others, for implementing smart and efficient strategies to achieve “green IT” on behalf of our customers. You can read more at www.computerworld.com . Companies reviewed for this honor are working to reduce energy consumption in IT equipment and are using technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions. “Many of the...
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Introducing the XPS 14z: Amazingly Thin, Incredibly Powerful

Posted 6 months ago

by David Chen
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Back in May, we introduced everyone to the XPS 15z , our first step into a new generation of thin and powerful laptops from Dell. It’s been nearly six months since our launch of the XPS z line, and while the XPS 15z has garnered a lot of great recognition from sites like PC Magazine , CNET , and Engadget , our focus since then has been on figuring out how to take the next step and make them even better. During that time, our XPS design team was working diligently to learn from these reviews...
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Dell Introduces ‘Dell Legal Diversity Award’

Posted 6 months ago

by Larry Tu
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In order to be a successful company and a great place to work, Dell must leverage the similarities and differences of all team members. To achieve that goal and drive Dell’s people strategy, our leadership team promotes a number of diversity initiatives. We also try to influence similar behavior outside the company, including outside legal counsel representing Dell across a range of issues. To extend our efforts, we have launched the Dell Legal Diversity Award, which will recognize law firms...
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Weekly Recap: Dell in the News - October 21 edition

Posted 6 months ago

by Chris Byrd, Corp Comm Social Media Team
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Welcome to the latest edition of the Weekly Recap, your guide to the week's Dell-related news and happenings. As you can see, we’ve been busy and know you’re busy, too – so here’s a recap of the stories, blog posts and announcements you may have missed over the past few days. Story of the Week How is your company doing with its social media efforts? Today we’ve launched a new Corporate Social Media Interactive Assessment that lets companies compare how they...
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What are the Possibilities With Tech in Education?

Posted 7 months ago

by Kari Sherrodd
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On Saturday, we’re bringing together twenty educators, principals, and school and community leaders all active in social media to discuss how technology can bring possibilities to enable students to achieve more- in and out of the classroom. Dell Education experts including former educators themselves will be participating in the conversations and listening to ideas. We’re all looking forward to discussing topics that may come up and we’re already hearing that some of these may...
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The PROS of ePROcurement

Posted 7 months ago

by Jenna Domino
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Dell’s primary focus is to provide innovat i ve ways to empower our customers to do more and Dell’s ‘PremierConnect’ eProcurement solution supports this initiative. PremierConnect is Dell’s complimentary global end-to-end electronic procurement process which integrates your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / procurement system with a customized Dell catalog. PremierConnect automates everything from ordering to invoicing and therefore virtually eliminates time-consuming...
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Dell Expands Printer Solutions to meet Evolving Customer Needs

Posted 7 months ago

by Don Heath, Global Group Mgr., Printing & Imaging
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At Dell, we strive to provide our customers with the end-to-end technology they need to succeed in their day to day lives. When it comes to printing, this means more than delivering industry-leading hardware , but also offering the software and solutions that businesses today require to maintain an efficient office environment. Today, we’re updating our printer solutions portfolio both through expanded relationships with our partners Cortado , Nuance and Perceptive Software and the release...
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Corporate Social Media Assessment: How does your organization stack up?

Posted 7 months ago

by Allison Dew
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In mid-July we released findings from a survey that we commissioned of Forrester Consulting that looked into the evolution of corporate social listening and engagement in the digital marketing age. In that report , we found that Corporate America was making progress listening to customers through social media channels, yet that most organizations’ social media efforts were still far from integrated across the business. We believe social media practitioners will find great value in being...
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Dell Shopping & Support Mobile App Now Available for iOS

Posted 7 months ago

by Rene Huynh
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Back in September, I posted about our Dell Mobile App for Android . Today, for customers in the United States, the app is officially available for iOS. iPhone and iPod Touch users can now utilize all of the same helpful shopping and support features I described earlier on the Android version. You can download the light-weight app by using any one of the several download methods below: Search “Dell Mobile” within the Apple App Store Text “OFFER” to 335548 – a...
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7 trends driving the evolving workforce – are you ready for change?

Posted 7 months ago

by Paul D'Arcy
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Today’s working practices are far more varied and unpredictable than they were even just a few years ago. Rapid developments in technology have empowered workers to adopt new ways of working. Workers simply want to extend the technology benefits they enjoy in their personal lives into the professional environment. Employers are also taking notice and beginning to embrace this new way of working. CIO’s want a thriving workforce and see a business opportunity to provide the technologies...
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VMware and Dell: Virtualization, Cloud Computing and More

Posted 7 months ago

by VMware - Sandra Bruce
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Editor’s Note: Thanks for all who tuned in and attended Dell World this week. Our next partner blog post is from Sandra Bruce who manages the Dell Global, Strategic Alliance at VMware. VMware was delighted to be a Gold partner of the first annual Dell World event this year. We are looking forward to partnering with Dell on how we together can change the face of IT and impact the global economy. Through innovations in cloud computing and virtualization solutions, VMware continues to develop...