July, 2012

I’m proud to announce that we are building on our more than 15 years of workstation industry leadership today by introducing the world’s most powerful 15” and 17” mobile workstations - the Dell Precision M4700 , M6700 and M6700 Covet Edition. These systems deliver unrivalled performance, dependability and innovative design allowing professionals like film editors , architects and geophysicists to do their critical work anytime, anywhere. As a result of our strong heritage...

Editor's note: Birger Steen is CEO of Parallels, the world’s leader in hosting and cloud services enablement . The following post is from him: Dell has a long history of making it easy for customers to get what they need. I remember helping a friend’s father get a new Dell PC at an Austin direct retail shop in 1990. I was amazed at how easy they made it to get up and running. Dell had taken out so much friction of what was then usually a convoluted and long value chain. At Parallels...

About a year ago we launched a heritage blog series inside Dell called “Our Story.” It’s proven to be a great way to connect, engage and inspire our 109,000 team members around the world. It’s also been fun for me personally to reminisce about our 28-year heritage and connect the dots from my 1984 dorm room to Dell 2012 and beyond. But our heritage is not just about those of us who wear a Dell badge. Our customers, partners, shareholders and former employees all own...

The rapid explosion of data, demands of evolving workforces, the rise of cloud computing, virtualization, memory based storage systems and other emerging technologies have caused an unprecedented appetite for new innovations. Dell Ventures , our company’s investment arm, is focused on identifying, funding and fueling the “next big thing;” visionary technologies that anticipate and address the needs of the future. A strategic complement to Dell’s M&A, R&D and partnerships...

It’s official—this morning Dell announced its intent to acquire Quest Software . Update: See Rob William's DellShares post for more insight. It includes the presentation that was used for this morning's conference call and more. See more in the press release or click on the page below:

Those of you who keep tabs on the tech industry overall probably have heard about Project Sputnik back when we first started talking about it in May when sites like Engadget and The Verge covered it. Since then, we've been having discussions about it in a few places online. I thought it might be helpful to connect some of those dots, so I created this repository. As we update details regarding Project Sputnik in various places, I’ll work to keep this post updated so you’ll have one...

For the past two years, I’ve been lucky enough to work with an inspiring and pioneering team at Dell that spends each day delivering on promises to make a difference in our communities and our planet. We understand that with the help of technology, we can accomplish a world of good. Whether it’s helping a child receive life-saving cancer treatment, assisting a young businesswoman to launch a company to help rural Indians, or giving our customers increased computing power while reducing...

Pinterest is undoubtedly the “darling of the social media world” at present…and why not? It’s fun, simple to navigate and share content across, is a visual smorgasbord, and is one of the best platforms to convey ideas —be they simple or complex— in an aesthetically appealing way. Launched in March 2010, Pinterest is now the third most-followed social media network in the U.S. after Facebook and Twitter! As of March 2012, daily unique visits to Pinterest exceeded...

At Dell, we have a long history of listening to customers and partners, and recognize the importance of delivering end-to-end solutions that work “better together” for you. Better together applies not only to how our technologies work, but also to how we work with our partners. Partner enablement is important to Dell's strategic growth, and our relationship with Microsoft, one of our most valued and long-standing partners, has continued for more than 25 years. Together, we offer...

Earlier today, Dell wrapped up its annual Shareholder Meeting. Both Michael Dell and CFO Brian Gladden were on hand to share details regarding Dell’s continued focus on enterprise solutions, services and software. While that’s an ongoing effort, I think it’s noteworthy to call out one of Brian’s points—that in Q1 this year, enterprise solutions and services accounted for 50% of Dell’s gross margin in the quarter. See the press release for more information...

About a year ago, Dell kicked off a brand campaign focused on empower customers to do more with technology. We’re continuing that theme this weekend with a commercial about Annie, a 5th grade girl who wants to fly. If you watch some prime time television this weekend, you may start this ad. Down the road, there will be several other commercials that feature kids like Annie who dream big and make things happen with the help of technology. Here’s the 60-second version of that commercial...

Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is always a big event for us at Dell, but this year it’s an even bigger one because of our recent acquisition of Wyse ! You’ll be seeing double with both our Dell PartnerDirect, booth 637, and our Dell Wyse, booth 531, on the floor this year. The Dell PartnerDirect booth will showcase Dell products and help partners build their knowledge. The Dell Wyse booth will feature desktop and application virtualization software, Dell Wyse...

I am fortunate to be heading off in a few days to Brazil’s Amazon rain forest, where I will join peers from various industries and regions of the world for a week-long sustainability leadership development experience. How did I get to be so lucky? Dell is a member of the Corporate Eco Forum (CEF), along with about 80 other large companies whose combined revenues exceed $3 trillion, and who share a strong commitment to corporate responsibility . This year, CEF invited employees of member...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Weekly Recap, your guide to the week's Dell-related news and happenings. Story of the Week Dell’s Emerging Softer Side Information Management – July 23, 2012 Dell’s John Swainson briefed analysts recently on the software strategy that he has been crafting since joining the metamorphic vendor in February as president of Dell's Software Group. Other Dell News Apps for Good Awards Inspires a Digitally Enabled Generation Huffington...

Since February of 2007 when we launched IdeaStorm , Dell has been accepting ideas for their products, services and operations from users via our IdeaStorm site . Each month we highlight ideas from IdeaStorm that have been Implemented or Partially Implemented by Dell. This month we are highlighting ideas that were used in the XPS 14 and XPS 15 laptops that were recently introduced . We took your ideas to heart while designing these new XPS systems. From the brilliant displays with...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Weekly Recap, your guide to the week's Dell-related news and happenings. Story of the Week Innovating The Process Of Getting Technology To People Who Need It FastCompany – July 10, 2012 Having technology that will change the lives of people in the developing world doesn’t mean much if you can’t get it to them. To fix that, Essmart Global is trying to revolutionize distribution and supply chains. Other Dell News CEO of Dell Incorporated...

At the recent Cloud World Forum , Dell announced the upcoming launch of our Dell Cloud with VMware vCloud Datacenter Service for the European cloud market. In late August, the Dell Solution will officially become available to European and global customers looking to take advantage of Dell’s enterprise secure cloud infrastructure as their hybrid or public cloud. This new cloud deployment is based in the UK datacenter located in Slough. “Wash, Rinse, Repeat” An interview...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Weekly Recap, your guide to the week's Dell-related news and happenings. Story of the Week Dell Acquires Quest, a Big Software Maker, for $2.4 Billion New York Times – July 2, 2012 The company, best known for selling affordable personal computers, announced on Monday a $2.4 billion purchase of Quest Software. The deal will form the backbone of Dell’s software business and push it deeper into the higher-margin enterprise market. Other Dell...

Technology has always worked to level the playing field for small and medium-sized businesses and in today’s business environment–it’s all about the cloud. SMBs today have the ability to take advantage of the capabilities of cloud computing and cloud business applications to leverage software functionality once accessible only to large corporations – meaning that even home-grown, “mom and pop” operations can create the competitive advantage needed to separate them...

Proficient at handling and interpreting big piles of market data to pinpoint trading opportunities, financial services firms have pioneered innovative data management for decades. However, things are different today. The piles of data are much bigger, faster, and far more unstructured and complex than they ever have been, necessitating new industry responses with implications that go far beyond trading. For example, in the wake of the Great Recession of 2007-2012, regulators require financial services...

You are invited to join Social Media influencers, thought leaders and Dell employees for a LIVE Google+ Hangout On Air! When: Wednesday, August 1st , 2012 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT Topic: The Office Just Isn't What it Used to Be: The Evolving Workforce Host: Stephen O'Donnell, CEO, Chalet Tech Inc., Author of the book “What Every CIO Wants,” Social Media addict and investor. This Hangout will be hosted from the + Dell page so come on over to our page to watch the live...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Weekly Recap, your guide to the week's Dell-related news and happenings. Story of the Week Eight Questions for Dell the Man About Dell the Company All Things Digital – July 17, 2012 Michael Dell, founder, chairman and CEO of the computer company that bears his name, made some news from the stage of a tech conference being held in Aspen today. Other Dell News Dell Mobile Digital Forensics Law and Order – July 20, 2012 Police departments...

As Lionel mentioned a few months ago, our new software group demonstrates a natural progression that Dell has been on since its inception. Evolving from providing solutions to the client, then to the data center, and on to converged solutions, Dell is now delivering software-led converged solutions. Today, the Dell Software Leadership Team, headed by John Swainson , was in San Francisco with media and analysts to discuss the software group, the market opportunity it aims to capture, and Dell’s...

Over the last couple of decades, companies in virtually every industry have used data warehouses to collect and organize data that they analyze to gain insight about their market, customers and their own operations. The business value they have realized has moved data warehousing and Business Intelligence (BI) from discretionary to business critical for most large organizations. But for midsize organizations or departmental users within large companies, there have been a number of obstacles to...

Now that you have your brand new Dell XPS 8500 with the high end graphics card the question is how do you configure multiple monitors? To begin with, at minimum you can support four monitors with your high-end graphics card such as the AMD Radeon HD7870 2GB GDDR5 card. But for the multi-tasker, day trader, content creator in us four monitors doesn’t cut it. Thanks to the Eyefinity Technology by AMD and multi-monitor hub ( Dell MMH11 ) we can now configure up to 6 monitors. The thing to note...