Dell’s Escape Route in the Post-PC Market
The SiliconANGLE and Wikibon team came together in Austin this week to attend what is likely to be our last conference of the year to attend and cover on #theCube: Dell World 2012.
A conference in it’s second year, it was definitely an event that seemed timely for us, since just last week we were in Frankfurt for HP Discover. Many of the offerings trumpeted last week were mirrored in what Michael Dell and the leadership team talked about this week.
It isn’t just the product and services offerings that bear striking similarities between the two giants: many of the consequences over the move away from the desktop are affecting both companies. Dave Floyer broke down the declines for Dell year over year in a report showing a 26% decline in their mobility division, and an 8% decline in their desktop earnings.
Michael Dell spoke to that on #theCube, though, saying that Dell is in the midst of their “modernization.”
“We started out as a product company. Products aren’t enough, though,” said Dell. Today we have 40,000 people in Dell Services. We’ve evolved into a product and services company.”
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