As the merged Dell EMC begins moving forward with announcements of new products and other developments, industry watchers are curious to find out just how the power structure within the combined company will play out.

At the first Dell EMC World event, Michael Dell, chairman and CEO at Dell Technologies Inc., joined Dave Vellante (@dvellante) and Stu Miniman (@stu), co-hosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, to talk about the integration of EMC, knowledge of the tech industry and other issues.

Mergers and expectations

One of the highest-profile topics was naturally the Dell-EMC merger, which has already seen a number of new products announced just a few weeks after the acquisition’s completion. As Dell explained, “This has been years in the making, dating back to 2001 when we initially formed the Dell-EMC alliance. If you listen to what David Goulden [president of the Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell EMC] had to present today … we’ve known for a long time what we wanted to do.” He also explained some of his prior reticence about disclosing the details of advisory work for EMC.

But as the merged company moves forward with launches and roll-outs, it also has its eyes on even more markets and technologies to tap into, particularly with keeping the momentum of the “digital revolution” going. “When you think about the digital transformation that’s underway … we’re just at the beginning of that. … By no means is our work finished,” Dell stated.

Choices and solutions

With so many options open to the Dell-EMC alliance, “It’s all about how we grow and use this flexibility … of being able to focus on the long-term,” Dell said. “Whether you’re a public company, a private company, everybody’s got choices.”

And beyond the response from shareholders and Dell’s developers, who now have quite a bit more tech with which to play, “The responses from customers of partners … has been tremendous,” Dell shared. “We’re making it easy to deploy the infrastructure and create the solutions that are necessary for this digital transformation.”

Forging unity

Dell was in generally high spirits in describing these changes, particularly when he characterized bringing together the “all-star” teams of Dell, EMC and VMware as creating “an Olympic team.”

And in response to questions of how accessible the tech of EMC would be to Dell’s pre-existing divisions, he confirmed that every attempt would be made to make EMC’s assets just as strong as what Dell already had, using VMware as a prime example. “What’s good for VMware is good for Dell Technologies, because VMware is a big part of our family. … What I’ve learned in the industry is if something comes along and it’s good for the customers, if you stand in the way of it, it’ll be to your own detriment,” he said.

While the conversation touched on a number of other topics, including the success of Dell Financial Services, Dell brought it all together in the closing moments with his remark, “We have created a company that’s number one at everything, and it’s all in one place.”

Watch the complete video interview, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE’s coverage of Dell EMC World.

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