73 Facts About Dell Computer

Dell Computer is known for how it manages its supply chain and electronic commerce.

Dell Computer was a pure hardware vendor until 2009 when it acquired Perot Systems.

Dell Computer has expanded storage and networking systems, now aiming to expand from offering computers only to delivering a range of technology for enterprise customers.

Dell Computer is ranked 31st on the Fortune 500 list in 2022, up from 76th in 2021.

In 2015, Dell Computer acquired the enterprise technology firm EMC Corporation.

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Dell Computer EMC sells data storage, information security, virtualization, analytics, and cloud computing.

Michael Dell founded Dell Computer Corporation, doing business as PC's Limited, in 1984 while a student at the University of Texas at Austin.

Michael Dell started trading in the belief that by selling personal computer systems directly to customers, PC's Limited could better understand customers' needs and provide the most effective computing solutions to meet those needs.

Dell Computer grossed more than $73 million in its first year of trading.

Dell Computer set up its first international operations in Britain; eleven more followed within the next four years.

In 1989, Dell Computer set up its first on-site service programs in order to compensate for the lack of local retailers prepared to act as service centers.

In 1990, Dell Computer tried selling its products indirectly through warehouse clubs and computer superstores, but met with little success, and the company re-focused on its more successful direct-to-consumer sales model.

In 1993, to complement its own direct sales channel, Dell Computer planned to sell PCs at big-box retail outlets such as Wal-Mart, which would have brought in an additional $125 million in annual revenue.

Bain consultant Kevin Rollins persuaded Michael Dell Computer to pull out of these deals, believing they would be money losers in the long run.

Originally, Dell Computer did not emphasize the consumer market, due to the higher costs and low profit margins in selling to individuals and households; this changed when the company's Internet site took off in 1996 and 1997.

Dell Computer found an opportunity among PC-savvy individuals who liked the convenience of buying direct, customizing their PC to their means, and having it delivered in days.

In early 1997, Dell Computer created an internal sales and marketing group dedicated to serving the home market and introduced a product line designed especially for individual users.

From 1997 to 2004, Dell Computer steadily grew and it gained market share from competitors even during industry slumps.

Dell Computer surpassed Compaq to become the largest PC manufacturer in 1999.

In 2002, Dell Computer expanded its product line to include televisions, handhelds, digital audio players, and printers.

Chairman and CEO Michael Dell Computer had repeatedly blocked President and COO Kevin Rollins's attempt to lessen the company's heavy dependency on PCs, which Rollins wanted to fix by acquiring EMC Corporation; a move that would eventually occur over 12 years later.

Under Rollins, Dell purchased the computer hardware manufacturer Alienware in 2006.

Dell Computer responded by experimenting with mall kiosks, plus quasi-retail stores in Texas and New York.

Dell Computer had a reputation as a company that relied upon supply chain efficiencies to sell established technologies at low prices, instead of being an innovator.

Dell Computer had done well with a horizontal organization that focused on PCs when the computing industry moved to horizontal mix-and-match layers in the 1980s, but by the mid-2000 the industry shifted to vertically integrated stacks to deliver an end-to-end IT product, and Dell Computer lagged far behind competitors like Hewlett Packard and Oracle.

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The original Dell model was known for high customer satisfaction when PCs sold for thousands but by the 2000s, the company could not justify that level of service when computers in the same line-up sold for hundreds.

Dell Computer delayed filing financial reports for the third and fourth fiscal quarter of 2006, and several class-action lawsuits were filed.

Dell Computer had announced the shutdown of its Edmonton, Alberta, office, losing 900 jobs.

The Dell Computer Streak was a failure commercially and critically due to its outdated OS, numerous bugs, and low resolution screen.

Dell Computer has responded by pushing higher-end PCs, such as the XPS line of notebooks, which do not compete with the Apple iPad and Kindle Fire tablets.

In December 2012, Dell Computer suffered its first decline in holiday sales in five years, despite the introduction of Windows 8.

Dell Computer remained the second-most profitable PC vendor, as it took 13 percent of operating profits in the PC industry during Q4 2012, behind Apple's Mac that took 45 percent, seven percent at Hewlett Packard, six percent at Lenovo and Asus, and one percent for Acer.

Dell Computer attempted to offset its declining PC business, which still accounted for half of its revenue and generates steady cash flow, by expanding into the enterprise market with servers, networking, software, and services.

Dell Computer managed some success in taking advantage of its high-touch direct sales heritage to establish close relationships and design solutions for clients.

Announcement came two years after Dell Computer Inc returned to private ownership, claiming that it faced bleak prospects and would need several years out of the public eye to rebuild its business.

Key investors backing the deal besides Dell Computer were Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Silver Lake Partners.

In July 2018, Dell Computer announced intentions to become a publicly traded company again by paying $21.

In January 2021, Dell Computer reported $94 billion in sales and $13 billion operating cash flow during 2020.

When Dell Computer acquired Alienware early in 2006, some Alienware systems had AMD chips.

However, the next day, Dell Computer announced that its previous announcement related to certifying the hardware as ready to work with Novell SUSE Linux and that it had no plans to sell systems pre-installed with Linux in the near future.

At LinuxWorld 2007 Dell Computer announced plans to provide Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on selected models in China, "factory-installed".

Dell Computer previously had its headquarters in the Arboretum complex in northern Austin, Texas.

In 1994, Dell Computer announced that it was moving most of its employees out of the Arboretum, but that it was going to continue to occupy the top floor of the Arboretum and that the company's official headquarters address would continue to be the Arboretum.

In 2002 Dell Computer announced that it planned to sublease its space to another tenant; the company planned to move its headquarters back to Round Rock once a tenant was secured.

From its early beginnings, Dell Computer operated as a pioneer in the "configure to order" approach to manufacturing—delivering individual PCs configured to customer specifications.

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Dell Computer began manufacturing in Limerick in 1991 and went on to become Ireland's largest exporter of goods and its second-largest company and foreign investor.

Dell Computer started production at EMF4 in Lodz, Poland, in late 2007.

Dell Computer moved desktop, notebook and PowerEdge server manufacturing for the South American market from the Eldorado do Sul plant opened in 1999, to a new plant in Hortolandia, Brazil, in 2007.

Dell Computer has regional senior vice-presidents for countries other than the United States.

Dell Computer advertisements have appeared in several types of media including television, the Internet, magazines, catalogs, and newspapers.

In 2007, Dell Computer switched advertising agencies in the US from BBDO to Working Mother Media.

In July 2007, Dell Computer released new advertising created by Working Mother to support the Inspiron and XPS lines.

Also in 2007, Dell began using the slogan "Yours is here" to say that it customizes computers to fit customers' requirements.

In late 2007, Dell Computer Inc announced that it planned to expand its program to value-added resellers, giving it the official name of "Dell Computer Partner Direct" and a new Website.

Dell Computer India has started Online Ecommerce website with its Dell Computer Partner www.

Dell Computer operates a captive analytics division which supports pricing, web analytics, and supply chain operations.

In 2008, Dell Computer received press coverage over its claim of having the world's most secure laptops, specifically, its Latitude D630 and Latitude D830.

Dell Computer stopped this practice in 1994, citing low profit margins on the business, exclusively distributing through a direct-sales model for the next decade.

In 2007, Dell Computer started shipping its products to major retailers in the US , starting with Sam's Club and Wal-Mart.

Since some shoppers in certain markets show reluctance to purchase technological products through the phone or the Internet, Dell Computer has looked into opening retail operations in some countries in Central Europe and Russia.

In May 2008, Dell Computer reached an agreement with the office supply chain, Officeworks, to stock a few modified models in the Inspiron desktop and notebook range.

Dell Computer agreed to distribute a variety of makes of both desktops and notebooks, including Studio and XPS systems in late 2008.

In Germany, Dell Computer is selling selected smartphones and notebooks via Media Markt and Saturn, as well as some shopping websites.

In late 2006, Dell Computer lost its lead in the PC business to Hewlett-Packard.

IDC reported that Dell Computer lost more server market share than any of the top four competitors in that arena.

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Later Dell Computer would acquire and merge with EMC in the largest tech merger to date.

Dell Computer was the first company to publicly state a timeline for the elimination of toxic polyvinyl chloride and brominated flame retardants, which it planned to phase out by the end of 2009.

Dell Computer has launched its first products completely free of PVC and BFRs with the G-Series monitors in 2009.

Dell Computer became the first company in the information technology industry to establish a product-recycling goal and completed the implementation of its global consumer recycling-program in 2006.

Dell Computer reported the recovery of 78 million pounds of IT equipment from customers in 2006, a 93-percent increase over 2005; and 12.

In 2006, Dell Computer acknowledged that it had problems with customer service.

Since 2018, Dell Computer has seen significant increase in consumer satisfaction.

In July 2009, Dell Computer apologized after drawing the ire of the Taiwanese Consumer Protection Commission for twice refusing to honor a flood of orders against unusually low prices offered on its Taiwanese website.