Michael Dell: What’s in a name: Introducing Dell Technologies
Tomorrow is Dell’s 32nd birthday, and today, I took the stage at EMC World to stand in front of 14,000 customers, partners, users and developers. What an honor it was to speak with them about creating...
View ArticleMichael Dell: Dell, EMC and the Unifying Theory of the Universe
For those of you who haven’t noticed, it’s been a busy couple of weeks at Dell. On October 12th, we announced a definitive agreement to acquire EMC, including a controlling interest in VMware. It’s...
View ArticleMichael Dell: One year later, what I’ve learned about leading a private...
Today at Dell, we celebrate our one-year anniversary as a once-again private company. It’s been an action-packed 12 months for the team and me. Across all of our businesses and in every geographic...
View ArticleMichael Dell: Wanted: 600 Million New Jobs
I have a favor to ask. Stop what you’re doing, and go here. It takes just a few seconds to give both the jobless and the job creators of the world a voice in a very important global debate happening...
View ArticleMichael Dell: Going Private is Paying Off for Dell
My partners at Silver Lake Management and I successfully took Dell private a year ago in the largest corporate privatization in history. I’d say we got it right. Privatization has unleashed the...
View ArticleMichael Dell: What is the future of the enterprise?
There are two byproducts of rapid change: opportunity and obsolescence. I think it’s safe to say we’re all shooting for the former – but in a world evolving faster than ever, how? That’s a question...
View ArticleMichael Dell: Making it rain: 4 steps to a happy (and successful) salesforce
February 1 marked the beginning of a new fiscal year at Dell, which means it’s time to rally and align our global salesforce. We do that at our annual Field Readiness Seminars (FRS) in February and...
View ArticleMichael Dell: Advancing health innovation
The healthcare industry, like virtually every industry out there, is in the midst of major transformation. New legislation and oversight, new delivery options and patient expectations, and new...
View ArticleMichael Dell: The 3 Ps of Entrepreneurs (and ‘Permission’ Isn't One of Them)
New York City is a fascinating place, but especially during UN Week. Lots of interesting people doing interesting work on behalf of the world. I was there this week and had the privilege of speaking...
View ArticleMichael Dell: Playing to win
I grew up in a family of brothers. As you might guess, competition was a way of life. A game of cards or tag or Battleship was serious business. My brothers and I have our mom to thank for much of our...
View ArticleThe Electric Impact of the Cloud, Have You Plugged In?
Have you ever considered, when switching on your coffee machine in the morning, where the electricity comes from? I’m guessing not. You probably only expect it to work so that you can have your tasty...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Customers and Partners
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View ArticleDo Your Big Data Analytics Measure Or Predict?
Organizations have key business processes that they are constantly trying to re-engineer. These key business processes – loan approvals, college applications, mortgage underwriting, product and...
View ArticleCyber Security is not for the Faint of Heart
It’s only midweek, but we’ve already witnessed an incredibly active week in the technology and especially the cyber security market: the closing of the Dell/EMC merger; HPE’s sale of its non-core...
View ArticleA Software-only Version of Isilon: IsilonSD Edge
For more than a decade, Isilon has been delivered as an appliance, based on standard x64 servers using internal disks on which the scale out filesystem resides. Beside the scale-out character of the...
View ArticleOur Recipe For Success: Do More With Less!
The digital era is upon us. IT leaders are confronted by soaring expectations for digital transformations. The ability to innovate faster through agile, flexible resources and satisfy business demands...
View ArticleOur Recipe For Success: Do More With Less!
The digital era is upon us. IT leaders are confronted by soaring expectations for digital transformations. The ability to innovate faster through agile, flexible resources and satisfy business demands...
View ArticleOur Recipe For Success: Do More With Less!
The digital era is upon us. IT leaders are confronted by soaring expectations for digital transformations. The ability to innovate faster through agile, flexible resources and satisfy business demands...
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