posted 08-10-2000 06:09 PM         

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Dell Computer reported second quarter earnings of 22 cents a share, compared with Wall Street expectations of 21 cents a share. Revenues were 25 percent higher at $7.7 billion. (source: TheStreet.com) http://www.thestreet.com/tech/hardware/1036469.html

Company Name (Ticker): reported, expected, same q last year

Dell Computer (DELL): $0.22, $0.21, $0.19

posted 06-26-2000 06:36 PM         

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In brief:

- In September, Dell will introduce a new line of Latitude notebooks featuring fully integrated wireless networking and internal antennas. Right now, Dell notebooks can be bought with add-on cards that allow consumers to turn their laptops into wireless Internet terminals. By contrast, these upcoming notebooks will come wireless-ready from the factory.

posted 05-16-2000 06:18 PM         

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In brief:

- Dell (DELL) announced its line of trading workstation computers that targets online investors and arms them with financial tools that aid in conducting trades. The machines are meant to duplicate resources that professional traders at brokerage houses use and offer features and services such as trading software, data analysis and news feeds.

posted 04-25-2000 10:39 AM         

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Worth magazine ranked Michael Dell #10 on its top CEOs list. Here's what they said:

"A slowdown in Dell Computer's sales growth knocks Michael Dell from the top spot on our list. The computer company's momentum began to ebb in February 1999, when it reported that revenue growth slipped to 38 percent in the quarter ended in January, from 51 percent in the previous quarter. Dell also publicly suggested that the company would not meet analysts' expectations for the first quarter because of slower-than-expected sales and delayed deliveries from suppliers. INTERNET STRATEGY: "The Internet will become as fundamental to your business as electricity," Dell likes to say. Online orders now make up about 50 percent of sales (recently about $40 million a day). In February, the company started a division to sell servers and disk storage equipment to Internet service providers and hosts. This market, now at $2 billion, is expected to grow eightfold over the next three years. And the Internet is more than just a sales channel. "Order status calls, which can cost up to $13 each, can be handled over the Internet for essentially no cost at all," Dell recently said. WHAT'S NEXT: Analysts expect Dell to expand its worldwide market share from 10.8 percent last year to 18.7 percent by 2002. MANAGEMENT STYLE: Sweats the details, then sweats them some more. Adopts the best practices of other companies. Unafraid to look outside the company to fill skills gaps. Recent hires include Goran Malm from GE as president of Dell Asia-Pacific and James T. Vanderslice, a 33-year IBM veteran, as vice-chairman. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: The customer drives everything the company does. BIGGEST CHALLENGES: Manage investors' growth expectations; generate new sales as users make the transition to Windows 2000 and the Linux operating system (the free versi on of Unix). FINANCIAL REWARD: His 14.3 percent stake in the company is worth some $20.5 billion."

posted 04-07-2000 01:42 PM         

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Here's an article about Dell's new business plan:

http://www.internetnews.com/asp-news/article/0,2171,3411_336641,00.html

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