Add comment July 9th, 2008
buy internet shopYou should look for online shops not only in your local State or city in the USA. There are many places where you can cheap products online that does not have to be fresh. If you looking for with single vision lens, sun sensor, lens, tinted sunglasses lens or bifocal lens you should check the zennioptical.com they have good prices.
Add comment January 7th, 2008
One of the easiest ways to get money is that any works which have to deal with the computer. I did see some news which is very impressed me like 17-year-old girl can find money about $50,000 a month on doing myspace layout. That’s a tremendous amount of income for a girl that age can do. She can prove that no matter age or knowledgeable you are, you can still earn a lot of money if you know about computer stuff. So computer learning is required, you don’t know about it but you can learn. For my opinion, it’s the study course which worth every cent you pay on it. There are many courses you can learn from computer and all of them make a lot of money. If you work on something which deal on numbers, excel training could help you a lot to work faster and excel is the program is required by almost every company. Al so you can learn on pmp training and any other stuff on computer.
Add comment October 27th, 2007
linux linux desktop Ubuntu Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu Linux ubuntu problems ubuntu troubleshootingWell folks, ubuntu 7.10 was released and i must say im very impressed with the results.The 3D desktop features are very kewl looking. Seems like this version has improved proformance. Just a good all around linux.
linux linux desktop Ubuntu Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu Linux ubuntu problems ubuntu troubleshootingAdd comment September 7th, 2007
I had the chance to talk to Glen Keels from our Commercial Server team for a preview of some of the developments we’ll be discussing moving forward. Next week, Michael and other Dell executives will host a webcast at 10:30am Central time on Monday next week to talk about how advanced storage technology is evolving to become more accessible small and medium businesses. Beyond that, we’ll be sharing more details around how Dell will continue our focus on simplifying IT for businesses of all sizes.
In this vlog, Glenn explains how consolidation and virtualization will be a key part of that strategy. Beyond next week, there will be much more to come—we’ll soon be launching an Enterprise group blog that will feature Glenn and other members of the team who will blog about server, storage and corporate client topics.
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Add comment September 7th, 2007
As I hinted in my last post here, a rather large 2D web project has been taking my focus away from 3D initiatives lately. That project is a redesign of the home page of Dell.com.
How can one single web page be a big project? When it’s a page that gets more than 35 million visitors a week. When it is the subject of some of the most popular posts on IdeaStorm. When that one page is the entryway to both a corporate and a commerce site. When it must appeal to everyone from individual consumers to large corporate clients, from institutional investors to mainstream media and citizen journalists. When it has to be a place where a student can research a company for their freshman business class, and purchase a computer upon which to write that same paper.
This is the challenge faced as we roll out a beta test of a new design today in the United States. Canada will follow next week. More regions will offer the beta in the future. Here’s how it will work: 20% of visitors to Dell.com over the next week will be randomly selected for this beta test. 10% of that test audience will see the page as it is today. The other 10 % will see the redesigned page. We will then compare clickstream data and basic metrics from those two groups to determine if the new page works or not.
How will we know if it works? If customers tell us it is easier to find the right level of information they need-whether that means finding support for existing products or researching information for future purchases, or adding to the conversation. We don’t want to be an Irrelevant Corporate Website. To us, that means integrating community sites such as this blog, the Dell Community Forum, StudioDell and more. Customers like jorge are telling us the same thing on IdeaStorm.
Click on the image below to see a larger version of the screenshot.
What the redesign doesn’t do is what many have voted for—eliminate customer segmentation. We still believe segmentation offers benefits for the customer and here’s one reason why: when we have discussions with customers many of them say they dislike being asked to segment themselves when they begin shopping on dell.com; but, many also tell us that they use technology in very different ways and have different needs. An example of this is a recent survey of small business owners and decision makers conducted by Dell and the International Council for Small Business. This sort of feedback went into the development of the new Vostro line of notebooks and desktops, as well as the suite of services designed specifically to support small businesses. As Dell continues to differentiate the products and services we offer our customers, segmentation will begin to make more sense to site visitors.
So, if you visit Dell.com over the next week and see the new design, feel free to click on the “feedback” link at the footer of the page to let us know what you think. Or, you can come back here and share your comments on this post. I look forward to hearing even more opinions on this challenging page.
Add comment September 6th, 2007
Earlier this week, we announced the Dell Precison M6300 mobile workstation. It joins the M4300 as our second mobile workstation based on Intel’s Santa Rosa chipset. The M6300 supports Core 2 Duo amd Extreme Edition processors up to the 2.8GHz X7900 processor, and the NVIDIA Quadro FX1600M for strong performance in graphics-intense applications that are commonly used by workstation customers. As far as displays, we offer two 17″ UltraSharp versions—one that supports 1440×900 resolution and another that supports 1920×1200.
Like the M4300, the M6300 supports up to 4GB DDR2 memory, and on the storage side, it supports optional 32GB solid state hard drives as well as traditional hard drives at capacities up to 200GB. Mobility is a key component, and we offer lots of flexibility there as well—Wi-Fi options include a/g/ and Draft-n; and on the mobile broadband side, we offer the Dell Wireless 5510 HSDPA card.
In this video, Mano Gialusis from the Precision team shares more details about the M4300 and M6300.
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Add comment September 4th, 2007
Earlier this week, we launched DellDirekte (www.delldirekte.no), our corporate blog in Norwegian. This
is the fourth language for the Dell corporate blogs, following Direct2Dell in
English, Chinese and Spanish.
Corporate blogs are not common in Norway. In
fact, we believe we are one of the first large companies to launch our own blog.
We are looking forward to following the
success of the other Dell blogs, and the other means of communication such as IdeaStorm and Dell Forums. In Dell Norway, we
sincerely believe a corporate blog is an excellent way to strengthen the
dialogue between ourselves and our stakeholders, first and foremost our
customers.
DellDirekte is obviously designed for
customers who prefer to communicate with Dell in Norwegian, although Danes and
Swedes will also most likely be able to understand the content. The blog will
focus on Dell’s operations in Norway, but will also feature translated content
from the English version of Direct2Dell that is worldwide in nature.
We look forward to hearing from all
stakeholders in Norway, and invite everyone familiar with the Norwegian
language to share comments, content ideas and feedback with the DellDirekte
team.
Add comment September 3rd, 2007
Video and slides of Dell CTO Dr. Kevin Kettler’s keynote at LinuxWorldExpo San Francisco a few weeks ago are now available. In it, he discussed the growing trends towards virtualization, in the Enterprise Datacenter, on Business Desktops, and on home desktops, and his vision of embedding virtualization to make systems “guest VM ready”. Based on your voting on IdeaStorm, he discussed Dell’s expansion of Ubuntu into the UK, Germany, and France and onto new systems in the US.
To save you a step, here’s the vlog of Kevin’s keynote.
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1 comment August 30th, 2007
Folks who read Direct2Dell pretty regularly know I am not an Investor Relations person. That means I will not be commenting on financial results. I just wanted to make this information available to people who are expecting it.
–Lionel
DELL REPORTS Q2 PRELIMINARY REVENUE OF $14.8 BILLION; PRELIMINARY EARNINGS PER SHARE OF $0.32
Quarter Highlighted by Improved Growth and Profitability Across All Regions and Strength in Enterprise Products
ROUND ROCK, Texas, Aug. 30, 2007—Dell today reported preliminary results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2008, with revenue of $14.8 billion, operating income of $896 million and earnings per share of $0.32. Strength in enterprise products and services, improved average selling prices and favorable component costs drove profitability in the quarter. Cash and marketable securities were $13.8 billion at the end of the quarter.
“We continue to invest in company initiatives that align our products and services around customers’ needs in order to drive long-term, sustainable performance and extend our position as a trusted technology partner,” said Chairman and CEO Michael Dell. “While our results demonstrate we’ve made progress against our goals, we are still in the early stages of transforming our company’s structure, costs and operations.”
Operating Profit Impacted by Higher Expenses
Several factors adversely impacted operating expenses in the quarter, including $102 million, or $0.03 per share, in incremental compensation expense related to payments for expired in-the-money stock options; $59 million, or $0.02 per share, in costs associated with the Audit Committee’s investigation into certain accounting and financial reporting matters; and higher headcount and associated costs related to investments in sales and customer support.
As the company continues to implement its transformation program, the priority is to drive profitable growth while reducing operating expenses as a percentage of revenue. The company expects to accomplish this by improving front-line productivity, reducing headcount where appropriate and investing in infrastructure and key growth initiatives. The company is focused on the optimal alignment of resources, coupled with scaling via growth initiatives and cost reduction, and continues to pursue reductions in headcount.
Transformation Update
Several actions during the second quarter reflected Dell’s ongoing strategy to simplify IT for its customers by reducing the cost, time and complexity of managing information technology, including:
Product Performance Driven by Continued Focus on Server and Storage Solutions
Server revenue in the second quarter was $1.6 billion. For Q2, Dell was again No. 1 in the United States in server units shipped with 32.7 percent share. Storage revenues were $0.6 billion. During the quarter, Forrester Consulting1 issued a report that demonstrated how Dell’s new IT simplification solutions, which include server consolidation and virtualization solutions, increased the ROI benefits for one of Dell’s customers.
Dell also announced a partnership with Emerson Network Power and its Liebert power and cooling business to help customers lower their datacenter power and cooling requirements by up to 42 percent and increase systems performance by up to 80 percent compared to prior generations of Dell servers.
Revenue from mobility products was $3.9 billion while desktop revenue was $5.0 billion. During the quarter, the company ran a higher-than-normal product backlog, driven by better-than-expected demand for the new Inspiron and XPS color notebooks coupled with supply constraints for several colors, and a tightening in supply of certain flat-panel displays. The company believes the supply environment will improve in the second half of the year. Enhanced services revenue was $1.3 billion and software and peripherals revenue was $2.4 billion.
Company Outlook
The company is focused on IT simplification for its customers, including transforming its business to provide better value to customers while expanding its growth opportunities. These efforts set the stage for a more sustainable balance of liquidity, profitability and growth. During this period of transformation, operating results will vary as the company focuses on making investments and realigning the business. Near-term results could be adversely impacted by a slower decline in component costs in the second half of the year. The company does not expect to resume its share repurchase program until after it has filed its fiscal year 2007 Form 10-K, which is expected to occur by the first week of November.
Preliminary Results Subject to Change
As previously announced on Aug. 16, 2007, Dell will restate its previously issued financial statements for fiscal 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 (including the interim periods within those years), and the first quarter of fiscal 2007. In addition, the company has not filed its Forms 10-Q for the second and third quarters of fiscal 2007 and the first quarter of fiscal 2008 or its Form 10-K for fiscal 2007. Consequently, all financial results described in this press release, as well as the previously announced financial results for the second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2007 and first quarter of 2008, should be considered preliminary, and are subject to change to reflect any necessary corrections or adjustments, or changes in accounting estimates, that are identified prior to the time the company completes the restatement and these filings.
NASDAQ Listing Update
As previously announced, on Aug. 17, 2007, the Board of Directors of The NASDAQ Stock Market issued its decision to give the company until Nov. 12, 2007 to file its past due periodic reports and regain compliance with NASDAQ’s listing requirements. Dell previously announced that it expects to file its past due periodic reports by the first week of November.
Annual Meeting and Analyst Meeting Update
The company’s annual meeting of shareholders is being planned for Dec. 4, 2007. The company plans to hold a strategy call on Nov. 29, 2007 when it releases fiscal third quarter 2008 earnings. The company also plans to hold a full analyst meeting on April 2 and 3, 2008, in Round Rock, Texas.
About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its direct business model, Dell is a leading global systems and services company and No. 34 on the Fortune 500. For more information, visit http://www.dell.com/, or to communicate directly with Dell via a variety of online channels, go to www.dell.com/conversations. To get Dell news direct, visit www.dell.com/RSS.
1The Total Economic ImpactTM Of Dell’s Server Consolidation And Virtualization Solutions Single Company Analysis A Commissioned Study Conducted by Forrester Consulting on Behalf of Dell. The complete report may be accessed at www.dell.com/research.
Special Note
Statements in this press release that relate to future results and events (including statements about our preliminary and expected future financial and operating performance) are forward-looking statements based on our current expectations. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements because of a number of risks and uncertainties, including: the risk that additional information may arise during the completion of our work on the restatement, our independent auditor’s review of the investigation and completion of its audit work, the Audit Committee’s final review of the investigation and the restated financial statements, and as a result of other subsequent events; any additional issues or matters arising from the ongoing SEC investigation; our ability to successfully remediate identified internal control deficiencies; our ability to meet NASDAQ requirements for continued listing as a result of our past due periodic report filings; general economic, business and industry conditions; our ability to maintain a cost advantage over our competitors; local economic and labor conditions, political instability, unexpected regulatory changes, trade protection measures, tax laws, copyright levies and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; our ability to accurately predict product, customer and geographic sales mix and seasonal sales trends; information technology and manufacturing infrastructure failures; our ability to effectively manage periodic product transitions; our reliance on third-party suppliers for quality product components, including reliance on several single-source or limited-source suppliers; our ability to access the capital markets; litigation and governmental investigations or proceedings arising out of or related to accounting and financial reporting matters; our acquisition of other companies; our ability to properly manage the distribution of our products and services; effective hedging of our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates; obtaining licenses to intellectual property developed by others on commercially reasonable and competitive terms; our ability to attract, retain and motivate key personnel; loss of government contracts; expiration of tax holidays or favorable tax rate structures; changing environmental laws; and the effect of armed hostilities, terrorism, natural disasters and public health issues. Additional discussion of factors affecting Dell’s business and prospects is contained in Dell’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Add comment August 27th, 2007
I’ve been getting comments from several customers like who have submitted their orders and have not received a response. Wanted to clarify how the process works, and the easiest way to illustrate it is to break it down into two main groups: Customers who purchase something, and customers who don’t. Basically, if no purchase is involved, you will receive an e-mail notification when your order is processed. If you are purchasing something, Dell will be contacting you directly to process work out payment details to process your order.
In all cases, please allow up to 10 business days (two weeks) for us to process your order and get back to you.
No purchase: you will receive e-mail order confirmations when your order is processed.
Orders with payment: you will receive order details from the Dell representative who contacts you to process you order.
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