Kevin Rollins
Kevin Rollins
Kevin Barney Rollinsis an American businessman and philanthropist. The former President and CEO of Dell Inc., in 2006 Rollins was named by London's CBR as the 9th Most Influential person in the Enterprise IT sector...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
accelerate believe business coming europe fourth good hopeful improved management percent phase positive profits shape sign step team together transition
that business has been in and is in a transition phase this year, and a real positive sign was that this quarter. Profits improved in Europe by 24 percent over the first quarter. That's the first step in the transition. We've got a management team that is coming together and we believe that by the fourth quarter, we'll be in very good shape to accelerate growth; and so right now we're very hopeful and positive and the transformation is on track.
changes forecast good market normal seeing size slowing
We are not seeing anything fundamentally that's slowing the market down. We just think ... with the normal seasonality changes and the size of our company, this is a good forecast for the market.
competition dynamics good growth healthy industry normal people quarter saying share taking trends
As we look at the dynamics of the industry...we see normal seasonal trends (and) good growth, healthy growth. And if what people are saying about our competition and the industry being down, we're probably taking more share this quarter than we anticipated.
agreement good relationship
If that agreement and relationship expand, so be it. It could be a good thing, (but) we don't have anything to announce.
confident optimistic remain
We remain confident and optimistic about our business,
cold few glad kids kinda past perform practiced thrown turned weather
When we got out there (Tuesday), the weather had turned kinda bad. It was cold and windy and not at all like the weather we'd practiced so well in during the past few days. We're just glad to see the kids still perform and not get thrown off by anything, then go out and get the win.
customers edge extremely great interested launch leading pleased success trailing
We're extremely pleased with the success of the launch of XPS, ... Customers are not really interested in the trailing edge of technology. What they really want is great technology, the leading edge.
announcing market swinging
We're not announcing that the market is swinging up.
beat believe business confident estimates europe goal government half money opportunity percent saw second slowness street talked target terms year
We believe that the fundamentals of our business are still very healthy, and we did beat analysts estimates in terms of our earnings, and saw an opportunity to make a little more money with some slowness in Europe and the government sector. In the second half, we're still confident that the target and goal we have talked to the Street about, the 30 percent growth, is achievable, and believe that seasonally the second half is better, and will be this year as well,
believe company growth healthy rate size
We believe that's a very healthy growth rate for a company of our size and our complexity,
demand healthy key overall quarter seeing segments strong surprises
We're seeing healthy demand in key segments of our business, ... Overall it was a pretty strong quarter and there were not a whole lot of surprises for us.
bit hope point quite seeing suggesting
We're seeing a little bit of a glimmer of hope but I don't think we're quite at a point where we're suggesting a turnaround.
bit extra gave week
The extra week gave us a little bit of a pop.
india integrated teams
Our teams in India have integrated well with Dell's operations.