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
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We believe that's a very healthy growth rate for a company of our size and our complexity,
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We intend to grow and we intend to take share. We're not seeing any slowdown or any abnormal situation.
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While we're disappointed that we didn't reach our initial revenue target for the quarter, we are very pleased with our ability to deliver industry-leading profitability and consistent growth and earnings,
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The U.S. consumer business didn't grow that fast this quarter, but it's still a great business,
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This move places us closer to our customers in a market that presents excellent long-term growth opportunities for Dell.
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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.
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Dell's growth in Oklahoma City is testament to the superior service that our customers receive from the dedicated employees who have become part of our team here in Oklahoma City.
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Much of the industry's quarterly growth was at the low ends of the desktop and notebook categories, which offer little if any profitability. Dell met its operating targets by pursuing profitable growth.
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I am sure there will come a time when we are going to use AMD. The products have been getting better. The acceptance is getting better. But we have not been suffering as a company for either growth or profitability because we haven't had AMD.
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And our size: The company this year is going to be close to $50 billion, so if that's the case and you can continue to grow that fast, I would rather put my energies to solving customer problems and growing our business than worrying about integrating and laying people off.
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The market is in a very strange mood, and so with earnings and revenue growth estimates, it's pretty hard to predict how the market's going to react to a company's earnings and revenue growth rate right now,
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We remain confident and optimistic about our business,
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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.
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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.