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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ability consistent deliver growth initial pleased reach revenue target
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,
desktop ends growth low met notebook offer operating profitable pursuing targets
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.
acceptance american-businessman company either growth products suffering sure time
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.
believe company growth healthy rate size
We believe that's a very healthy growth rate for a company of our size and our complexity,
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.
closer customers excellent growth market move places presents
This move places us closer to our customers in a market that presents excellent long-term growth opportunities for Dell.
city customers dedicated employees growth oklahoma receive service superior team testament
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.
earnings growth hard market predict rate react revenue strange
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,
chase intend profitable
We do not intend to chase low-end non profitable business,
aggressive average bit changed environment lowering needed price selling
We don't think the competitive environment has fundamentally changed a lot. Some of the lowering of average selling price was our fault. We got a little bit more aggressive than we needed to.
consistent
is much smoother and much more consistent over time.
adopt american-businessman customers demand demanding focused mostly move since technology
And when the customers demand technology we move and adopt it. And right now since we're focused mostly on corporations they are not demanding it.
business component costs customers declines fell gained last passing rapidly rate
Component costs fell at an unprecedented rate last year, and we gained significant new business from passing those declines to customers more rapidly than anyone.
abnormal grow intend seeing
We intend to grow and we intend to take share. We're not seeing any slowdown or any abnormal situation.