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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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.
market percent share
We have a 3-4 percent market share in India.
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It might take some here and there, but Apple's market share in the global computer business has really shrunk pretty far, and where they've been making success recently is not in the computer business but in the iPod music business.
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Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be that the companies are stronger financially, that they took market share, and they are on a very steady footing in terms of their performance.
announcing market swinging
We're not announcing that the market is swinging up.
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.
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Our mindset always says it's not how big the market is but how profitable it can be as the key determiner of whether or not we want to be in it.
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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,
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.
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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.