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
Kevin Rollins quotes about
india integrated teams
Our teams in India have integrated well with Dell's operations.
attract continue customers india played role team vital
As we continue to attract new customers worldwide, our team in India has played a vital role in the company's operations.
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.
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.
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.
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,
across advantage balance business china continued countries customers direct drove execution expect germany greater high level model opportunity performed points preferred price products provides regions shows success unique
We drove a better balance across all price points of our products and greater operational efficiencies this quarter, and performed at the high level of execution we expect for ourselves. Our success in countries such as China and Germany shows the Dell direct business model is preferred by customers in all regions and provides us with a unique advantage and opportunity for continued growth.
enterprise excellent focus
We now have excellent balance, and the focus is on our enterprise products.
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.