History of DELL
Dell's origins can date back to the year of 1984. Michael Dell is the founder of Dell who had created this company named PC’s Limited while he is a student at the University of Texas at Austin. In the belief of Michael Dell, he started trading by selling personal computer systems directly to customers. Through this way, PCs Limited can understand more about the customers' needs and produce the most useful computing solutions to solve those needs. In order to focus full-time on his fledgling business, Michael Dell discontinues his studies after getting an expansion-capital about $300,000 from his family.
In the following year, 1985, PC's Limited produced the first computer of its own design named "Turbo PC" which sold for US$795. The company promoted its products in national computer magazines for sale directly to customers and custom assembled each ordered unit according to a selection of options. The company grossed more than $73 million in its first year of trading.
In 1988, the company, PC's Limited changed its name to "Dell Computer Corporation" and began to expand their market globally, the first country is in Ireland. In June 1988, Dell's market capitalization grew by $30 million to $80 million from its June 22 initial public offering of 3.5 million shares at $8.50 a share.
In 1992, Michael Dell became the youngest CEO because of Dell Computer Corporation is in the list of world's 500 largest companies in Fortune magazine.
Dell started selling computers through its web site dell.com in 1996.
Dell's first purchase is Converge Net Technologies which happened in 1999.
By 2002, Dell increased its product line to include televisions, handhelds, digital audio players, and printers.
In 2003, the company was branded again as simply "Dell Inc."
From 2004 to 2007, Dell acquired Alienware and Dell continues to run Alienware as a wholly owned subsidiary to prevent cross-market product.
On January 28, 2008, The Company acquired Equal Logic to gain a foothold in the iSCSI storage market. Because Dell already had an efficient manufacturing process, integrating Equal Logic’s products into the company drove manufacturing prices down.
In 2009 of September 21, Dell acquired Perot Systems which it’s a technology services and outsourcing company founded by H. Ross Perot that based in Plano, Texas in a reported $3.9 billion deal. Perot Systems brought applications development, systems integration, and strategic consulting services through its operations and also provided the services like claims processing and call center operations in the U.S. and 10 other countries.
On August 16, 2010, Dell announced its intent to acquire the data storage company 3PAR. On September 2, 2010 Hewlett-Packard offered $33 a share, which Dell declined to match.
On November 2, 2010, Dell acquired Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) integration leader Boomi. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Main business activities of Dell
Dell's main business activities are intended to meet the large-scale enterprises, public institutions for medical care, education and government, small and medium enterprises and the customers unique needs.
Dell is the number one provider of PCs and computers to large enterprises, small and medium enterprises around the world. There is 10 million small businesses work with us in the US and
Dell is the number one provider to public sector customers in the US. Dell does business with 95 percent of Fortune 500 corporations.
Dell also is the number one healthcare IT Services provider in the world. To improve patient care, Dell helps the medical profession unleash the power of technology.
As the number two provider of computer support to education customers, Dell are committed to helping administrators, teachers and students harness the power of IT to advance learning. In education institutions, many primary schools and universities than ever are deploying Dell™ education-specific technology solutions, making Dell Inc become the top provider of laptops and desktops to schools in several geographies around the world.
