Dude, you’re not buying a Dell (so we better shake up management)
By Mark Pason, at 1:40 pm on January 2nd, 2009Michael Dell looked like an antsy NFL owner recently, deciding to sever ties with two top execs, Mike Cannon and Mark Jarvis. BWeek wonders if the latest moves will save Dell’s marketshare and profitability. The shine is off the apple now that it’s been about 2 years since Michael Dell returned to firm as CEO. 2009 will certainly not be a great year for selling PC’s and Servers, especially to the battered financial sector. Apple and Hewlett-Packard are the darlings of the consumer PC industry, and Dell needs to do more than tread water.
One has to admire Dell’s moves. He’s showing that he’s not just sitting and wating this out. Besides shaking up managment, Dell has over $8bb in cash. We may see them use some this cash to jump start a push into building corporate data centers or Cloud Computing.
