Bekker's Blog by Scott Bekker, Editor in Chief

Blog archive

Dell and the Channel

Late Wednesday, Dell announced that CEO Kevin Rollins was out in the wake of flagging company performance and market share. Michael Dell will add the duties of CEO to his current title of chairman.

On Dell's agenda are two items affecting the channel. He wants to get Dell more involved in providing consulting services to enterprise customers -- an area where Dell has not had much presence. Meanwhile, he hinted that the company's strict adherence to the direct-sales model may no longer be a sacred cow. Asked about re-examining the direct sales model, The New York Times quoted Dell as saying, "It is an interesting question. … That's where you'll see new ideas and some experiments."

By the way, I saw Rollins on stage with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates at the Windows Vista launch just three days ago in New York. He looked as serene as ever at the time.

Posted by Scott Bekker on February 01, 2007


Featured

  • Microsoft Appoints Althoff as New CEO for Commercial Business

    Microsoft CEO and chairman Satya Nadella on Wednesday announced the promotion of Judson Althoff to CEO of the company's commercial business, presenting the move as a response to the dramatic industrywide shifts caused by AI.

  • Broadcom Revamps VMware Partner Program Again

    Broadcom recently announced a significant update regarding its VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) program, coinciding with the release of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, a key component in Broadcom’s private cloud strategy.

  • Closeup of the new Copilot keyboard key

    Microsoft Updates Copilot To Add Context-Sensitive Agents to Teams, SharePoint

    Microsoft has rolled out a new public preview for collaborative "always on" agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot, bringing enhanced, context-aware tools into Teams channels, meetings, SharePoint sites, Planner workstreams and Viva Engage communities.

  • Windows 365 Cloud Apps Now Available for Public Preview

    Microsoft announced this week that Windows 365 Cloud Apps are now available for public preview. This aims to allow IT administrators to stream individual Windows applications from the cloud, removing the need to assign Cloud PCs to every user.

Most   Popular