In spite of product overlaps and VMware’s partnerships with rivals, Dell will be keeping EMC intact

In spite of product overlaps and VMware’s partnerships with rivals, Dell will be keeping EMC intact

As a private company #Dell is well positioned to defy the industry norm, according to its CEO Michael Dell.

The acquisition of #EMC puts Dell at odds with the rest of the industry. $67bn is a big punt and its CEO cannot afford to fail.

At a recent briefing prior to his visit to the company’s Emea Solutions Conference in Vienna, Dell said: “We have had 11 quarters gaining share in the client business and we are gaining share in the server business.”

According to Dell, customer loyalty is at record levels. He claimed the company filed 27% more patents this year than in 2014.

#IBM sold off its PC server business to Lenovo in 2014, and #Hewlett-Packard recently split into HP Inc and Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( #HPE ). At the same time, businesses have less of an appetite for large-scale IT contracts, with contracts split across multiple suppliers now popular. The challenge for Dell is to convince such organisations that buying from a single source is the better option, compared with multi-supplier contracts.

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