Michael Dell: How Dell Technologies plans to take on HPE

Dive Brief: @MichaelDell says he stands behind his bet to "go big" as other tech companies become smaller, according to an interview conducted by Computerworld. As rival Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( #HPE )has spun off assets, #Dell officially completed its $62 billion acquisition of #EMC last month. The new company, #DellTechnologies, is now the largest privately held tech company in the world, with 140,000 employees and annual revenue of $74 billion. Michael Dell says he thinks the company that comes out ahead will be the company that invests the most in innovation, which will be Dell Technologies. In particular, for R&D, "we've spent $12.7 billion in the last three years, we're spending about $4.5 billion a year — again, more than twice HPE," he said.
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