Acer overtakes Dell to become second largest PC maker in the world!
Things are looking bad for Dell which has now lost the second spot to Acer in the PC manufacturing market.
Hewlett Packard continues to lead the charts.
As per the latest data released by IDC, here are the market share of these companies:
HP [...]
Dell to shut down a plant in North Carolina
US based PC manufacturer Dell has announced that they would shut down one of their plants located in Winston-Salem.
This shut down would result in 905 workers losing their jobs.
The company said that this is part of their process to cut down costs.
Dell said that [...]
Perot Systems acquired by Dell
US based personal computer manufacturer Dell has announced that they are now going to acquire Perot Systems.
The deal is worth around $3.6 billion.
Perot Systems provide IT services and this is an industry where Dell wants to expand.
Dell expects to complete this deal before January next year.
Dell [...]
After HP, Acer might overtake Dell globally
Dell continues to struggle in the global personal computer market.
Hewlett Packard is already ahead of them and now Acer might catch up to become the second largest PC maker in the world.
Acer is gaining a lot of market share from the sales of their cheap netbook products [...]
Dell could acquire Palm if rumours are to be believed
Wall Street Journal has reported that US based PC manufacturer Dell could soon announce a major acquisition deal.
And if we are to believe the market reports, Dell could be pursuing none other than Palm for a possible deal.
Palm has just made a comeback in the [...]
Apple, Dell, HP sued by The PACid Group
The PACid Group has filed a lawsuit against 19 companies including Apple, Atheros, Broadcom, Dell, Edimax, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Lenovo, Marvell, Realtek, and Toshiba.
The lawsuit claims that these companies infringe upon their patented technologies.
The patent involved in this lawsuit is U.S. patent No. 5,963,646, “Secure deterministic [...]
Dell has two phones in works as per reports
More information is coming out related to Dell’s rumored entry into the smartphone market.
The company is said to be developing two models. One to be powered with Windows Mobile. The other to be powered by Google Android.
These phones are said to be codenamed MePhone.
Reports [...]
Acer closing in on second spot held by Dell
Dell has already lost the top spot to Hewlett Packard in the personal computer business.
Now they could soon lose their second spot to an unlikely rival… Acer.
Acer used to be on the seventh position in 2003.
But the company has made phenomenal progress in the last couple [...]
Dell announces a major management shakeup
US based personal computer maker Dell has announced some major management changes.
The company announced that their president of global operations Mike Cannon will retire.
Dell’s Chief Marketing Officer Mark Jarvis is also leaving the company.
Cannon would retire on January 31. He would however continue to work as a consultant [...]
Dell profits up but sale is down
Dell has again failed to cover the gap with the market leader Hewlett Packard.
The company has come out with their latest revenue report.
Dell gained from their cost cutting efforts as they managed to report fiscal third-quarter earnings that exceeded Wall Street expectations.
The sales for the company were [...]
