Dell and Salesforce team together for cloud computing

According to eWeek, Dell and Salesforce.com have teamed together to bring mid-size companies cloud computing. The two are working on bringing customer relationship management to their clients via cloud computing.

Steve Felice, Dell's president of global small and medium-sized business operations, stated:
“Dell and Salesforce.com are providing customers with an integrated and proven solution that we have been testing extensively in our own organizations “Today, Salesforce.com runs its data centers and PCs on Dell equipment and Dell has integrated Salesforce CRM with our on-premise applications using Dell’s PowerEdge servers and Dell Integration Services."

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Dell may enter SmartPhone market

In a recent release at eWeek, they anticipate Dell to release a new SmartPhone they've been working on. They saw their computer shipping business fall 16% in the last quarter, and hope to bring a new customer into their portfolio with these products. For more on the story, read this article at eWeek.

Changes Ahead for Dell's Enterprise Unit

Dell has gone through a lot of talent changes as of late as the company grapples with declining sales and pressure to align their services with those of competitors. Still, Dell is trying to do some interesting things with its enterprise unit, according to WSJ.com the enterprise unit will be run by Steve Schuckenbrock, a former Electronic Data Systems Inc. executive who joined Dell in 2007 to start a new business-services operation.

Innovation through cost-cutting techniques, that's their aim. Isn't it everyone's?

Dell in Leaders Quadrant for Midrange Enterprise Storage

From Welt Online:

Research and advisory firm Gartner Inc. positioned Dell in the "Leaders Quadrant” of its Magic Quadrant for Midrange Enterprise Disk Arrays, 20081 report, Dell announced today.

Do you think that Dell is a leader? We'd like to hear your thoughts.

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