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Dell goes public again…and a new company emerges

Having it all: The new Dell is much more than a company selling computing equipment. It has three major divisions Infrastructure (ISG), Client (CSG), and VMWare. (Source: Dell presentation) Usually, when a company goes private it’s because its fortunes have shifted and not in a good way. That was partially true for Dell when the company went private in 2013. ...

Kathleen Maher

Having it all: The new Dell is much more than a company selling computing equipment. It has three major divisions Infrastructure (ISG), Client (CSG), and VMWare. (Source: Dell presentation) Usually, when a company goes private it’s because its fortunes have shifted and not in a good way. That was partially true for Dell when the company went private in 2013. The PC market had performed a remarkable swan dive in response to market declines, an unfortunate operating system cycle from Microsoft starting with Vista, and the rise in tablets—attractive, low-cost (usually), lightweight alternative to PCs.  As a leader in the
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