Kevin Rollins Tom Quotations

It has been a very exciting time here in India, running customer support and internal software development centers.

Our success in countries such as China and Germany shows the Dell direct business model is preferred by customers in all regions and provides us with a unique advantage and opportunity for continued growth.

As we continue to attract new customers worldwide, our team in India has played a vital role in the company's operations.

Dell's growth in Oklahoma City is testament to the superior service that our customers receive from the dedicated employees who have become part of our team here in Oklahoma City.

We drove a better balance across all price points of our products and greater operational efficiencies this quarter, and performed at the high level of execution we expect for ourselves. Our success in countries such as China and Germany shows the Dell direct business model is preferred by customers in all regions and provides us with a unique advantage and opportunity for continued growth.

And our size: The company this year is going to be close to $50 billion, so if that's the case and you can continue to grow that fast, I would rather put my energies to solving customer problems and growing our business than worrying about integrating and laying people off.

Intel's still our main partner. We have not announced anything with AMD and don't have anything planned, but we're constantly being aware to make sure our customers get the best technology.

This move places us closer to our customers in a market that presents excellent long-term growth opportunities for Dell.

We're extremely pleased with the success of the launch of XPS, ... Customers are not really interested in the trailing edge of technology. What they really want is great technology, the leading edge.

After the second quarter, we took a hard look at execution and made changes to balance our pricing and product range, ... We implemented improvements to increase efficiency and drive lower operating expenses, and we focused resources to improve customer support. We are already seeing results including the consolidation.

And when the customers demand technology we move and adopt it. And right now since we're focused mostly on corporations they are not demanding it.

Component costs fell at an unprecedented rate last year, and we gained significant new business from passing those declines to customers more rapidly than anyone.