Journalistic Profile Dell Company

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Subject Area:Technology

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Most of you may know Dell by its blue logo, but the company is so much more, as can be seen in the hues of blues that reflect upon its building on this day. This company has been through it all, shining in the glory of a young Chief Executive Officer who started small and eventually became big. Dell has also gone through hard times, but with their innovative and enduring nature, the company has been able to make it through the hard times as well. Dell Computers is the handiwork of Micheal Dell, who is not only its founder but CEO and Chairman as well. There is a probability that there is at least one Dell electronic in your home or place of work.

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” Greets the security guard at the entrance. This is a new world, where the environment is spotless, and everybody is busy, as evidenced by the clear corridors and quietness witnessed. “Being at Dell is a great opportunity for most of us. This is because we share in the values of the company. We believe in offering a commitment to the customer in all of our IT solutions. In the late 90s, the company managed to use their expertise to win over the market as they started customizing their PCs. Since 1997, the company gained a market share and has been able to compete with other bigwigs such as IBM, Compaq, Packard Bell, and Gateway. He has lived to see the company come from behind to surpass Compaq as the largest personal computer manufacturer back in 2009.

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Besides, he has seen the company grow to a point where operation costs took up only 10% of the company’s revenue in 2002 doing better than most of its competitors that year (Dell Inc. He has also been there through the time when the company during times of slow growth and lows. Asian manufacturers also contributed to the lows of the company, but this was not the end of it. As I am accompanied further into various offices of the company, I notice plaques that symbolize various historical milestones that the company has had and the reality of this company’s success cuts in. The company was able to go public in 1988, 14 years after its inception and increased its market capitalization to a whopping $85 million from $ 1,000.

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The CEO was also quite young when he made history in 1992 as the company debuted on the Fortune 500 list. This is one record that the company was keen to follow through every year until 2014 despite the ups and downs it has experienced over the years. He narrates: “It is not as misplaced as you think. Our company values its commitment to the environment, and that is just a way through which we express this commitment. ” Dell committed itself to eliminating polyvinyl chloride by 2011 as a move to become the ‘greenest technology company worldwide. ’ The company has since been making steps towards this end, for instance, in 2009, it produced the G-Series monitors that were completely PVC and BFR free says HR. The company has since been rated eighth of 24 by the Enough Project about conflict minerals.

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