Dell Inc. is an American privately owned multinational
computer technology company based in Round Rock, Texas, United States, that
develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and
services. Eponymously named after its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one
of the largest technological corporations in the world, employing more than
103,300 people worldwide.
Dell traces its origins to 1984, when Michael Dell created
Dell Computer Corporation, which at the time did business as PC's Limited,
while a student of the University of Texas at Austin. The dorm-room
headquartered company sold IBM PC-compatible computers built from stock
components. Dell dropped out of school to focus full-time on his fledgling
business, after getting $1,000 in expansion-capital from his family. In 1985,
the company produced the first computer of its own design, the Turbo PC, which sold
for $795. PC's Limited advertised its systems in national computer magazines
for sale directly to consumers and custom assembled each ordered unit according
to a selection of options. The company grossed more than $73 million in its
first year of operation.
Dell's headquarters is located in Round Rock, Texas. As of
2013 the company employed about 14,000 people in central Texas and was the region's
largest private employer, which has 2,100,000 square feet (200,000 m2) of
space. As of 1999 almost half of the general fund of the city of Round Rock
originated from sales taxes generated from the Dell headquarters.
In November 2015 it emerged that several Dell computers had
shipped with an identical pre-installed root certificate known as
"eDellRoot".This raised such security risks as attackers
impersonating HTTPS-protected websites such as Google and Bank of America and
malware being signed with the certificate to bypass Microsoft software filtering.
Dell apologised and offered a removal tool.
Day-to-day operations of the company are run by the Global
Executive Management Committee, which sets strategic direction. Dell has
regional senior vice-presidents for countries other than the United States,
including David Marmonti for EMEA and Stephen J. Felice for Asia/Japan. As of
2007, other officers included Martin Garvin (senior vice president for
worldwide procurement) and Susan Sheskey (vice president and Chief Information
Officer).[citation needed]
Dell's major competitors include Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer,
Fujitsu, Toshiba, Gateway, Sony, Asus, Lenovo, IBM, MSI, Panasonic with its
Toughbook series, Samsung and Apple. Dell and its subsidiary, Alienware,
compete in the enthusiast market against AVADirect, Falcon Northwest, VoodooPC
(a subsidiary of HP), and other manufacturers. In the second quarter of 2006,
Dell had between 18% and 19% share of the worldwide personal computer market,
compared to HP with roughly 15%.


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