Dell Launches New Blog to Help Businesses Simplify and Save with IT

-- Blog, Information Designed to Promote Wise IT Spending, Help "Recession-Proof" Businesses of All Sizes

ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

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    The News:

    --  Dell has launched the "Simplify and Save" blog to help
        businesses engage and exchange best-practices with Dell,
        experts and each other on how to win in today's tough times
        with smart, simple IT strategies.

        --  At Dell IdeaStorm, customers are also encouraged to share
            their ideas for how they are simplifying IT and saving in
            their businesses or how else they would like to see Dell
            help.

    --  IT decision makers from businesses of all sizes can learn
        about and contribute to conversations on energy-efficient IT;
        virtualization; data storage; managed services for large and
        small and medium businesses; server, desktop and laptop
        replacement strategies; financing options, social media
        strategies and tools and more.

        --  According to a recent report(1) from Gartner analysts John
            Rizzuto and Betsy Burton, continued IT investment is
            imperative for all enterprises, whether the objective is
            to maintain or to gain competitiveness.

        --  Michael Dell discussed similar ideas with a group of
            small-and-medium-business owners during their recent visit
            to Dell as part of the 2008 Small Business Excellence
            Award.

    Quotes:

    --  In the inaugural Simplify and Save blog post, chairman and
        CEO, Michael Dell, explains: "The first reaction in any
        downturn is to cut costs. But what then? Where do you invest
        to drive competitiveness and prepare for growth? Challenging
        periods also present significant opportunities. Technology
        investments done right are the one thing that drive
        productivity and help drive cost out, which is what almost
        every business is looking for right now."

    --  "Customers confirm complexity is out of control as the cost of
        managing IT exceeds the cost of acquiring it," said Steve
        Schuckenbrock, Dell CIO and president of Global Services.
        "With 70 percent of IT budgets spent just keeping the lights
        on, too little is left for innovation. Our focus is on
        solutions and services that simplify IT management to free up
        resources for projects that drive business results."

    --  "We are engaging our customers in the conversation to ensure
        we are on the right track to help them through these tough
        times," Schuckenbrock continued. "The blog and IdeaStorm
        category are just the beginning as we help enable IT decision
        makers to become the 'chief savings officers' in their
        companies."

    Additional Information:

    Virtualization Advisor Tool

    Data Protection Solution Advisor

    ReGeneration

    Michael Dell Vlog

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(1) Gartner, IT Innovation Will Be Key to Turn Economic Crisis Into Opportunity, John Rizzuto & Betsy Burton, Oct. 10, 2008

Source: Dell Inc.

Released October 20, 2008