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e-mail address mike.mcconnell@enron.com. Please contact Cathy Phillips at= =20 713-853-6898 or cathy.phillips@enron.com if you have any questions. Thank= =20 you. Cathy Phillips for Mike McConnell Tom_Rigamonti@Dell.com on 07/31/2000 10:09:09 AM To:=20 cc: =20 Subject: Dell News Network: July 28, 2000 NewsLine:?July?28, 2000 =20 Re:?GLOBAL NEWS AND INFORMATION=09 ? ? IN THIS ISSUE ? DELL NEWS Dell Goes Direct in India Dell Strengthens Lead in U.S. Market Moving Up on Fortune Global 500? Dell PowerEdge 2450 Server Wows 'Em? Dell?ScoresBig Win in Korea ? INDUSTRY NEWS Intel, AMD to Announce New Chip Speeds Succession Plan for Lou Gerstner? Compaq Settles Overcharging Claims ? ? DELL NEWS Dell Goes Direct in India: Dell has established a wholly-owned subsidiary = in=20 India with direct sales and support operations in major cities, such as=20 Bangalore, New Delhi and Calcutta. Currently, Dell is building the necessa= ry=20 infrastructure and completing the requirements for implementation of the= =20 direct model in India. Chip Saunders, president, Asia Pacific/Japan,=20 announced in New Delhi that the company is excited about going direct in= =20 India, =01&the last frontier for the IT industry.=018 According to Interna= tional=20 Data Corp. figures in the first quarter, Dell is the fastest growing among= =20 the top 10 computer vendors in India. For more of this story, go to=20 http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/000727/del196595.html. =20 ? Dell Strengthens Lead in U.S. Market: Dell has increased its market share= =20 in U.S. PC sales, strengthening its lead over No. 2 Compaq, according to= =20 International Data Corp. (IDC). Compaq leads worldwide but Dell has narrow= ed=20 the gap at No. 2. Strong demand in Asia boosted worldwide unit growth to= =20 14.5 percent, said IDC, the market research firm based in Framingham, Mass= .=20 Read the story online:=20 http://dallasnews.com/business/116779_pcmarket_bus24.html ? Moving Up on Fortune Global 500: The July 21 issue of Fortune magazine=20 shows Dell has moved up to No. 154 on the Fortune Global 500, up from No.= =20 210 last year. This prestigious list also is available online:=20 http://library.northernlight.com/LH20000713010000412.html?cb=3D13&;sc=3D0#do= c?? ? Dell PowerEdge 2450 Wows 'Em: In its first competitive product review, the= =20 Dell PowerEdge 2450 claimed two awards from InternetWeek: the "Best of=20 Breed" and the "InternetWeek Approved" awards. The magazine was most=20 impressed by the feature-packed server and praised the PowerEdge 2450's=20 availability features, serviceability and solid management tools.=20 http://www.internetwk.com/reviews00/rev071700.htm? ? Dell?ScoresBig Win in Korea: Korea Telecom, the country=01,s second-largest= =20 telecommunications company, had to ensure system-readiness for a=20 demonstration of an Internet Broadcasting project to be witnessed on Aug. = 5=20 by the president of Korea.?Korea Telecom called on Dell=01,s expertise on= =20 Internet infrastructure. The order consisted of 23 PowerEdge 8450s, 21=20 PowerEdge 6450s, 55 Precision Workstation 420s and close to 30 units of=20 PowerEdge 2450, OptiPlex GX200, Precision 620 and Latitude LS combined.?Th= is=20 was just the first order, andevery single system?was delivered by Dell=20 within seven business days.=20 ? INDUSTRY NEWS =20 ? Intel, AMD to Announce New Chip Speeds: Intel is set to release a 1.13-GH= z=20 Pentium III on Monday, July 31. Longtime chip rival Advanced Micro Devices= =20 (AMD) is planning its own 1.1-GHz Athlon release on Aug. 28. Dell is=20 expected to be one of the first to offer Intel=01,s new chip to customers.= AMD,=20 on the other hand, is developing a new version of Athlon called =01&Corvet= te,=018=20 for deluxe notebooks and desktops, and =01&Camaro,=018 for budget portable= s. Both=20 chips are expected to be releasedin the fourth quarter. For details, go to= =20 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2371409.html?tag=3Dst.cn.1.lthd.ne. = =20 ? Succession Plan for Lou Gerstner?:IBM has named Sam Palmisano as presiden= t=20 and chief operating officer and John M. Thompson to the position of vice= =20 chairman, both veteran IBM executives. Palmisano will be responsible for= =20 IBM's operating units, including all product and services divisions, sales= =20 and distribution and global financing businesses. Thompson will be=20 responsible for IBM's efforts in emerging growth areas such as Internet=20 services, wireless technology and Linux. More detailsareavailable at=20 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2336172.html?tag=3Dst.cn.1.lthd.ne.=20 ? Compaq Settles Overcharging Claims: Compaq Computer?Corp. has agreed to= =20 pay (US) $4.5 million to settle charges that Digital Equipment, a company= =20 it acquired in 1998, overcharged the U.S. Defense Department for computer = =20 network installation. For more on this story, go to=20 http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/systems_management/news/PIT2000072= 7S0 050.=20 ?=20 ? ?=20 - DNN.jpg - bluespace.gif
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