Michael Dell

Boomerang chief executives provide comfort in times of crisis

The hope is that former leaders can bring stability, yet data suggests that companies which bring them back underperform

Fri Apr 07 2023 - 05:01

Chipmaker Broadcom in talks to buy VMware for up to €47bn

Takeover by chip industry’s arch-consolidator would mean a windfall for Michael Dell

Mon May 23 2022 - 15:30

Dell spins off $64bn VMware as it battles debt hangover

IPO is a personal success for Michael Dell to reinvent an out-of-favour PC maker

Mon Nov 01 2021 - 18:16

Michael Walker: Latest incidence of sports-washing leaves fans hung out to dry

Motivation of Watford owners and those behind Newcastle takeover open to question

Sat Oct 09 2021 - 06:00

Pandemic boosts sales for Dell and HP as revenues exceed estimates

Customers upgrade personal computers for remote work and school

Wed Nov 25 2020 - 16:32

‘It’s been quite easy’: Insights from the heart of the remote working revolution

Jason Ward of Dell Technologies Ireland says working from home is here to stay

Thu Jul 09 2020 - 05:37

Michael Walker: A new or false dawn at the Stadium of Light?

Takeover hopes have Sunderland fans believing there may be light at the end of the tunnel – again

Sat Sept 21 2019 - 07:10

The $85m New York apartment offering space flights as a sweetener

A Manhattan penthouse is being marketed with incentives such as three luxury cars, a Hamptons home and trip for two into space

Thu Jun 13 2019 - 06:00

AI faces its biggest challenge: how to build trust

At Dell Technologies World conference, techies were warned of ‘awesome responsibility’

Thu May 09 2019 - 04:44

Michael Dell takes ‘continuous improvement’ to heart

Company to shortly celebrate 35 years in the business

Thu May 02 2019 - 13:01

‘New age of miracles’ almost here – Michael Dell

Dell founder warns technology can amplify human frailty just as it amplifies genius

Wed May 01 2019 - 17:22

Stocktake: Billionaire doesn’t like ‘highfalutin’ tax hikes

Reports of Apple’s demise are overstated while worrying about timing is as futile as ever

Tue Feb 12 2019 - 05:45

China given clear Davos stage to press its claim to be next economic superpower

As Trump stays away Chinese vice-president uses a keynote speech to take a thinly-veiled swipe at US protectionist impulses

Fri Jan 25 2019 - 05:45

Shareholders back Dell’s return to stock market

Company says 61% of shareholders excluding affiliates voted in favour of move

Tue Dec 11 2018 - 17:43

Dell tracking stock deal paves way for return to stock market

Firm wins support from investors after making changes to original $21bn offer in July

Thu Nov 15 2018 - 18:11

Dell sticking with $21.7bn plan to go public despite objections

Dell plans to buy its tracking stock DVMT arguing that the move benefits shareholders

Tue Oct 16 2018 - 15:30

Tesla subpoenaed by SEC over Elon Musk tweets, reports suggest

Tesla CEO tweeted plans to take company private saying funding was secured

Wed Aug 15 2018 - 16:49

Silver Lake, Goldman advising on taking Tesla private

Elon Musk said deal to take carmaker private backed by Saudi sovereign fund

Tue Aug 14 2018 - 06:36

Dell gives investors a look at its post-private future

Dell is trying to convince investors to back a deal that would take the company public

Tue Aug 07 2018 - 14:44

Michael Dell to bring his company public with $35bn stake

New valuation would be ten times what Dell’s holding was worth five years ago

Mon Jul 02 2018 - 21:15

Dell announces plans to trade publicly again

World’s largest private tech company went private in 2013

Mon Jul 02 2018 - 12:03

Gone but not lost: employees on the rebound

Boomerang employees represent an untapped talent tool for Irish employers

Thu Jun 14 2018 - 04:10

Technology top of the agenda now for businesses, says Dell

Michael Dell told his annual conference that it is all about data now for companies

Mon Apr 30 2018 - 20:44

Uber seeks VMWare’s Zane Rowe for chief financial officer

Sources claim Rowe is top choice to lead preparation for transport firm’s IPO

Thu Apr 19 2018 - 06:22

US company sells over 200 million twitter followers

Bot accounts are the counterfeit currency of online influence

Mon Jan 29 2018 - 17:10

Dell reportedly considering acquisitions or possible IPO

Company weighing the biggest shake-up in its history since deal to buy EMC in 2016

Fri Jan 26 2018 - 08:11

Learning how to resist the siren song of bitcoin

Stocktake: The rise of the cryptocurrency has sparked a wave of FOMO – fear of missing out

Tue Dec 19 2017 - 06:00

Dell reinvents itself for the IoT era by making the right connections

Michael Dell on the ethical challenges now facing tech firms as everything becomes connected

Thu Oct 19 2017 - 06:05

Irish man Ray O’Farrell to head new Internet of Things division in Dell

Dell invests $100m per year in high tech start-ups as part of strategy for technology

Wed Oct 11 2017 - 11:53

Proinsias O’Mahony: History says the top dogs do not reign forever

Many investors see FAANG stocks as bulletproof, but sceptics are wary of the high values

Tue Aug 22 2017 - 06:00

Corporate America must step up response to nauseating Trump

Net Results: More brave CEOs must resign from White House advisory panels

Thu Aug 17 2017 - 05:35

SXSW learns to live with – and revel in – organised chaos

The Interactive director talks Trump, Web Summit and keeping sane over two decades

Fri Mar 10 2017 - 12:00

McCaul tells cyber security conference of Russian role in US election

‘These were Americans in the crosshairs of the Kremlin’ US congressman tells RSA

Thu Feb 16 2017 - 05:26

Cyber security experts warned of a hacked world

RSA conference told of threats to democracy posed by hackers

Wed Feb 15 2017 - 11:33