Kevin Rollins Quotes (65 Quotes)

And when the customers demand technology we move and adopt it. And right now since we're focused mostly on corporations they are not demanding it.

If that agreement and relationship expand, so be it. It could be a good thing, (but) we don't have anything to announce.

Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be that the companies are stronger financially, that they took market share, and they are on a very steady footing in terms of their performance.

We don't think the competitive environment has fundamentally changed a lot. Some of the lowering of average selling price was our fault. We got a little bit more aggressive than we needed to.

After the second quarter, we took a hard look at execution and made changes to balance our pricing and product range, ... We implemented improvements to increase efficiency and drive lower operating expenses, and we focused resources to improve customer support. We are already seeing results including the consolidation.

While we're disappointed that we didn't reach our initial revenue target for the quarter, we are very pleased with our ability to deliver industry-leading profitability and consistent growth and earnings,

Our goal has always been to be very aggressive on pricing and make sure we're growing.

At Dell, we're on a mission to find, hire and develop diverse talent. Thurmond has galvanized our internal belief that to be a successful company and a great place to work, Dell must leverage the similarities and differences of employees. The Austin Area Urban League could not have picked a more deserving recipient of its 2006 Whitney M. Young Junior Award.

Dell continues to make investments in facilities, employees and communities here in the United States and abroad so we can exceed our customers' expectations at every turn,

As a management team, we deem this unacceptable and have established aggressive goals and implemented programs designed to drive personal accountability across the entire organization.

The U.S. consumer business didn't grow that fast this quarter, but it's still a great business,

This move places us closer to our customers in a market that presents excellent long-term growth opportunities for Dell.

is much smoother and much more consistent over time.

I think right now the jury is out on where and how much profit is available in the consumer electronics industry, because if you look at the current consumer electronics players, the biggest ones on the planet struggle to make profit consistently.

When I was growing up there was a product made by Sony called the Sony Walkman - a rage, everyone had to have one. Well, you don't hear about the Walkman anymore.