Talk:Dell Technologies

Requested changes to the Dell Technologies page

Hello, I lead social media for Dell Technologies. My contributions to this page are made on behalf of Dell Technologies. Due to my COI, I won’t be editing the article directly, and I’d like to request the following fact-based edits to this page. This will help represent the unique nature of the Dell Technologies company structure. For ease of implementation, I've mocked up the existing page with the requested changes below. Thank you.

Suggested changes to Overview

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Replace: It was formed as a result of the September 2016 merger of Dell and EMC Corporation (which later became Dell EMC).[2]\

With: Dell Technologies is comprised of six businesses and brands , which include Dell, Dell EMC, Secureworks, Virtustream, VMWare (80%) and Dell Boomi.

Replace: Dell's products include personal computers, servers, smartphones, televisions, computer software, computer security and network security, as well as information security services.[2]

With: The company’s products, solutions and services portfolio spans cloud, converged/hyperconverged infrastructure, servers, data security and protection, data storage, networking, PCs, displays, as well as gaming laptops, monitors and accessories. In November 2019, the company announced On Demand , a set of consumption-based and as-a-service offerings with flexible payment options for its infrastructure technologies In March 2020, it announced a new Payment Flexibility Program to help fund customers’ capital technology needs.

Dell ranked 34th on the 2020 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.

Declined Some of this is stale. Part of the last request was content that felt unjustified for inclusion in the intro. No changes I necessarily feel deserves implementing. DiscreetParrot (talk) 09:06, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Suggested changes to 'Current Operations'

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Replace: Dell Client Solutions Group (48% of fiscal 2019 revenues) – produces desktop PCs, notebooks, tablets, and peripherals, such as monitors, printers, and projectors under the Dell brand name

With: Dell Client Solutions Group (48% of fiscal 2019 revenues) – produces desktop PCs, endpoint and data security software, IoT gateways, software & peripherals, virtual desktop infrastructure devices, and virtual reality

Replace: Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group (41% of fiscal 2019 revenues) – storage solutions

With: Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group (41% of fiscal 2019 revenues) – Storage, servers & networking, converged/hyperconverged infrastructure, cloud solutions, and data protection

Replace: Dell also owns separate businesses, such as VMware (80%), Pivotal Software, Secureworks, Virtustream, and Dell Boomi.[1]

With: Dell Services ($19.3 billion in fiscal 2019 revenues) supports Client Solutions Group and Infrastructure Solutions Group. It provides consulting, deployment, support, education, managed services.

Dell also owns separate businesses, such as VMware (80%), Secureworks, Virtustream, and Dell Boomi.

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Declined Stale request. Don't see any changes worth implementing now. DiscreetParrot (talk) 09:00, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Suggested changes to 'History'

Please note that all of the following text and associated citations are carried forward from the Dell page and organized.

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1984-1987: PC's Limited

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.

In 1986, Michael Dell brought in Lee Walker, a 51-year-old venture capitalist, as president and chief operating officer, to serve as Dell's mentor and implement Dell's ideas for growing the company. Walker was also instrumental in recruiting members to the board of directors when the company went public in 1988. Walker retired in 1990 due to health, and Michael Dell hired Morton Meyerson, former CEO and president of Electronic Data Systems to transform the company from a fast-growing medium-sized firm into a billion-dollar enterprise.

1987-2003: Dell Computer Corporation

The company dropped the PC's Limited name in 1987 to become Dell Computer Corporation and began expanding globally. In June 1988, Dell's market capitalization grew from $30 million to $80 million from its June 22 initial public offering of 3.5 million shares at $8.50 a share. In 1992, Fortune magazine included Dell Computer Corporation in its list of the world's 500 largest companies, making Michael Dell the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company ever.

In 1993, to complement its own direct sales channel Dell planned to sell PCs at big-box retail outlets such as Wal-Mart, which would have brought in an additional $125 million in annual revenue. Bain consultant Kevin Rollins persuaded Michael Dell to pull out of these deals, believing they would be money losers in the long run. Margins at retail were thin at best and Dell left the reseller channel in 1994. Rollins would soon join Dell full-time and eventually become the company President and CEO.

Growth in the 1990s and early 2000s

Originally, Dell did not emphasize the consumer market, due to the higher costs and unacceptably-low profit margins in selling to individuals and households; this changed when the company's Internet site took off in 1996 and 1997. While the industry's average selling price to individuals was going down, Dell's was going up, as second- and third-time computer buyers who wanted powerful computers with multiple features and did not need much technical support were choosing Dell. Dell found an opportunity among PC-savvy individuals who liked the convenience of buying direct, customizing their PC to their means, and having it delivered in days. In early 1997, Dell created an internal sales and marketing group dedicated to serving the home market and introduced a product line designed especially for individual users.

From 1997 to 2004, Dell enjoyed steady growth and it gained market share from competitors even during industry slumps. During the same period, rival PC vendors such as Compaq, Gateway, IBM, Packard Bell, and AST Research struggled and eventually left the market or were bought out. Dell surpassed Compaq to become the largest PC manufacturer in 1999. Operating costs made up only 10 percent of Dell's $35 billion in revenue in 2002, compared with 21 percent of revenue at Hewlett-Packard, 25 percent at Gateway, and 46 percent at Cisco. In 2002, when Compaq merged with Hewlett-Packard (the fourth-place PC maker), the newly combined Hewlett-Packard took the top spot but struggled and Dell soon regained its lead. Dell grew the fastest in the early 2000s.

2003-2016: Dell Inc.

In 2003, the company was rebranded as simply "Dell Inc.", to recognize the company's expansion beyond computers.

In 2004, Michael Dell resigned as CEO while retaining the position of Chairman, handing the CEO title to Kevin Rollins, who had been President and COO since 2001. Despite no longer holding the CEO title, Dell essentially acted as a de facto co-CEO with Rollins.

Under Rollins, Dell acquired Alienware, a manufacturer of high-end PCs, targeted mainly towards the gaming market.

In 2005, while earnings and sales continued to rise, sales growth slowed considerably, and the company stock lost 25% of its value that year. By June 2006, the stock traded around US$25 which was 40% down from July 2005—the high-water mark of the company in the post-dotcom era.

The slowing sales growth has been attributed to the maturing PC market, which constituted 66% of Dell's sales, and analysts suggested that Dell needed to make inroads into non-PC business segments such as storage, services, and servers. Dell's price advantage was tied to its ultra-lean manufacturing for desktop PCs, but this became less important as savings became harder to find inside the company's supply chain, and as competitors such as Hewlett-Packard and Acer made their PC manufacturing operations more efficient to match Dell, weakening Dell's traditional price differentiation. Throughout the entire PC industry, declines in prices along with commensurate increases in performance meant that Dell had fewer opportunities to upsell to their customers (a lucrative strategy of encouraging buyers to upgrade the processor or memory). As a result, the company was selling a greater proportion of inexpensive PCs than before, which eroded profit margins. The laptop segment had become the fastest-growing of the PC market, but Dell produced low-cost notebooks in China like other PC manufacturers which eliminated Dell's manufacturing cost advantages, plus Dell's reliance on Internet sales meant that it missed out on growing notebook sales in big box stores. CNET has suggested that Dell was getting trapped in the increasing commoditization of high volume low margin computers, which prevented it from offering more exciting devices that consumers demanded.

2016: EMC Acquisition

On October 12, 2015, Dell announced its intent to acquire the enterprise software and storage company EMC Corporation. At $67 billion, it has been labeled the "highest-valued tech acquisition in history".

The announcement came two years after Dell Inc. returned to private ownership, claiming that it faced bleak prospects and would need several years out of the public eye to rebuild its business. It's thought that the company's value has roughly doubled since then. EMC was being pressured by Elliott Management, a hedge fund holding 2.2% of EMC's stock, to reorganize their unusual "Federation" structure, in which EMC's divisions were effectively being run as independent companies. Elliott argued this structure deeply undervalued EMC's core "EMC II" data storage business, and that increasing competition between EMC II and VMware products was confusing the market and hindering both companies. The Wall Street Journal estimated that in 2014 Dell had revenue of $27.3 billion from personal computers and $8.9bn from servers, while EMC had $16.5bn from EMC II, $1bn from RSA Security, $6bn from VMware, and $230 million from Pivotal Software. EMC owns around 80 percent of the stock of VMware. The proposed acquisition will maintain VMware as a separate company, held via a new tracking stock, while the other parts of EMC will be rolled into Dell. Once the acquisition closes Dell will again publish quarterly financial results, having ceased these on going private in 2013.

The combined business was expected to address the markets for scale-out architecture, converged infrastructure and private cloud computing, playing to the strengths of both EMC and Dell. Commentators have questioned the deal, with FBR Capital Markets saying that though it makes a "ton of sense" for Dell, it's a "nightmare scenario that would lack strategic synergies" for EMC. Fortune said there was a lot for Dell to like in EMC's portfolio, but "does it all add up enough to justify tens of billions of dollars for the entire package? Probably not." The Register reported the view of William Blair & Company that the merger would "blow up the current IT chess board", forcing other IT infrastructure vendors to restructure to achieve scale and vertical integration. The value of VMware stock fell 10% after the announcement, valuing the deal at around $63–64bn rather than the $67bn originally reported. Key investors backing the deal besides Dell were Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Silver Lake Partners.

On September 7, 2016, Dell completed its acquisition of EMC. Post-acquisition, Dell was re-organized with a new parent company, Dell Technologies; Dell's consumer and workstation businesses are internally referred to as the Dell Client Solutions Group, and is one of the company's three main business divisions alongside Dell EMC and VMware.

On September 7, 2016, RSA was acquired by and became a subsidiary of Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group through the acquisition of EMC Corporation by Dell Technologies in a cash and stock deal led by Michael Dell.

2016-present: Dell Technologies

The Dell Services, Dell Software Group, and the Dell EMC Enterprise Content Divisions were sold shortly thereafter for proceeds of $7.0 billion, which was used to repay debt. In October 2017, It was reported that Dell would invest $1 billion in IoT research and development.

Dell Inc. had returned to private ownership in 2013, claiming that it faced bleak prospects and would need several years out of the public eye to rebuild its business.

EMC was being pressured by Elliott Management Corporation, a hedge fund holding 2.2% of EMC's stock, to reorganize the unusual "Federation" structure, in which EMC's divisions were effectively being run as independent companies. Elliott argued this structure deeply undervalued EMC's core "EMC II" data storage business, and that increasing competition between EMC II and VMware products was confusing the market and hindering both companies.

The Wall Street Journal estimated that in 2014 Dell had revenue of $27.3 billion from personal computers and $8.9 billion from servers, while EMC had $16.5 billion from EMC II, $1bn from RSA Security, $6bn from VMware, and $230 million from Pivotal Software.

EMC owned around 80% of the stock of VMware. The acquisition maintained VMware as a separate company, held via a new tracking stock, while the rest of EMC were rolled into Dell.

The acquisition required Dell to publish quarterly financial results, having ceased these on going private in 2013.

Dell Technologies has products and services in the field of scale-out architecture, converged infrastructure and private cloud computing.

On December 11, 2018, Dell Technologies shareholders approved a plan that would take the company public again. On December 28, 2018, Dell Technologies completed the exchange of all outstanding shares of its Class V Common Stock for a combination of cash and shares of Class C Common Stock. Dell Technologies' Class C Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and traded under the trading symbol "DELL.“. This historic $24 billion cash and equity deal through a VMware stock swap marked the first time since 2013 that Dell was a publicly traded company. In December 2019, VMware acquired Pivotal Software from Dell for $2.7 billion

In February 18, 2020, Dell announced their intention to sell RSA for $2.075 billion to Symphony Technology Group. In anticipation of the sale of RSA to Symphony Technology Group, Dell Technologies made the strategic decision to retain the BSAFE product line. RSA transferred BSAFE products (including the Data Protection Manager product) and customer agreements, including maintenance and support, to Dell Technologies on July 1st, 2020. On September 1, 2020, Symphony Technology Group (STG) completed its acquisition of RSA from Dell Technologies.

On July 15, 2020, Dell confirmed the company was in an early stage of exploring the possibility of spinning off its 81% equity share in VMware. In September 2020, Michael Dell discussed with CRN about not selling VMWare but instead it would “spin off its stake in VMware to Dell Technologies and VMware shareholders in order to boost its credit rating, help Dell quickly achieve an investment grade rating, attract new investors, and potentially lower its $48 billion in long-term debt stemming from the EMC purchase.” Dell said the company will not spin off its VMWare shares before September 2021 for tax reasons.

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Declined I've had a look through this, comparing with both the current text and partially the text at the time this request was made. The request seemed to want to duplicate a huge chunk of text from Dell#History, but with better use of sub-headings. I completely disagree with the idea of duplicating the history in both articles, and in fact I've just done extensive work improving the history sections of both articles, including specifically de-duplicating them. Some of the organisational changes might have been good suggestions with respect to the copy of the text as it was in 2020 (largely in the other article), but I don't see any elements of organisation suggested here that I'd like to implement now. I'm very happy with the current organisation resulting from my own work. One thing that I have actioned though, is that I noticed a paragraph about the sale of RSA. I did not see that in the 2020 text in either article, so it seemed to be a new suggestion, and I liked it, albeit it lacking any references. I have gone ahead and copied that into the text, with a marker for needing a citation. I'll try to look for one later if I find time (and remember), else hopefully someone else will. Overall there's not really anything to action here. DiscreetParrot (talk) 09:25, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Corporate Affairs [New Section]

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Leadership

• Michael Dell, Chairman & CEO
• Jeff Clarke, Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman, Dell Technologies
• Mike Cote, Chief Executive Officer, Secureworks
• Allison Dew, Chief Marketing Officer
• Howard Elias, President, Services and Digital
• Pat Gelsinger, CEO, VMware
• Steve Price, Chief Human Resources Officer
• Rich Rothberg, General Counsel
• Bill Scannell, President, Global Sales & Customer Operations
• Tom Sweet, Chief Financial Officer

Board of Directors

• Michael Dell, Chairman & CEO
• David Dorman, Founding Partner of Centerview Capital Technology
• Egon Durban, Chief Executive Officer, Silver Lake Partners
• Bill Green, Chief Executive Officer, Accenture
• Ellen Kullman, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon
• Simon Patterson, Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners
• Lynn Vojvodich, Advisor

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Declined I don't see the value in that information being in the article. DiscreetParrot (talk) 08:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Thom from Dell Technologies (talk) 16:19, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 March 2021

Under 'Current Operations' section, second bullet reads

Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group (41% of fiscal 2019 revenues) – storage solutions

Recommend updating: Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group (41% of fiscal 2019 revenues) – storage solutions, servers, networking, and as well as services and third-party software and peripherals

Source: https://money.cnn.com/quote/profile/profile.html?symb=DELL Aoliveira91 (talk) 16:09, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

 Done. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 00:16, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2021

Update all the financial statements and employee figure in the infobox. Employees 158,000 (2021), revenue $94.224 billion (2021), Operating income $5.144 million (2021), Net income $3.505 million (2021), Total Assets $123.415 billion (2021) and Equity $7.553 billion (2021). Add this Annual Report 2021 source. Thanks--202.78.236.168 (talk) 07:06, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

 Done.--Vulphere 07:36, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Carbon footprint section

Maybe needs to be blanked, looks to be WP:PROMO and has no WP:IRS. Corp blogs are not ok for this, and thus WP:UNDUE. Thanks Jtbobwaysf (talk) Jtbobwaysf (talk) 05:14, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Simple updates to Current operations

Hey there! I'm a Dell Technologies employee looking to improve the main company page. I know I'm not supposed to edit the page directly, so I'll put forward requests in this forum and allow independent editors review and (hopefully!) implement them. My first request, which concerns the Current operations section, is a fairly simple one:

1. "Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group" should just be "Dell Infrastructure Solutions Group." We've dropped the "EMC" from that division's name. (See these articles: Computer Weekly, TechRadar)
2. The percentages of net revenue generated by the company's two main divisions are accurate as of 2019, but I've got FY 2024 numbers via our most recent 10-K. Net revenue figures for each division are on pp. 142. They are: CSG (55.3% of total revenues) and ISG (38.3%). (The "approximately 50%" figure for US revenue is still accurate, so no need to update that.)

If editors approve those two changes, I've got a fully coded passage in this dropdown. Feel free to copy/paste:

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Approximately 50% of the company's revenue is derived in the United States.

Dell operates under two divisions:

• Dell Client Solutions Group (55.3% of fiscal 2024 revenues) – produces desktop PCs, notebooks, tablets, and peripherals, such as monitors, printers, and projectors under the Dell brand name
• Dell Infrastructure Solutions Group (38.3% of fiscal 2024 revenues) – servers, storage, and networking

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I'll now step aside and let the community review this request. If anybody has questions or concerns, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks! JM with Dell Technologies (talk) 17:10, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Done Encoded  Talk 💬 16:30, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your help and for the swift reply, Encoded! JM with Dell Technologies (talk) 14:42, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Proposing History rewrite

Hi! I'm back with a more complicated request for the community. I'd like to replace what's contained in the History and IPO sections with a unified History that improves the section in the following ways:

• Firms up sourcing throughout, replacing primary sources and sources with broken links with stronger ones
• Arranges events chronologically, so they're easier to follow
• Makes clear that, upon culmination of Dell's acquisition of EMC, Dell Technologies was formed as a parent company with both Dell and EMC becoming divisions within the parent
• Removes irrelevant passages about Dell in 2013 and 2014, since Dell Tech didn't come into existence until 2016
• Removes irrelevant passages about products, since those don't belong in a History section
• Removes details about McLaren deal, since that passage cites a primary source
• Incorporates IPO content under History heading

My draft makes a few other small changes, but those are probably best understood by looking at this comparison. The current History and IPO sections are on the left, and my draft is on the right:

History and IPO sections vs. History draft

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On October 12, 2015, [[Dell]] announced its intent to acquire EMC Corporation, an enterprise software and storage company, in a $67 billion transaction. It was labeled the "highest-valued tech acquisition in history". In addition to [[Michael Dell]], Singapore's [[Temasek Holdings]] and [[Silver Lake Partners]] were major Dell shareholders that supported the transaction.On September 7, 2016, Dell Inc. completed the merger with EMC Corp., which involved the issuance of $45.9 billion in debt and $4.4 billion common stock.The [[Dell Services]], [[Dell Software]] Group, and the Dell EMC Enterprise Content Divisions were sold shortly thereafter for proceeds of $7.0 billion, which was used to repay debt. In October 2017, It was reported that Dell would invest $1 billion in IoT research and development.Dell Inc. had returned to private ownership in 2013, claiming that it faced bleak prospects and would need several years out of the public eye to rebuild its business.EMC was being pressured by [[Elliott Management Corporation]], a [[hedge fund]] holding 2.2% of EMC's stock, to reorganize the unusual "Federation" structure, in which EMC's divisions were effectively being run as independent companies. Elliott argued this structure deeply undervalued EMC's core "EMC II" data storage business, and that increasing competition between EMC II and [[VMware]] products was confusing the market and hindering both companies.''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' estimated that in 2014 Dell had revenue of $27.3 billion from personal computers and $8.9 billion from servers, while EMC had $16.5 billion from EMC II, $1bn from [[RSA Security]], $6bn from [[VMware]], and $230 million from [[Pivotal Software]].EMC owned around 80% of the stock of [[VMware]]. The acquisition maintained [[VMware]] as a separate company, held via a new [[tracking stock]], while the rest of EMC were rolled into Dell. The acquisition required Dell to publish quarterly financial results, having ceased these on going private in 2013.Dell Technologies has products and services in the field of [[Converged storage#Scale-out architecture|scale-out architecture]], [[converged infrastructure]] and [[Cloud computing#Private cloud|private cloud computing]].In February 2018, McLaren announced a multi-year partnership deal with Dell Technologies. The partnership deal was extended in October 2021.On April 15, 2021, it was reported that Dell Technologies will spin out the remainder of its VMware shares to shareholders. The two companies will continue to operate without major changes for at least five years.As of FY 2024, approximately 50% of the company's revenue is derived in the United States. On January 29, 2018, it was reported that Dell Technologies was considering a [[reverse merger]] with its [[VMware]] subsidiary to take the company public.On December 28, 2018, Dell Technologies became a public company, bypassing the traditional [[initial public offering|IPO]] process by buying back shares that tracked the financial performance of [[VMware]].

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On October 12, 2015, [[Dell]] announced its intent to acquire the EMC Corporation, an enterprise software and storage company, in a $67 billion transaction. It was then the largest acquisition in technology sector history. In addition to [[Michael Dell]], Singapore's [[Temasek Holdings]] and [[Silver Lake Partners]] were major Dell shareholders that supported the transaction. The deal to buy EMC was closed on September 7, 2016. It generated about $40 billion in debt for Dell. Upon the deal's completion, Dell and EMC became divisions under a parent company called Dell Technologies. The scale of the transaction required the company to publish quarterly financial results, which Dell had not done since becoming privately owned in 2013.At the time of the acquisition, EMC owned around 80% of the stock of [[VMware]]. The deal maintained [[VMware]] as a separate company, held via a new [[tracking stock]], while the rest of EMC was rolled into Dell. The [[Dell Services]], [[Dell Software]] Group, and the Dell EMC Enterprise Content Divisions were sold in late 2016 and early 2017 for proceeds of approximately $7 billion, which was used to repay debt. In October 2017, Dell Technologies announced that it would invest $1 billion over the next three years in [[Internet of things]] research and development. On January 29, 2018, it was reported that Dell Technologies was considering a [[reverse merger]] with its [[VMware]] subsidiary in order to take the company public. On December 28, 2018, Dell Technologies became a public company, bypassing the traditional [[initial public offering|IPO]] process by buying back shares that tracked the financial performance of [[VMware]]. On April 15, 2021, it was reported that Dell Technologies would spin out the remainder of its VMware shares to shareholders, with the two companies continuing to operate without major changes to their relationship for at least five years.

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I'll also provide a picture of what my History draft looks like by itself:

History draft

On October 12, 2015, Dell announced its intent to acquire the EMC Corporation, an enterprise software and storage company, in a $67 billion transaction. It was then the largest acquisition in technology sector history. In addition to Michael Dell, Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Silver Lake Partners were major Dell shareholders that supported the transaction. The deal to buy EMC was closed on September 7, 2016. It generated about $40 billion in debt for Dell.

Upon the deal's completion, Dell and EMC became divisions under a parent company called Dell Technologies. The scale of the transaction required the company to publish quarterly financial results, which Dell had not done since becoming privately owned in 2013.

At the time of the acquisition, EMC owned around 80% of the stock of VMware. The deal maintained VMware as a separate company, held via a new tracking stock, while the rest of EMC was rolled into Dell.

The Dell Services, Dell Software Group, and the Dell EMC Enterprise Content Divisions were sold in late 2016 and early 2017 for proceeds of approximately $7 billion, which was used to repay debt. In October 2017, Dell Technologies announced that it would invest $1 billion over the next three years in Internet of things research and development.

On January 29, 2018, it was reported that Dell Technologies was considering a reverse merger with its VMware subsidiary in order to take the company public. On December 28, 2018, Dell Technologies became a public company, bypassing the traditional IPO process by buying back shares that tracked the financial performance of VMware. On April 15, 2021, it was reported that Dell Technologies would spin out the remainder of its VMware shares to shareholders, with the two companies continuing to operate without major changes to their relationship for at least five years.

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I believe I've put together a strong, well-sourced section that improves significantly upon what's currently in the article, but if any non-COI editors have questions or issues with my draft, please let me know. Thank you! JM with Dell Technologies (talk) 19:53, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm following User:Spintendo's instruction below and offering clarification on the passages my draft removes.

Proposed deletions and justifications

Proposed deletion: Dell Inc. had returned to private ownership in 2013, claiming that it faced bleak prospects and would need several years out of the public eye to rebuild its business.

Reason: This describes events that happened three years before Dell Technologies—an entity created when Dell bought EMC in 2016—came into existence. And it doesn't have anything to do with the EMC acquisition. Also, the 2013 buyout section of the Dell article covers the company going private at considerable length.

Proposed deletion: EMC was being pressured by Elliott Management Corporation, a hedge fund holding 2.2% of EMC's stock, to reorganize the unusual "Federation" structure, in which EMC's divisions were effectively being run as independent companies. Elliott argued this structure deeply undervalued EMC's core "EMC II" data storage business, and that increasing competition between EMC II and VMware products was confusing the market and hindering both companies.

Reason: This is discussing the situation at EMC well before the acquisition. It's also not well-sourced. The only citation links to a press release.

Proposed deletion: The Wall Street Journal estimated that in 2014 Dell had revenue of $27.3 billion from personal computers and $8.9 billion from servers, while EMC had $16.5 billion from EMC II, $1bn from RSA Security, $6bn from VMware, and $230 million from Pivotal Software.

Reason: Similar to the other two passages above, this isn't really germane to Dell Technologies. It describes Dell and EMC's revenues two years before the merger. You could argue to include this as context, but I think cutting it makes my version of the section a little bit easier to follow. Your mileage may vary.

Proposed deletion: Dell Technologies has products and services in the field of scale-out architecture, converged infrastructure and private cloud computing.

Reason: This isn't an inaccurate passage, and the sourcing is fine, but it doesn't really belong in a History section. Maybe if there were a brief section covering Dell Tech's products and services? I could work to create one after this request is resolved.

Proposed deletion: In February 2018, McLaren announced a multi-year partnership deal with Dell Technologies. The partnership deal was extended in October 2021.

Reason: The sourcing for this passage is a pair of McLaren press releases. I looked around for some better sourcing and couldn't find any.

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I hope this helps the community better understand why I've suggested cutting a few passages. If anybody has additional questions or objections, please let me know! JM with Dell Technologies (talk) 22:40, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Reply 3-DEC-2024

  Clarification requested  

1. The request seeks to remove information that is well sourced. The reasons for these removals are not entirely clear ("Removes irrelevant passages"). If passages are irrelevant, how and in what way they are irrelevant should be described in all instances where text is to be removed. Reasons should be provided immediately adjacent to the text which those reasons seek to remove, so that it is more easily discerned which reasons apply to which portions of the text.
2. When ready to proceed with the requested information, kindly change the {{Edit COI}} template's answer parameter to read from |ans=y to |ans=n.

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Thank you! Regards,  Spintendo  04:04, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

@JM with Dell Technologies: I saw a way to salvage some of the info before doing any other editing. I restructured the info and created a Business section. This doesn't address the sourcing issues you highlighted, but does affect what has to be deleted, which was Spintendo's concern. With this edit, the pre-merger Dell and EMC history provides deal context, and doesn't seem out of place. I can take a look at your other requests later this week if nobody else gets to them first. STEMinfo (talk) 01:48, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

User:STEMinfo: Thanks for taking the time to reorganize things. You make a good point that we probably don't need to lose all the pre-merger content. It's useful context. I'll wait for you to finish working through the rest of the request. If I can help your review process in any way, please let me know! JM with Dell Technologies (talk) 14:59, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

@JM with Dell Technologies: I made one of the changes, to swap out the poor sourcing about the deal. I noticed you requested to add "the" in front of EMC Corporation, but Dell's own press release, previously cited, omits the "the", so I left it out. STEMinfo (talk) 00:39, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

User:STEMinfo: Thank you so much for taking the time to address the edit requests for this article. I completely agree with your decision to omit "the" in front of EMC Corporation. Your judgment here makes perfect sense, and I value your attention to detail. Thanks again! JM with Dell Technologies (talk) 22:06, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@JM with Dell Technologies @STEMinfo is this edit request fully complete, or is there any further action requested? Rusalkii (talk) 22:06, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

@JM with Dell Technologies: @Rusalkii: Closing the request. I'm pretty sure I got it all. If not - apologies - and please open a new request with anything I missed. STEMinfo (talk) 00:44, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Request to update infobox and Business section

Hi! I’m a Dell Technologies employee proposing a few updates to the infobox and “Business” section of the Dell Technologies page. Per Wikipedia’s guidelines, I won’t edit the page directly but am submitting this request for independent editors to review and consider implementing.

• Infobox:
  • Products: Add "Artificial intelligence," "Cloud computing," "Edge computing," and "Software services" to the list of products. See these articles: CRN: Eric Arcese On Artificial Intelligence, Fortune: Dell CTO On Gen AI ROI, VentureBeat: How Dell Enables AI with Edge Data.
  • Divisions: Update "Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group" to "Infrastructure Solutions Group" and update "Dell Client Solutions Group" to "Client Solutions Group". See this source: Dell Technologies Financial Results.
  • Subsidiaries: Remove "SecureWorks (82.6%)", as it is no longer a subsidiary of Dell Technologies. See this article: Sophos Acquisition of Secureworks.
• “Business” section of the article: Update "Dell Infrastructure Solutions Group" to "Infrastructure Solutions Group" and update "Dell Client Solutions Group" to "Client Solutions Group." See this source: Dell Technologies Financial Results.

Thank you for your time and consideration! Please let me know if further clarification or additional sources are needed. JM with Dell Technologies (talk) 22:44, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Tagging STEMinfo since they kindly helped with my previous request. Would you be willing to assist with this request to update the infobox and “Business” section of the Dell Technologies page? Your help is greatly appreciated! JM with Dell Technologies (talk) 13:30, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Done STEMinfo (talk) 22:46, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

STEMinfo, thank you so much for your prompt assistance with this request! JM with Dell Technologies (talk) 17:03, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Request to update the Introduction section

I am a Dell Technologies employee, and I’m reaching out with a few edit requests for the Dell Technologies article. I fully understand and respect Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines, so I will not be editing the page directly. Instead, I am submitting these requests here for consideration by independent editors.

Update the Introduction section to reflect the 2025 Fortune 500 ranking, separate the two current sentences to increase legibility, and add artificial intelligence and edge computing products and services.

Current text: Dell Technologies ranked 48th on the 2024 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations based on its 2023 revenue; its products include personal computers, servers, monitors, computer software, computer security and network security, as well as information security services.

Proposed text: Dell Technologies ranked 44th on the 2025 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations based on its 2024 revenue. Its products include personal computers, servers, monitors, computer software, computer security and network security, as well as information security and edge computing services. Dell Technologies personal computers and data infrastructure products and services are built with artificial intelligence capabilities.

These updates align with these sources: Fortune 500 list, San Antonio Express-News article, VentureBeat article, CRN article, and ITPro article.

Thank you for reviewing this request! Please ask if clarification is needed. TL with Dell Technologies (talk) 21:28, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Tagging STEMinfo since they kindly helped with a previous request on the page. Would you be willing to assist with this request to update the Introduction section of the Dell Technologies article? Your help is greatly appreciated User:STEMinfo! TL with Dell Technologies (talk) 17:02, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

TL with Dell Technologies - The lead is meant to just be a summary of what's in the article. Your request is to add standalone material to the lead, so that won't work. I recommend you put together a request to first update the business section with the new info - Fortune 500 rank, edge computing and AI integration. Please write the request with the sources inline, so it's easier to read. Right now, I didn't see anything in the sources you listed that says your PCs integrate AI. I wrote up some tips to show how to format the before and after text side by side. See User:STEMinfo/COI_edit_requests#Simple_connected_edit_request. STEMinfo (talk) 21:07, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your help and providing templates for organized edit requests, User:STEMinfo. I will create a new request with before and after formatting for the Business section, as well as new reputable sources for the "PCs integrating AI" mention. TL with Dell Technologies (talk) 19:57, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Request to update the Business section

I am a Dell Technologies employee, and I’m reaching out with a few edit requests for the Dell Technologies article. I fully understand and respect Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines, so I will not be editing the page directly. I’m following User:STEMinfo’s instructions in this Talk Page section, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Dell_Technologies#Request_to_update_the_Introduction_section, to improve my edit request formatting and references. I am submitting these requests here for consideration by independent editors.

Requested Updates

• Please update the content in the Business section.

Original:

Dell Technologies has products and services in the field of scale-out architecture, converged infrastructure and private cloud computing

New: Dell Technologies has products and services in the field of scale-out architecture, converged infrastructure, private cloud computing, and edge computing. Dell Technologies personal computers and data infrastructure products and services are built with artificial intelligence capabilities.

References

Reason for change: Existing paragraph is outdated.

• Please include the Fortune 500 sentence as the last paragraph after the bulleted list of the Business section.

Dell Technologies ranked 44th on the 2025 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations based on its 2024 revenue.

References

TL with Dell Technologies (talk) 22:53, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

@TL with Dell Technologies: I was confused by this edit request, so I reformatted it to see how it would look in the article. I also removed the section on updated references because it redundantly duplicated the reflist in your proposed change. You don't need four citations for one minor claim about AI. One citation is enough, if it's independent of Dell and not churnalism of a Dell press release. Which one would you say is the most relevant? ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 06:11, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your response and feedback, User:Anachronist! There are two AI claims that I am making. The ITPro article supports the AI claim for data infrastructure products and services. The FutureFive, CNBCTV18, and Mashable articles support the AI claim for personal computers products and services. Out of the three personal computers-related articles, I would say the CNBCTV18 article is the most relevant. Please let me know if you have further questions. TL with Dell Technologies (talk) 17:07, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done, and I included both ITPro and CNBCTV18 sources for the AI sentence. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 17:48, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much @Anachronist. I appreciate your help to keep the Dell Technologies article updated and consistent. I look forward to collaborating with you in the future. TL with Dell Technologies (talk) 21:15, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Request to update History section

I am a Dell Technologies employee, and I’m reaching out with an edit request for the Dell Technologies article. I fully understand and respect Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines, so I will not be editing the page directly. Instead, I am submitting this request here for consideration by independent editors.

Extended content

Update the twelfth paragraph in the History section.

In the twelfth paragraph of the "History" section, I request to include more historical context based on an additional source, remove a biased phrase, and update the article title in an existing reference tag.

Current text:

In 2026, the second Trump administration awarded a five-year, roughly $9.7 billion deal to Dell to provide software to the U.S. military.[24] The decision was made after Dell had ingratiated itself with the Trump administration, which including Dell founder Michael Dell pledging $6.25 billion to investment accounts for children, titled, "Trump accounts.”[24] The decision was also made just after Trump had bought millions dollars worth of stocks in Dell.[25]

Requested text:

In 2026, the Pentagon awarded a five-year $9.7 billion contract to Dell to consolidate Microsoft software, services, and licenses across the U.S. Department of Defense.[24] The contract's timing comes after Dell founder Michael Dell pledged $6.25 billion to investment accounts for children, titled, "Trump accounts."[24] The decision was also made after Trump had bought millions of dollars' worth of stocks in Dell.[25]

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In 2026, the second Trump administration awarded a five-year, roughly $9.7 billion deal to Dell to provide software to the U.S. military.[24] The decision was made after Dell had ingratiated itself with the Trump administration, which including Dell founder Michael Dell pledging $6.25 billion to investment accounts for children, titled, "Trump accounts.”[24] The decision was also made just after Trump had bought millions dollars worth of stocks in Dell.[25]

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In 2026, the Pentagon awarded a five-year $9.7 billion contract to Dell to consolidate Microsoft software, services, and licenses across the U.S. Department of Defense.[24] The contract's timing comes after Dell founder Michael Dell pledged $6.25 billion to investment accounts for children, titled, "Trump accounts."[24] The decision was also made after Trump had bought millions of dollars' worth of stocks in Dell.[25]

Justification:

• The current text describes the contract as a deal to "provide software to the U.S. military." Additional coverage of the contract states that its purpose is to consolidate Microsoft software, services, and licenses across the U.S. Department of Defense. Updating the description would provide readers with additional context regarding the scope of the contract.
• Wikipedia guidelines state that “Articles must be balanced to put entries, especially for current events, in a reasonable perspective, and represent a neutral point of view.” The use of the word “ingratiated” in the current text sounds biased: “The decision was made after Dell had ingratiated itself with the Trump administration.” This is further supported by the updated headline of footnote 24’s source. The previous title of the CNBC article was "Dell wins a $9.7 billion Pentagon software deal after cozying up to Trump". The updated title of the CNBC article is now neutral in tone, reading as "Dell wins a $9.7 billion Pentagon software deal after donating to Trump accounts".

References

Thank you for your consideration. TL with Dell Technologies (talk) 20:15, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Reply 27-JUL-2026

  Edit request implemented    Spintendo  02:05, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Spintendo: Thank you for your assistance on my request above. I look forward to collaborating with you in the future. TL with Dell Technologies (talk) 18:46, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Request to update Infobox, History, and Business sections

I am a Dell Technologies employee, and I’m reaching out with an edit request for the Dell Technologies article. I fully understand and respect Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines, so I will not be editing the page directly. Instead, I am submitting these requests here for consideration by independent editors.

1. Update the Infobox headquarters image to reflect the current logo.

I would like to request an update to the infobox image on this page. Currently, the infobox displays an image of Dell Technologies' headquarters that reflects an outdated logo. I propose replacing it with a more recent image that accurately reflects the current branding.

Proposed image:

File:Dell_Technologies_Headquarters.jpg

Justification: This image shows the Dell Technologies headquarters with the updated logo as it appears today, improving the article’s accuracy and currency. The file is available on Wikimedia Commons and is properly licensed.

 Done DiscreetParrot (talk) 20:02, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

2. Relocate the May 2026 OpenAI partnership paragraph to increase clarity for readers.

I would like to suggest a structural change for the placement of the May 2026 OpenAI partnership paragraph.

Proposed change: Move the May 2026 OpenAI partnership paragraph so that it appears above the “IPO” subsection.

Justification: The OpenAI partnership is not related to Dell Technologies’ IPO. Relocating this paragraph would improve the article’s organization and readability by ensuring that information is grouped accurately.

 Done Indeed, it was misplaced. There wasn't any good reason for that IPO subheading to exist though. I've done a lot of copy editing on the entire history section which resolves the issue. DiscreetParrot (talk) 21:19, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

3. Update the Client Solutions Group bullet point in the Business section to reflect factual updates.

Current Text: Client Solutions Group (55.3% of fiscal 2024 revenues) – produces desktop PCs, notebooks, tablets, and peripherals, such as monitors, printers, and projectors under the Dell brand name

Requested Text: Client Solutions Group (55.3% of fiscal 2024 revenues) – desktop PCs, notebooks, tablets, and peripherals, such as monitors, printers, and projectors

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Client Solutions Group (55.3% of fiscal 2024 revenues) – produces desktop PCs, notebooks, tablets, and peripherals, such as monitors, printers, and projectors under the Dell brand name

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Client Solutions Group (55.3% of fiscal 2024 revenues) – desktop PCs, notebooks, tablets, and peripherals, such as monitors, printers, and projectors

Justification: On Dell.com, you can search and find that Dell sells printers and projectors of other brands. According to this Wikipedia article, “The organization's own website is an acceptable (although possibly incomplete) primary‡ source for information about what the company says about itself and for most basic facts about its history, products, employees, finances, and facilities.” Although primary sources are not typically allowed for edits, this is a basic factual update. TL with Dell Technologies (talk) 19:46, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done Dealt with. DiscreetParrot (talk) 21:25, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

@DiscreetParrot Thank you for your collaboration. I appreciate your insight and help. TL with Dell Technologies (talk) 16:05, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

@DiscreetParrot Thank you for removing "under the Dell brand name" from the Client Solutions Group bullet.

I have two follow-up requests regarding the current wording of the Business section:

First, could you consider changing "which produces" to "which includes" in the Client Solutions Group bullet? While Dell manufactures many of the products listed, Dell also sells printers and projectors from third-party manufacturers such as Canon and Epson. As a result, stating that the division "produces" all listed products may unintentionally create ambiguity for readers. Using "includes" would avoid that issue while preserving the intended meaning.

Second, could you consider adjusting the following content in the Business section and Infobox to more clearly reflect Dell Technologies' current organizational structure?

• Change "Dell operates under two divisions:" to "Dell Technologies operates under two divisions:"

• Remove "Dell Inc., which includes the" from the Client Solutions Group bullet

• Remove "Dell EMC, which includes the" from the Infrastructure Solutions Group bullet

• Remove the links to the Dell and EMC articles from the Infobox's "Divisions" field

My concern is that references to "Dell Inc." and "Dell EMC" in the division descriptions may imply that these are still the operative division names. However, Dell Technologies has spent several years integrating and consolidating the legacy Dell and EMC brands. For example, based on this TechTarget article, Dell EMC World was renamed Dell Technologies World beginning with the 2018 event, reflecting the broader corporate branding and integration efforts.

Additionally, Dell Technologies' most recent Form 10-K identifies Client Solutions Group (CSG) and Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) as the company's reportable segments and does not describe them as divisions of "Dell Inc." or "Dell EMC."

I believe these adjustments would improve clarity and better align the article with current sourcing and terminology. Thank you for your consideration. TL with Dell Technologies (talk) 19:02, 26 August 2026 (UTC)