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Michael Dell Says Internet Will Be As Fundamental as Electricity
Businesses, Consumers Will Need Robust, Reliable Web Infrastructure
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2000--The chairman of Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) said today the new Internet economy -- from e-mail to e-commerce to e-support -- demands that information technology systems become as reliable, flexible, manageable and scaleable as the country's energy infrastructure.
"The Internet will become as fundamental to your business as electricity," Michael Dell told business leaders attending the Windows 2000 Deployment Conference for the new Microsoft Corp. computer operating system.
"Businesses will need an information technology infrastructure that possesses the same attributes of systems that provide electricity whenever and wherever needed, at the click of a switch, to power anything from a small store to an entire city," Mr. Dell said.
Dell, the world's leading direct computer systems company, is a pioneer of Web-enabled business computing systems and operates one of the world's largest e-commerce sites, with more than $40 million a day in sales at www.dell.com.
Mr. Dell said the new Windows 2000 operating system is "a leap forward" in providing the higher levels of reliability, flexibility, scalability and manageability that businesses need to succeed in the Internet economy.
Dell has begun the conversion to Windows 2000 at dell.com, which is already the world's largest Windows-based commerce site, and Mr. Dell said the company is experiencing significant improvements from the new capabilities offered in Windows 2000.
"With the Internet at its core, the way our economy functions is changing in fundamental ways for businesses and consumers," Mr. Dell said in his keynote remarks.
Citing research that the Internet is spreading three times faster than television and 10 times faster than radio, Mr. Dell predicted growth of the Internet infrastructure will accelerate in the next few years.
"With the Internet economy almost doubling each year, no business will go untouched," he said. "I believe these new changes dictate a new focus on information technology infrastructure and its role in the future of your business."
He said industry researchers forecast that 38 percent of U.S. households will have two or more personal computers by the end of this year and that by the year 2003, high-speed broadband Internet connections will be used in 33 percent of U.S. households.
"In a world where every business is an e-business, Internet systems technology will no longer be just the concern of the information technology department. It will be critical to your customers' satisfaction and ultimately to your bottom line," he said.
Mr. Dell said the build-out of Internet infrastructure over the next five years is expected to require 20 times more servers than are installed today and that his company has aligned its products and services to benefit from the demand generated by this Internet growth.
About Dell
Dell Computer Corporation is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $25.3 billion for the past four quarters, and is a premier provider of products and services required for customers to build their Internet infrastructures. The company ranks No. 78 on the Fortune 500, No. 210 on the Fortune Global 500 and No. 3 on the Fortune "most admired" lists of companies. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com.
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