Dell cloud strategy could benefit from going private, partners say
February 1, 2013
Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Beth Pariseau.
Talk of Dell going private might scare enterprise customers, as they may see it as a sign of ill health for the company, but when it comes to cloud computing, it could be a good thing. Dell partners say it’s in the company’s best interest to go private, as it struggles to deliver a cohesive Dell cloud strategy.
Going private would potentially rid Dell’s management of worries about its PC business, which has dragged the company’s revenues down as of late, and it could free executives up to focus on new efforts like the cloud, said Scott Houston, CEO of GreenButton, a Dell partner that runs its cloud-based software management tool on a mix of Dell’s vCloud infrastructure and Amazon Web Services…
"The cloud is coming down the track like a freight train at the moment, and it’s public knowledge that Dell’s desktop and laptop business is diminishing," Houston said. "This private equity buyout could potentially enable Dell’s management to be slightly more nimble, and focus on some of these long-term strategic visions." Private investors would probably see potential value in the services and cloud side of things, said Simon Anderson, CEO of DreamHost, a cloud service provider that sources hardware from Dell and has collaborated with the company on OpenStack development…
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