Dell Enterprise Solutions’ chief architect and technology officer, Sam Greenblatt, said in an interview with CBR that taking the company private will help it become more innovative – while one of his colleagues also told us Dell considers itself the world’s largest start-up.
Greenblatt insisted privatisation is the right move, saying, "Privatisation allows you to do things you would never do if you were public. Risk taking is never rewarded by the stock market."
Meanwhile Sean Berg, executive director, Enterprise Solutions, Dell UK added: "There’s an entrepreneurial spirit that’s back. We’re the world’s largest start-up."
Greenblatt explained how his Godfather, Lewis Ranieri – former vice chairman of Salomon Brothers – used the term ‘irrational exuberance’ to describe Wall Street, and that was how he also feels about the stock market. He said: "Being out of the irrational exuberance makes Michael [Dell] and the rest of the team very happy."
The term ‘exuberance’ suggests enthusiasm. But once enthusiasm for PCs began to wane in favour of tablets and even smartphones, so did Dell’s stock. However, Greenblatt is adamant that he still wants to focus on a wide range of offerings within Dell’s Enterprise Solutions.
"We’re going to focus on classics, legacy workloads and new workloads. We’re going to focus on server-centric computing and we’re going to continue to work with our customers to define their business needs for both our hardware and software," Greenblatt said.
Berg added: "We will continue to invest in our enterprise solutions and services, there’s great opportunity around continued research, development and acquisition in that division. [We will also continue] our end user division around tablets, PCs and things that are an enormous cash driver for the business."
"Everything, even more so now than ever, is driving towards delivering that best customer experience," Berg said.
