'I remember our priests saying that he liked sea food. So, they cooked sea food for him without masala and spice.' 'It seems he enjoyed Kerala food very much.'
Steve Felice, Dell president (Asia Pacific and Japan), calls it an "aspirational goal". But his intent is clear: Dell is aiming for market leadership in the Indian personal computer market in a few years from now.
Chinese computer giant Lenovo has recruited a fourth executive of Dell, the world's largest personal computer maker, in just eight days, heightening rivalry between the two companies.
The company's revenues also slipped four per cent to $14.42 billion in Q1 FY'13 from $15.01 billion in 2012.
Top officials of the firm called on Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and expressed keen interest in expanding their Chennai plant.
32 per cent employees from India were concerned about not having access to the right technology assets to be productive and 30 per cent cited the blurring boundary between work and personal lives as the top concerns should remote work arrangements continue long-term.
Young Indian entrepreneurs hope to share some of the limelight too at the Hyderabad event.
PC shipments declined by 10.9 per cent to 76 million units in second quarter of 2013 from 85.32 million units in the same period last year, preliminary data by Gartner said.
Software giant Microsoft's move to end technical support for its longest running operating system (OS) Windows XP has marginally helped global PC sales which are declining, research firms IDC and Gartner said.
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