Michael Dell Keynotes Salesforce.Com Dreamforce Conference

Mr. Dell suggests businesses focus on information technologies that deliver hard returns, measurable cost and energy savings by

• Consolidating planned technology investments;
• Aligning with technology providers best positioned to weather current economic conditions, and
• Rethinking the status quo, looking for fundamental inefficiencies and significant productivity-enhancing opportunities such as iSCSI storage, virtualization, and IT-as-a-Service and Software as a Service (Saas) can enhance productivity and lower overall costs.

Dell has used Salesforce SaaS technology to:

• Rapidly evolve its business model, scaling globally while improving productivity.
• Field ideas from more than 10,000 customers through its IdeaStorm Web site
• Align approximately 20,000 members of its global sales team and integrate thousands of its PartnerDirect global channel partners.

Mr. Dell also highlighted innovative new Dell products including the super-light E-Family commercial laptops featuring all-day battery life, and the M109S projector, which was suggested by customers on Dell’s IdeaStorm Web site.

Michael Dell quotes:

These are challenging times but winning companies will take this opportunity to boost efficiency and emerge even stronger.

Reducing IT cost and complexity improves productivity and long-term competitiveness.