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Major Corporate Battles in History
By siliconindia
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Friday, 26 August 2011, 00:54 IST |
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HP v/s Dell:
Dell produced its first computer way back in 1985 called the "Turbo PC." Dell Computer Corporation began expanding globally in the 1988. In 1996, Dell began selling computers via its web site. In 2003, the company was rebranded as simply "Dell Inc." to recognize the company's expansion beyond computers. In late 2006, Dell lost its lead in the PC-business to Hewlett-Packard.
Both Gartner and IDC estimated that in the third quarter of 2006, HP shipped more units worldwide than Dell did. Dell's 3.6 percent growth paled in comparison to HP's 15 percent growth during the same period. The problem got worse in the fourth quarter, when Gartner estimated that Dell PC shipments declined 8.9 percent (versus HP's 23.9 percent growth). As a result, at the end of 2006 Dell's overall PC market-share stood at 13.9 percent (versus HP's 17.4 percent).
