DELL TO SUPPORT BOEING USERS IN VARIED LOCATIONS.Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL), a leading direct computer systems company and a provider of Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the infrastructure, announced that The Boeing (language) BOEING - An early system on the IBM 1130. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. Company has selected Dell to deliver computing computing - computer hardware maintenance services for more than 85,000 users for the next three years. As part of the multi-million dollar contract, Dell will provide Boeing with a full suite of services for Dell's OptiPlex desktop computers and Latitude latitude, angular distance of any point on the surface of the earth north or south of the equator. The equator is latitude 0°, and the North Pole and South Pole are latitudes 90°N and 90°S, respectively. notebooks as well as support for third-party PCs, scanners, printers, bar code devices and desktop plotters. Under the contract, Dell will support Boeing customers at multiple US locations including Seattle Seattle (sēăt`əl), city (1990 pop. 516,259), seat of King co., W Wash., built on seven hills, between Elliott Bay of Puget Sound and Lake Washington; inc. 1869. ; Wichita Wichita, indigenous people of North America Wichita (wĭch`ĭtô), Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). , Kan Kan, river, China: see Gan. .; and Philadelphia Philadelphia, ancient cities Philadelphia, name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir, it was founded in the 2d cent. B.C. . Additional support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services provided by Dell to Boeing prior to this contract award include Laptop Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer Services Centers and integrated, on-site on-site adj. Done or located at the site, as of a particular activity: on-site monitoring of a production run; an on-site film shoot. help desk support for hardware-related issues. In June June: see month. 1999, Boeing entered a three-year contract to standardize stan·dard·ize v. 1. To cause to conform to a standard. 2. To evaluate by comparing with a standard. globally on Dell desktops and notebooks. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Boeing, this contract saves it millions of dollars each year in hardware and services infrastructure costs. Dell grew its hardware services revenue by more than 60 percent last year. Eric ERIC Educational Research Information Clearinghouse ERIC Educational Resources Information Center ERIC ERISA Industry Committee ERIC Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (Durham, NC) Rocco of Dataquest (Dataquest Inc., San Jose, CA, www.dataquest.com) A major market research and analysis firm in the information field. Dataquest offers market intelligence on more than 25 topics and provides conferences, annual subscriptions and custom research. , a Gartner company, estimates that "the company average hardware services growth of the top 50 players was 9.9 percent."
Table 1
Top 5 Vendors, US PC Shipments, First Quarter 2000 (Preliminary)
(Thousands of Units)
Q1 2000 Q1 2000 Market Q1 1999
Rank Vendor Shipments Share Shipments
1 Dell 1,980 17.1% 1,454
2 Compaq 1,890 16.3% 1,597
3 Hewlett-Packard 1,414 12.2% 847
4 Gateway 1,038 9.0% 981
5 eMachines 521 4.5% 284
Others 4,753 41.0% 4,813
All Vendors 11,596 100.0% 9,913
Q1 2000 Market Growth
Rank Vendor Share 2000/1999
1 Dell 14.7% 36%
2 Compaq 16.1% 18%
3 Hewlett-Packard 8.5% 67%
4 Gateway 9.3% 13%
5 eMachines 2.9% 83%
Others 48.6% -1%
All Vendors 100.0% 17%
Shipments are branded shipments and exclude OEM sales for all vendors.
Data for all vendors are reported for calendar periods.
Data for Compaq includes shipments for Compaq, Digital Equipment, and Tandem.
Table 2
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide PC Shipments, First Quarter 2000 (Preliminary)
(Thousands of Units)
Q1 2000 Q1 2000 Market Q1 1999
Rank Vendor Shipments Share Shipments
1 Compaq 3,969 13.1% 3,556
2 Dell 3,200 10.5% 2,451
3 Hewlett-Packard 2,468 8.1% 1,579
4 IBM 1,866 6.1% 2,171
5 Fujitsu Siemens 1,691 5.6% 1,589
Others 17,162 56.5% 13,958
All Vendors 30,356 100.0% 25,304
Q1 2000 Market Growth
Rank Vendor Share 2000/1999
1 Compaq 14.1% 12%
2 Dell 9.7% 31%
3 Hewlett-Packard 6.2% 56%
4 IBM 8.6% -14%
5 Fujitsu Siemens 6.3% 6%
Others 55.2% 23%
All Vendors 100.0% 20%
Shipments are branded shipments and exclude OEM sales for all vendors.
Data for all vendors are reported for calendar periods.
Data for Fujitsu Siemens includes shipments for Fujitsu and Siemens.
Data for Compaq includes shipments for Compaq, Digital Equipment, and Tandem.
Source: IDC, 2Q, 2000
Table 1
Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for First
Quarter 2000 (Thousands of Units)
Q1/00 Q1/00 Market Q1/99
Company Shipments Share (%) Shipments
Compaq 3,750 12.5 3,367
Dell 3,002 10.0 2,321
Hewlett-Packard 2,387 8.0 1,493
IBM 1,773 5.9 2,103
NEC 1,431 4.8 1,578
Gateway 1,255 4.2 1,082
Others 16,385 54.6 14,130
Total Market 29,983 100.0 26,074
Q1/99 Market
Company Share (%) Growth (%)
Compaq 12.9 11.4
Dell 8.9 29.3
Hewlett-Packard 5.7 59.9
IBM 8.1 -15.7
NEC 6.1 -9.3
Gateway 4.2 16.0
Others 54.2 16.0
Total Market 100.0 15.0
Note: Tables are PCs only (desktop, deskside, notebook, ultraportable, laptop
and transportable). Server-marketed PCs are not included.
Table 2
Preliminary US PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for First Quarter 2000
(Thousands of Units)
Q1/00 Q1/00 Q1/99
Company Shipments Share (%) Shipments
Dell 1,860 16.8 1,380
Compaq 1,820 16.4 1,522
Hewlett-Packard 1,393 12.6 800
Gateway 1,023 9.2 908
eMachines 535 4.8 298
Apple 486 4.4 380
IBM 445 4.0 766
Others 3,512 31.7 3,622
Total Market 11,075 100.0 9,676
Q1/99 Market
Company Share (%) Growth (%)
Dell 14.3 34.8
Compaq 15.7 19.6
Hewlett-Packard 8.3 74.1
Gateway 9.4 12.7
eMachines 3.1 79.5
Apple 3.9 28.0
IBM 7.9 -41.9
Others 37.4 -3.0
Total Market 100.0 14.5
Note: Tables are PCs only (desktop, deskside, notebook,
ultraportable, laptop and transportable). Server-marketed PCs
are not included.
Source: Dataquest (April 2000)
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