Jeff Clarke coined the phrase at FRS. Since then, its popping up all over the place. Listen for it.
There is a paradigm shift coming in H2. Large scale change. Segments as we know them will amalgamate. Lots of redundancies in middle management through SVP. New Multicloud BU coming that is Apex on Steroids. SPS, UDS and DPS folded into DCS. Large Public, Enterprise and LCA merged.
Your SVPs and VPs have signed NDAs already. Directors and Senior Directors will sign soon.
This is fact.
nothing accounced yet, more fake news ?
Management did state that there would be an announcement this week but I haven't heard anything.
Any update?
Was on a call on Monday and they stated something will be announced in about two weeks. I heard "new investment" and "redeploying resources".
OP here. It’s on track. Watch this space.
Modern???
"Modern Dell" was presented on Quirk's QBR today. What was announced publicly lines up with what has been mentioned in this thread.
horse and buggy
modern as compared to what?
Merging speciality in to DCS is literally the total opposite of what I’ve heard. Not long to go, time will tell who’s right and who’s wrong.
Our organization is in the top 3 suppliers in nearly every company in the world. Its not an after thought. As much as it hurts the feelings of a few to say it, Michael Dell got it right about cloud. Everyone who ran blindly into it are now facing costs that were not on the brochureware when they went on that first executive lunch.
Now they are locked in they realize they married the mob. Pay up large every month or else. The global repatriation to a middle ground has been sped up by the sudden demand to adopt AI. This was probably never predicted but its there.
To do that you need active and smart people, not people sitting at the office listening for keywords and forcing meetings to "get across your work" so they attach themselves to it.
Whatever change comes it will be good. Wasting time is bad.
@1sad+1sPSVNmZ VMware and Data General were what kept EMC afloat in the 2010s. EMC was just a conglomeration of a bunch of acquisitions.
Without them EMC would have become another Sun, SGI, or 3com. They were definitely headed that way as Unity (an attempt at novel in house IP) was a disaster and Pure was starting to eat EMC’s lunch in mid-range and NetApp was attacking in the high-end and cloud.
FYI, Those laptops from the “e-commerce site” paid the bonuses in ‘20, ‘21 and ‘22.
If LCA, Large Public and Enterprise merge, which seems feasible, a lot of mid management and specialities will also be redundant.
What happens to the rest of Commercial and non-large public? Dropped into medium business?
It’s being announced in August.
As far as EMC… yea, no. EMC is a great company. Dell just can’t think beyond laptops and PCs. Dell isn’t a technology company it’s just a company that puts parts together from suppliers. All the innovations come outside of CSG and Dell Digital. I mean your COO thinks an e-commerce site is software engineering. That’s your bar.
Embarrassing.
The only reason why they have any diverse portfolio is due to them buying other companies and they’ve ruined them.
I am not sure if that is necessarily the case. Take for example EMC - it was already ruined by the inept EMC managment many years ago before Dell bought it..
The fearmongering in here is stupid. Here is the facts.
The sector has too many staff in areas that have been consolidated at a tech level. As much as 5 years ago there was 5 different types of storage and backups and servers, each with it's own team and specialisation, that no longer exists. Same in every business.
We convinced our customers to consolidate to single platform flexible environments, yet expect to keep 7 different teams on, each with high paid specialists to sell it tripping over each other to attach to the same deal. That is where the cost it.
Nothing unfair about it. This is progress and people need to keep learning and keep meeting customers where they are, not where they were.
What % of redundancy coming ?
Significant. They’ve got to drop 20K+ people. To me it’s more about what is the strategy. There is none. Just stories…
What % of redundancy coming ?
Yes - absolutely coming. It is 100% driven by Bain and they’ve absolutely convinced our executives they need to cut to below the 100K mark. Are they reorganizing strategically? No. They’re reorganizing because they’re trying to meet a number. What’d really changing in their product suite or product strategy? Absolutely nothing.
Dell is a manufacturing company. No matter how hard they try with their existing leadership that’s all they’ll ever be. They don’t know how to operate any other way. The only reason why they have any diverse portfolio is due to them buying other companies and they’ve ruined them.
Everything in Dell is a story with no meat. Even “modern Dell”.
Another Bain attempt to make Dell look like a grown up company.. Nothing can fix the chaos that exists across every BU .
I can confirm about the OP. Its planning has been in works for AT LEAST 6 months now.
I know there is definitely a change at VP level after amalgamation. I can confirm, on paper the new leadership looks MUCH better qualified than existing one.
We’ll walk into H2 in new org.
Even if your feelings are hurt, it’s happening.
“Apex on Steroids” is in reference to a larger, more comprehensive team than the current Apex team. Again, sorry if this hurts your feelings.
Dell is as weak as he-l. Nobody follows NDAs. Bunch of fools in Dell and always some clown who talks out of their ar-e. What a dump. apex on steroids .... a joke
When is "it coming"?
Yes it's coming. No we didn't have to sign an NDA. As part of management there are actions and organizational changes that you are aware of that you can't speak about with your direct reports. This is common practice here and at other companies. Could you lose your job if you repeatedly gossip about changes coming - yes. But not because of any NDA, just because you're not professional....