PC market weakness to Dell expected not beautiful: share price fell 4% after the plate

Dispatch of sina science and technology Beijing time on August 22, morning news, because users in Microsoft Windows and issued the first reduce the PC purchasing quantity, dell to release performance of the second half of the early warning, and cut annual performance expectations, leading to the stock plunged more than 4% on Thursday.Memory Card & Readers

Dell once your for the world's first big PC manufacturers, and is a computer supply chain management infrastructures. But in acer (micro Po) and association, and other Asian manufacturers, and apple iPad etc flat computer double flank, it is crippled. Mouse and Keyboard

Dell by current CEO Michael Dell (Michael Dell) founded, at present is trying to realize revival. In the global science and technology spending under the background of decline, the company is through the merger and acquisition promote growth, and with the aid of reduce the cost to maintain profitability. In may this year, the company is expected to global science and technology spending weakness faster than expected. Tablet PC

The us's second largest PC manufacturers said Tuesday the third quarter in income will be between $13.8 billion and $14.2 billion, the second quarter in fell 2% to 5%, outstanding Wall Street $14.85 billion average expected.

Dell is expected, in fiscal year 2013 earnings per share at least $1.7, below $2.13 before the expected. Laptop & Netbook

The investment company Cross Research analysts Shannon · closs (Shannon Cross) said: "we had been expecting they will cut expectations, but down the rate is far higher than expected."

Dell CFO Brian lattice Leyden (Brian Gladden), when being interviewed by the media said, the third quarter in cut expectations, part of the reason is that, the company is expected to distributors in Microsoft will be released at the end of October a new generation of Windows operating system before the purchase quantity to reduce new computer.Speakers & Magnifiers

"The quarterly income exasperate degree obviously bad in we expected." He is in conference call analysts said.

In order to support profit margins, and promote income growth, dell is further expand enterprise business, but to once again and larger hewlett-packard (micro Po) expansion confrontation. Cell Phones

Dell announced Tuesday, had hired before HP network administrator to Mali uz · haas (Marius Hass) leading the enterprise solutions department, and accelerated promotion global service.

Dell the second quarter in enterprise solution to realize the business revenue of $4.9 billion, a 6% increase year-on-year, in the income of more than more than a third. Server and network income also year-on-year growth of 14%. In contrast, consumer business income fell 22%, to $2.6 billion, further evidence of the PC market decline.Electronics News

He left them to join the private equity investment company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, he in dell's former is Brad Anderson (Brad Anderson).

The release of Windows and specific to touch equipment design, and blended in cloud computing concept. Analysts said, this will be for dell, HP, lenovo and so on PC manufacturers to provide a rare opportunity to recapture is iPad take share. Camera Batteries
In June this year, Microsoft released independent brand of Surface tablet PC. Some analysts believe that the move is to highlight Windows as the strength of the mobile platform.

But Michael dell to analysts said, may need a period of time to achieve sales growth. He revealed, according to Microsoft estimates, until next year, new equipment may only account for 1% of the total PC shipments to 2%. Cell Phone Batteries

"In the Windows and tablet PC real listed before, can promote the growth rate has a twist. Klose said.

Dell the second quarter in achieve revenue of $14.5 billion, less than $14.64 billion the average analyst expectations. The company quarter net profit of $732 million, or $0.42 a share, the same period last year to $890 million, or $0.48 a share. Regardless of the specific project, the company earnings per share for $0.5 and $0.45 beyond the average analyst expectations.External Battery Chargers

As part of the restructuring plan, dell will be in the next three years to cut the cost of $2 billion, mainly through the supply chain and realize sales group, so as to strengthen the enterprise technology attention.

Dell's plan for the first time this year to shareholder dividends. But due to the quarterly report for weak, adds the market worried about mobile equipment will also continue to encroach on PC expenditure, the stock since this year still fell by 15%.Laptop Adaptors

Dell's share price on Tuesday the nasdaq (micro Po) market conventional trading at at $12.34, down 1.75% compared with the previous trading day. In the subsequent after-hours trading, the stock again fell 4.54%, to $11.78.