Dell records boom growth in Asia Pac and Japan

Stephen Withers
Friday, 29 August 2008 11:25

IT Industry - Market

PC maker Dell has posted strong second quarter results, while claiming particularly healthy growth in the Asia Pacific and Japan markets. What's more the recently troubled company claims to be easily outperforming its main competitors in the region.

During 2006 and 2007, Dell lost market share, with HP taking over as the world's leading PC vendor. Things started to improve in 2008, and the latest results could be seen as confirmation that the measures put in place by the company are having the desired effect.

Dell has stated that its primary goal is to outgrow the industry, with increased profitability seen as a longer-term goal.

Dell's second-quarter results are "extremely encouraging," according to Steve Felice, president of the company's Asia Pacific and Japan operation. While the company as a whole experienced revenue growth of 11 percent, the regional figure was 25 percent.

While the company saw "healthy growth nearly everywhere" across the region, the highlights were India and China.

Growth in India dropped from 89 percent to 63 percent, but that's still an impressive figure. Growth was "very healthy" in the corporate and government, small and medium business, and consumer markets.

Dell's consumer business in India is still quite small, but 500 percent year-on-year growth is nothing to be sneezed at.

Revenue growth was 33 percent in China, and around 30 percent in the ASEAN nations, said Felice.

How is Dell going compared with its major rivals? See page two.