Best Tech Stocks To Invest In 2015

Best Tech Stocks To Invest In 2015: Dell Inc.(DELL)

Dell Inc. provides integrated technology solutions in the information technology (IT) industry worldwide. It designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports mobility and desktop products, including notebooks, workstations, tablets, smartphones, and desktop PCs, as well as servers and networking products. The company offers storage solutions, including storage area networks, network-attached storage, direct-attached storage, and various backup systems. It also provides IT and business services comprising transactional services, such as support, managed deployment, enterprise installation, and configuration services; outsourcing services, including data center and systems management, network management, life cycle application development and management, and business process outsourcing services; and project-based services consisting of IT infrastructure, applications, business process, and business consulting services. In addition, the company offers third-part y software products comprising operating systems, business and office applications, anti-virus and related security software, and entertainment software; and peripheral products, such as printers, televisions, notebook accessories, mouse, keyboards, networking and wireless products, and digital cameras. Further, it provides financial services, including originating, collecting, and servicing customer receivables related to the purchase of its products and third-party technology products. The company sells its products and services directly through its sales representatives, telephone-based sales, and online sales; and through retailers, third-party solution providers, system integrators, and third-party resellers. It serves corporate businesses, law enforcement agencies, small and medium businesses, consumers, and public institutions that include government, education, and healthcare organizations. Dell Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dan Radovsky]

  Michael Dell and technology investment firm Silver Lake have increased their offer to acquire Dell, (NASDAQ: DELL  ) , a special committee of the Dell board of directors announced today.

• [By Daniela Pylypczak]

  Standard & Poor’s Rating Services announced on Wednesday that it has lowered the corporate credit rating on Dell Inc. (DELL).

  The PC maker’s corporate credit rating was lowered form BBB to BB-, and its commercial paper rating was lowered from A-2 to B. Dell’s issue-level rating on senior unsecured debt was also downgraded from BBB to B+. Standard & Poor’s also assigned the company a stable outlook.

  Commenting on the downgrade, Standard & Poor’s credit analyst Martha Toll-Reed noted “The downgrade incorporates our revision of Dell’s business risk profile to fair from satisfactory, reflecting ongoing pricing pressures and volume declines inPCs, which is still Dell’s largest business by revenue, and also our revision of its financial risk profile to aggressive from modest, pro forma for the significantly higher leverage resulting from the proposed LBO.”

  Dell shares traded flat during Wednesday’s session. Year-to-date the stock is up 29.68%.

• [By WALLSTCHEATSHEET]

  Dell has been a well-run company for many years, but there isnt much reason for optimism at the moment.Dell’s goal is to become a leading global provider of services to enterprises. The following is a related quote fromBrian Gladden, Dell CFO:

• [By Chris Hill]

  Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT  ) fell on Thursday in the wake of a report by IDC that PC sales declined 14% in the first quarter. IDC cited the shift to tablets and smartphones, and pointed to a slow start for Windows 8. What do slumping PC sales mean for investors in Microsoft? What does the trend mean for Dell (NASD! AQ: DELL&! nbsp; ) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ  ) ? Is the PC dead? In this installment of Investor Beat, our analysts discuss the implications for PC companies.

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