Michael Dell takes direct model into emerging markets Video

Video description: At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Dell Chairman Michael Dell tells Gartner analysts Jennifer Beck and John Enck that the fastest-growing markets for the company are outside the U.S. and that the infrastructure exists in those countries for Dell to sell direct to its customers. \r\n

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