Dell Inc, which overtook bigger rival Hewlett-Packard Co in China’s personal-computer market this year, said it aims to remain ahead on demand from corporate clients.
“We aspire to continue to grow successfully here,” Steve Schuckenbrock, president of the company’s large enterprise division, told reporters at a briefing in Hong Kong yesterday.
The company beat Hewlett-Packard, the world’s biggest PC maker, to take second position in China, behind only Lenovo Group Ltd, in the second quarter, according to research company IDC. Dell is winning sales at clients including Walmart Stores Inc’s China division, and expanding its distribution network in smaller cities.
In addition to sales of PCs, Dell aims to increase revenue from computer services, said Alex Yung, a vice-president in the China division. Dell last year bought Perot Systems Corp, acquiring assets including BearingPoint Inc’s consulting practice in China, to challenge International Business Machines Corp and Hewlett-Packard in the computer-services market.
Dell plans to build two data centers in China, and expand its production and operations center in Chengdu, Schuckenbrock said. Spending in China, Dell’s second-biggest market, will exceed US$100 billion over the next 10 years, the company said in September.
Hewlett-Packard accounted for 8.2 percent of China’s PC shipments in the second quarter, compared with Dell’s 9 percent, according to IDC. Lenovo, China’s biggest PC maker, increased its market share to 28.7 percent, IDC said.
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