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05 June 2015 • 7 min read

Security and software may be the order of the day at Dell, but with upheavals at rivals and an expanding channel, the US giant still believes it can once again be the PC king, reports Jack Gilbert

When Michael Dell started making computers in his dorm room at the University of Texas in the 80s, only the most clairvoyant of oracles could have predicted the success Dell's eponymous leader woul...

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