Dell grows but profits hit by component cost headwinds
Dell says it has struggled to make higher memory and SSD component costs stick with the channel and customers, which hit its profitability on servers, storage and networking in its Q1

Dell Technologies has declared itself pleased with its maiden results under its new go-to-market structure, but admitted it took a hit from rising component costs. For its first quarter ending 5 May...
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