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90-519: X41 may refer to: Ear Force X41 , headset designed by Turtle Beach Systems for use with the Xbox 360 video games console IBM Thinkpad X41 laptop computer by Lenovo Mission X-41 , episode 27 of the Gerry Anderson television series Joe 90 X-41 (yacht) , designed by X-Yachts Design Team led by Niels Jeppesen and first launched in 2007 to follow on from

180-726: A Dell press release stated that starting in September, Dell Dimension desktop computers would have AMD processors and that later in the year Dell would release a two-socket, quad-processor server using AMD Opteron chips, moving away from Dell's tradition of only offering Intel processors in Dell PCs. CNET 's News.com on August 17, 2006, cited Dell's CEO Kevin Rollins as attributing the move to AMD processors to lower costs and to AMD technology. AMD's senior VP in commercial business, Marty Seyer, stated: "Dell's wider embrace of AMD processor-based offerings

270-582: A United Kingdom-based distributor and supplier of gaming accessories that had already been Turtle Beach's exclusive distributor and support center for the UK and Ireland since January 2011. In 2013, Turtle Beach began working on a deal that would eventually see them merge with the San Diego –based audio technology manufacturer, Parametric Sound Corporation, in January 2014. Parametric had gone public in 2010. In April 2014,

360-588: A Voluntary Separation Program that they expected to reduce their workforce by up to seven percent. The reception to the program so exceeded the expectations that Dell may be forced to hire new staff to make up for the losses. On November 19, 2015, Dell, alongside Arm Holdings , Cisco Systems , Intel , Microsoft , and Princeton University , founded the OpenFog Consortium , to promote interests and development in fog computing . On October 12, 2015, Dell Inc. announced its intent to acquire EMC Corporation in

450-510: A bid to host it. Less than a year later, Dell planned to double its workforce to nearly 3,000 workers add a new building. These plans were reversed, due to a high Canadian dollar that made the Ottawa staff relatively expensive, and also as part of Dell's turnaround, which involved moving these call-center jobs offshore to cut costs. The company had also announced the shutdown of its Edmonton , Alberta , office, losing 900 jobs. In total, Dell announced

540-425: A cash-and-stock deal valued at $ 67 billion (equivalent to $ 84,210,000,000 in 2023), which has been considered the largest-ever acquisition in the technology sector. As part of the acquisition, Dell would take over EMC's 81% stake in the cloud-computing and virtualization company VMware . This would combine Dell's enterprise server, personal computer, and mobile businesses with EMC's enterprise storage business in

630-427: A change campaign called "Dell 2.0," reducing the number of employees and diversifying the company's products. While chairman of the board after relinquishing his CEO position, Michael Dell still had significant input in the company during Rollins' years as CEO. With the return of Michael Dell as CEO, the company saw changes in operations, the exodus of many senior vice-presidents and new personnel brought in from outside

720-543: A collection of other gaming accessories like keyboards , computer mice , and mousepads . In 2016, the company entered a partnership with OpTic Gaming , an esports organization, for the team to use its Elite Pro Tournament Gaming Headset. Turtle Beach also released the Stream Mic for users who broadcast from their consoles and PC. In 2017, it released the first headsets (the Stealth 600 and 700) that could connect directly to

810-480: A few months to improve on this and rolled out DellConnect to answer customer inquiries more quickly. In July 2006, the company started its Direct2Dell blog, and then in February 2007, Michael Dell launched IdeaStorm.com, asking customers for advice including selling Linux computers and reducing the promotional "bloatware" on PCs. These initiatives did manage to cut the negative blog posts from 49% to 22%, as well as reduce

900-509: A few other programs that supported Ensoniq equipment. During its time as Voyetra Turtle Beach, it leveraged Voyetra's close ties with PC manufacturers by providing sound cards bundled with Voyetra software and drivers. It sold millions of sound cards to Dell Computer under the Turtle Beach brand. In 2001, Voyetra Turtle Beach developed AudioTron, one of the first standalone Internet audio receivers. The device enjoyed considerable success in

990-467: A line of earbuds ("Battle Buds") designed for mobile gaming. In 2019, Turtle Beach bought Hamburg -based company Roccat GmbH for 19.2 million US dollars. Roccat "[...] belongs to the 10 best-selling gaming peripheral brands in Europe and, according to the latest Newzoo consumer surveys, is one of the four leading brands in terms of awareness, buying behavior and preference for gaming keyboards and mice in

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1080-412: A majority position in Turtle Beach. In 2011, the company released a limited-edition, officially licensed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 headset. In 2012, it entered into a partnership with Major League Gaming (MLG) that saw the release of headsets specifically designed for tournament gaming and consumer headsets that had official MLG branding. The same year, Turtle Beach acquired Lygo International,

1170-490: A maximum speed of 8 MHz. PC's Limited marketed these systems through national computer magazines, selling directly to consumers while custom-assembling each unit based on a range of options. This approach allowed them to offer competitive prices compared to retail brands, coupled with the convenience of pre-assembled units, making them one of the early success stories of this business model. The company grossed over $ 73 million in its first year of operation. The company dropped

1260-411: A move that would eventually occur over 12 years later. In 2003, at the annual company meeting, the stockholders approved changing the company name to "Dell Inc." to recognize the company's expansion beyond computers. In 2004, the company announced that it would build a new assembly-plant near Winston-Salem , North Carolina ; the city and county provided Dell with $ 37.2 million in incentive packages;

1350-437: A negative impact on Dell and other major PC vendors, as consumers switched away from desktop and laptop PCs. Dell's own mobility division has not managed success with developing smartphones or tablets, whether running Windows or Google Android . The Dell Streak was a failure commercially and critically due to its outdated OS, numerous bugs, and low resolution screen. InfoWorld suggested that Dell and other OEMs saw tablets as

1440-442: A profitable company. In 1988, Turtle Beach began to work on developing its first hardware product, a hard disk–based audio editing system. Among the first of its kind, the product was named the "56K digital recording system" and was released in 1990. In 1990, Turtle Beach began developing its second PC sound card . This card used high quality A/D and D/A , a high quality synthesizer from eMu, and an onboard DSP chip. This product

1530-412: A reputation as a company that relied upon supply chain efficiencies to sell established technologies at low prices, instead of being an innovator. By the mid-2000s many analysts were looking to innovating companies as the next source of growth in the technology sector. Dell's low spending on R&D relative to its revenue (compared to IBM , Hewlett-Packard , and Apple Inc. )—which worked well in

1620-547: A result, the company was selling a greater proportion of inexpensive PCs than before, which eroded profit margins. The laptop segment had become the fastest-growing of the PC market, but Dell produced low-cost notebooks in China like other PC manufacturers which eliminated Dell's manufacturing cost advantages, plus Dell's reliance on Internet sales meant that it missed out on growing notebook sales in big box stores. CNET has suggested that Dell

1710-460: A share. In 1989, Dell Computer set up its first on-site service programs in order to compensate for the lack of local retailers prepared to act as service centers. In 1990, Dell Computer tried selling its products indirectly through warehouse clubs and computer superstores, but met with little success, and the company re-focused on its more successful direct-to-consumer sales model. In 1992, Fortune included Dell Computer Corporation in its list of

1800-688: A short-term, low-investment opportunity running Google Android , an approach that neglected user interface and failed to gain long term market traction with consumers. Dell has responded by pushing higher-end PCs, such as the XPS line of notebooks, which do not compete with the Apple iPad and Kindle Fire tablets. The growing popularity of smartphones and tablet computers instead of PCs drove Dell's consumer segment to an operating loss in Q3 2012. In December 2012, Dell suffered its first decline in holiday sales in five years, despite

1890-461: A significant Vertical merger of IT giants. Dell would pay $ 24.05 per share of EMC, and $ 9.05 per share of tracking stock in VMware . The announcement came two years after Dell Inc. returned to private ownership, claiming that it faced bleak prospects and would need several years out of the public eye to rebuild its business. It was thought that the company's value had roughly doubled since then. EMC

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1980-418: A strong performance from its artificial intelligence unit that sent shares up nearly 40%, its highest daily gain since the company went public in 2018. In August 2024, the company announced it would be laying off 12,500 employees—10% of its workforce—in order to invest in artificial intelligence initiatives. When Dell acquired Alienware early in 2006, some Alienware systems had AMD chips. On August 17, 2006,

2070-568: A student at the University of Texas at Austin , operating from Michael Dell's off-campus dormitory room at Dobie Center . The start-up aimed to sell IBM PC compatible computers built from stock components. Michael Dell started trading in the belief that, by selling personal computer systems directly to customers, PC's Limited could better understand customers' needs and provide the most effective computing solutions to meet those needs. Dell dropped out of college upon completion of his freshman year at

2160-416: A time but struggled and Dell soon regained its lead. Dell grew the fastest in the early 2000s. In 2002, Dell expanded its product line to include televisions, handhelds , digital audio players, and printers . Chairman and CEO Michael Dell had repeatedly blocked President and COO Kevin Rollins's attempt to lessen the company's heavy dependency on PCs, which Rollins wanted to fix by acquiring EMC Corporation;

2250-486: Is also the largest technology buyout ever, surpassing the 2006 buyout of Freescale Semiconductor for $ 17.5 billion (equivalent to $ 25,450,000,000 in 2023). Michael Dell said of the February offer "I believe this transaction will open an exciting new chapter for Dell, our customers and team members". Dell rival Lenovo responded to the buyout, saying, "the financial actions of some of our traditional competitors will not substantially change our outlook." In March 2013,

2340-399: Is owned by its parent company Dell Technologies since a restructuring in 2016. Founded by Michael Dell in 1984, Dell started making IBM clone computers and pioneered selling cut-price PCs directly to customers, managing its supply chain and electronic commerce . The company rose rapidly during the 1990s and in 2001 it became the largest global PC vendor for the first time. Dell

2430-478: The Blackstone Group and Carl Icahn expressed interest in purchasing Dell. In April 2013, Blackstone withdrew their offer, citing deteriorating business. Other private equity firms such as KKR & Co. and TPG Capital declined to submit alternative bids for Dell, citing the uncertain market for personal computers and competitive pressures, so the "wide-open bidding war" never materialized. Analysts said that

2520-849: The NASDAQ-100 and S&P 500 . Dell is ranked 31st on the Fortune 500 list in 2022, up from 76th in 2021. It is also the sixth-largest company in Texas by total revenue, according to Fortune magazine. It is the second-largest non-oil company in Texas. As of 2024, it is the world's third-largest personal computer vendor by unit sales, after Lenovo and HP . In 2015, Dell acquired the enterprise technology firm EMC Corporation , together becoming divisions of Dell Technologies. Dell EMC sells data storage, information security, virtualization , analytics, and cloud computing . Michael Dell founded Dell Computer Corporation, doing business as PC's Limited in 1984 while

2610-693: The PC's Limited name in 1987 to become Dell Computer Corporation and began expanding globally. The reasoning was that this new company name better reflected its presence in the business market, and also resolved issues with the use of "Limited" in a company name in certain countries. The company set up its first international operations in Britain; 11 more followed within the next four years. In June 1988, Dell Computer's market capitalization grew by $ 30 million to $ 80 million (equivalent to $ 177,850,000 in 2023) from its June 22 initial public offering of 3.5 million shares at $ 8.50

2700-524: The VelocityOne Race for racing. Turtle Beach creates gaming headsets for devices such as the Xbox One , PlayStation 4 , Nintendo Switch , PC , mobile and tablet devices. It is considered one of the leading gaming audio brands. Gaming headsets have been Turtle Beach's primary product offering since around 2005. It initially began releasing headsets for PCs and consoles of that generation including

2790-624: The Xbox 360 , Wii , and the PlayStation 3 . The early models were often given the Ear Force branding with a letter or number designation to differentiate between consoles (e.g. headsets for the Xbox 360 were a part of the "Ear Force X" series while those for the PlayStation 3 were part of the "Ear Force P" series). Turtle Beach headsets are generally cross-compatible between current-generation consoles like

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2880-530: The Xbox One console wirelessly. The Stealth 600 went on to be the best-selling Xbox One gaming headset for 2018. It also entered into a console-only sponsorship deal with Splyce . In 2018, the company launched a new line of PC-specific headsets called "Atlas." It received input and feedback from esports teams, OpTic Gaming and Astralis , during the design process. It also released the Elite Pro 2 headset designed for console gaming. In December 2018, it released

2970-449: The "Dell Hell" prominent on Internet search engines. There was also criticism that Dell used faulty components for its PCs, particularly the 11.8 million OptiPlex desktop computers sold to businesses and governments from May 2003 to July 2005 that suffered from faulty capacitors . A battery recall in August 2006, as a result of a Dell laptop catching fire, caused much negative attention for

3060-688: The Asian PC vendors had been improving their quality and design—for instance, Lenovo's ThinkPad series was winning corporate customers away from Dell's laptops—Dell's customer service and reputation had been slipping. Dell remained the second-most profitable PC vendor, as it took 13 percent of operating profits in the PC industry during Q4 2012, behind Apple's Mac that took 45 percent, seven percent at Hewlett Packard, six percent at Lenovo and Asus, and one percent for Acer. Dell attempted to offset its declining PC business, which still accounted for half of its revenue and generates steady cash flow, by expanding into

3150-515: The Audio Advantage USB sound cards in 2010). By 2007, Voyetra Turtle Beach had released several headset models including those that were wireless and those that had surround sound capability. Its models were initially designed specifically for the Xbox 360 , PC, or Nintendo Wii . Turtle Beach released its first pair of headphones designed specifically for the PlayStation 3 (Ear Force P21) in 2009. In October 2010, Stripes Group acquired

3240-510: The German PC gaming market [...]". In 2020, Roccat represented Turtle Beach's PC branch, but in 2024 Turtle Beach retired the brand entirely. Turtle Beach acquired Performance Designed Products (PDP), a controller manufacturer, for $ 118 million on March 13, 2024. VelocityOne is the brand name for Turtle Beach's simulator controllers for flight simulators and racing simulators. It initially released flight simulator equipment and in 2024 released

3330-461: The NASDAQ and Hong Kong Stock Exchange and taken it private. Reuters reported that Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners , aided by a $ 2 billion loan from Microsoft , would acquire the public shares at $ 13.65 apiece. The $ 24.4 billion buyout was projected to be the largest leveraged buyout backed by private equity since the 2007–2008 financial crisis (equivalent to $ 34,550,000,000 in 2023). It

3420-722: The North American market, including the Mort Topfer Manufacturing Center in Austin, Texas (original location) and Lebanon, Tennessee (opened in 1999) in 2008 and early 2009, respectively. The desktop production plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina , received US$ 280 million in incentives from the state and opened in 2005 (equivalent to $ 419,900,000 in 2023), but ceased operations in November 2010. Dell's contract with

3510-749: The Stealth 600 and 700 models for the Xbox One can wirelessly connect directly with the console. Those same models for the PlayStation 4 do not have that feature. In some cases, the differences between one console-specific model and another are cosmetic. As of 2018, Turtle Beach sells a number of wired and wireless headsets under several different families. These include: Elite (Elite Pro 2 + SuperAmp, Elite SuperAmp, Elite Pro Tournament Gaming Headset, Elite 800,); Stealth (Stealth 700, Stealth 600, Stealth 350VR, Stealth 300); Recon (Recon 200, Recon Camo, Recon 150, Recon 50, Recon Chat); Atlas (Elite Atlas, Atlas Three, Atlas One); and there are also standalone products, including

3600-478: The Stream Mic and Battle Buds. Recon products are generally entry-level and offer great game sound and microphone performance to better immerse players in their game and to allow them to communicate with other online players. Stealth products add premium features like wireless connectivity, surround sound, larger speakers, memory foam , etc. Elite series models are generally considered professional level and/or high-end gaming headsets. The Atlas series of headsets

3690-500: The University of Texas in order to focus full-time on his fledgling business, after getting about $ 1,000 in expansion-capital from his family. As of April 2021, Dell's net worth was estimated to be over $ 50 billion (equivalent to $ 55,470,000,000 in 2023). In 1985, PC's Limited launched its first computer, the "Turbo PC," priced at US$ 795 (equivalent to $ 1,913 in 2023). The Turbo PC featured an Intel 8088-compatible processor with

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3780-536: The X-35 X-41 Common Aero Vehicle , the designation for a still-classified U.S. military spaceplane Red Express X41 line , a bus route in the United [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

3870-534: The Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PCs, as well as most mobile and tablet devices. Many models are console-specific, but share the same branding and can often be used across platforms (e.g. the Stealth 300 has a model for both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4, but both are technically compatible with one another and the Nintendo Switch, and PC, etc.). Certain features on console-specific models may not transfer from one platform to another. For instance,

3960-400: The biggest challenge facing Silver Lake would be to find an "exit strategy" to profit from its investment, which would be when the company would hold an IPO to go public again, and one warned "But even if you can get a $ 25bn enterprise value for Dell, it will take years to get out." In May 2013, Michael Dell joined his board in voting for the offer. The following August he reached a deal with

4050-399: The commoditized PC market—prevented it from making inroads into more lucrative segments, such as MP3 players and later mobile devices. Increasing spending on R&D would have cut into the operating margins that the company emphasized. Dell had done well with a horizontal organization that focused on PCs when the computing industry moved to horizontal mix-and-match layers in the 1980s, but by

4140-460: The company came under an SEC probe for its accounting practices. On April 23, 2008, Dell announced the closure of one of its biggest Canadian call-centers in Kanata, Ontario , terminating approximately 1100 employees, with 500 of those redundancies effective on the spot, and with the official closure of the center scheduled for the summer. The call-center had opened in 2006 after the city of Ottawa won

4230-411: The company issued a preliminary quarterly earnings report showing gross sales of $ 14.4 billion, down 5% year-over-year, and net income of $ 687 million (30 cents per share), down 33%. Net earnings would have declined even more if not for the effects of eliminated employee bonuses, which accounted for six cents per share. NASDAQ extended the company's deadline for filing financials to May 4. Dell announced

4320-444: The company though later, Sony was found responsible for the manufacturing of the batteries, however a Sony spokesman said the problem concerned the combination of the battery with a charger, which was specific to Dell. 2006 marked the first year that Dell's growth was slower than the PC industry as a whole. By the fourth quarter of 2006, Dell lost its title of the largest PC manufacturer to Hewlett Packard whose Personal Systems Group

4410-399: The company was consistently meeting Wall Street earnings targets and reducing its operating expenses." Dell, inc. was fined $ 100 million, with Michael Dell personally fined $ 4 million. After four out of five quarterly earnings reports were below expectations, Rollins resigned as president and CEO on January 31, 2007, and founder Michael Dell assumed the role of CEO again. On March 1, 2007,

4500-506: The company was sold by ICS to Voyetra Technologies in Yonkers, New York . The new combined company would eventually be known as Voyetra Turtle Beach. Voyetra was originally founded by Carmine Bonanno and Fred Romano in 1975 as Octave-Plateau, one of the original companies included in the MIDI standard, and had developed drivers and software for nearly every sound card manufacturer in the world during

4590-517: The company's name was changed to Turtle Beach Corporation, it began trading under the stock ticker symbol "HEAR," and opened a new corporate headquarters in San Diego, California. Parametric's "UltraSound" technology, which uses speakers to direct sounds only to specific areas, also came under the purview of Turtle Beach. In 2014 and 2015, the company released official Titanfall and Star Wars Battlefront -branded headsets. It also began releasing

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4680-430: The company. Michael Dell announced a number of initiatives and plans (part of the "Dell 2.0" initiative) to improve the company's financial performance. These include elimination of 2006 bonuses for employees with some discretionary awards, reduction in the number of managers reporting directly to Michael Dell from 20 to 12, and reduction of " bureaucracy ". Jim Schneider retired as CFO and was replaced by Donald Carty , as

4770-431: The computer hardware manufacturer Alienware in 2006. Dell Inc.'s plan anticipated Alienware continuing to operate independently under its existing management. Alienware expected to benefit from Dell's efficient manufacturing system. In 2005, while earnings and sales continued to rise, sales growth slowed considerably, and the company stock lost 25% of its value that year. By June 2006, the stock traded around US$ 25 which

4860-624: The corporate PC market, which purchases PCs in upgrade cycles, had largely decided to take a break from buying new systems. The last cycle started around 2002, three or so years after companies started buying PCs ahead of the perceived Y2K problems, and corporate clients were not expected to upgrade again until extensive testing of Microsoft's Windows Vista (expected in early 2007), putting the next upgrade cycle around 2008. Heavily dependent on PCs, Dell had to slash prices to boost sales volumes, while demanding deep cuts from suppliers. Dell had long stuck by its direct sales model. Consumers had become

4950-399: The corporate segment was previously a "moat" against rivals but this has no longer been the case as sales and profits have fallen precipitously. After several weeks of rumors, which started around January 11, 2013, Dell announced on February 5, 2013, that it had struck a $ 24.4 billion (equivalent to $ 31,470,000,000 in 2023) leveraged buyout deal, that would have delisted its shares from

5040-409: The dollar as part of the deal. In November, Carl Icahn (9.3% owner of Dell) sued the company over plans to go public. As a result of pressure from Icahn and other activist investors , Dell renegotiated the deal, ultimately offering shareholders about 80% of market value. As part of this deal, Dell once again became a public company, with the original Dell computer business and Dell EMC operating under

5130-502: The early 1990s. As Voyetra Turtle Beach, the company sold millions of sound cards to Dell in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2005, the company released its first Ear Force gaming headset model, the AXP. The headset was geared toward computer gamers. Over the following years, the company began focusing primarily on its lines of PC and console gaming headsets, steering away from sound cards almost completely (it did release updated versions of

5220-425: The ending of about 8,800 jobs in 2007–2008 — 10% of its workforce. By the late 2000s, Dell's "configure to order" approach of manufacturing—delivering individual PCs configured to customer specifications from its US facilities was no longer as efficient or competitive with high-volume Asian contract manufacturers as PCs became powerful low-cost commodities. Dell closed plants that produced desktop computers for

5310-487: The enterprise market with servers, networking, software, and services. It avoided many of the acquisition write-downs and management turnover that plagued its chief rival Hewlett Packard. Despite spending $ 13 billion on acquisitions to diversify its portfolio beyond hardware, the company was unable to convince the market that it could thrive or made the transformation in the post-PC world, as it suffered continued declines in revenue and share price. Dell's market share in

5400-508: The first quarter of 2007 after an internal audit found that certain employees had changed corporate account balances to meet quarterly financial targets. In July 2010, the SEC announced charges against several senior Dell executives, including Dell Chairman and CEO Michael Dell, former CEO Kevin Rollins, and former CFO James Schneider, "with failing to disclose material information to investors and using fraudulent accounting to make it falsely appear that

5490-545: The first year of its release, but was soon faced with tremendous competition from similar products. Turtle Beach opted out of the network audio market in 2004. Dell Dell Inc. is an American technology company that develops, sells, repairs, and supports personal computers (PCs), servers , data storage devices , network switches , software , computer peripherals including printers and webcams among other products and services. Based in Round Rock, Texas , Dell

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5580-432: The home market and introduced a product line designed especially for individual users. ($ 000000s) employees From 1997 to 2004, Dell steadily grew and it gained market share from competitors even during industry slumps. During the same period, rival PC vendors such as Compaq , Gateway , IBM , Packard Bell , and AST Research struggled and eventually left the market or were bought out. Dell surpassed Compaq to become

5670-497: The industry's average selling price to individuals was going down, Dell's was going up, as second- and third-time computer buyers who wanted powerful computers with multiple features and did not need much technical support were choosing Dell. Dell found an opportunity among PC-savvy individuals who liked the convenience of buying direct, customizing their PC to their means, and having it delivered in days. In early 1997, Dell created an internal sales and marketing group dedicated to serving

5760-568: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X41&oldid=1078409075 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ear Force X41 Turtle Beach has roots dating back to 1975 in Elmsford, New York , founded as "Turtle Beach Softworks" by Roy Smith and Robert Hoke. The company's first product

5850-413: The introduction of Windows 8 . In the shrinking PC industry, Dell continued to lose market share, as it dropped below Lenovo in 2011 to fall to number three in the world. Dell and fellow American contemporary Hewlett Packard came under pressure from Asian PC manufacturers Lenovo, Asus , and Acer, all of which had lower production costs and were willing to accept lower profit margins. In addition, while

5940-403: The largest PC manufacturer in 1999. Operating costs made up only 10 percent of Dell's $ 35 billion in revenue in 2002 (equivalent to $ 56,680,000,000 in 2023), compared with 21 percent of revenue at Hewlett-Packard, 25 percent at Gateway, and 46 percent at Cisco. In 2002, when Compaq merged with Hewlett-Packard (the fourth-place PC maker), the newly combined Hewlett-Packard took the top spot for

6030-461: The long run. Margins at retail were thin at best and Dell left the reseller channel in 1994. Rollins would soon join Dell full-time and eventually become the company president and CEO. Originally, Dell did not emphasize the consumer market, due to the higher costs and low profit margins in selling to individuals and households; this changed when the company's Internet site took off in 1996 and 1997. While

6120-664: The main drivers of PC sales in recent years, yet there had a decline in consumers purchasing PCs through the Web or on the phone, as increasing numbers were visiting consumer electronics retail stores to try out the devices first. Dell's rivals in the PC industry, HP, Gateway and Acer , had a long retail presence and so were well poised to take advantage of the consumer shift. The lack of a retail presence stymied Dell's attempts to offer consumer electronics such as flat-panel TVs and MP3 players. Dell responded by experimenting with mall kiosks, plus quasi-retail stores in Texas and New York. Dell had

6210-679: The merger with EMC, which involved the issuance of $ 45.9 billion (equivalent to $ 57,140,000,000 in 2023) in debt and $ 4.4 billion (equivalent to $ 5,478,000,000 in 2023) of common stock. At the time, some analysts claimed that Dell's acquisition of the former Iomega could harm the LenovoEMC partnership. In July 2018, Dell announced intentions to become a publicly traded company again by paying $ 21.7 billion (equivalent to $ 25,940,000,000 in 2023) in both cash and stock to buy back shares from its stake in VMware, offering shareholders roughly 60 cents on

6300-413: The mid-2000 the industry shifted to vertically integrated stacks to deliver an end-to-end IT product, and Dell lagged far behind competitors like Hewlett-Packard and Oracle. Dell's reputation for poor customer service, which was exacerbated as it moved call centers offshore and as its growth outstripped its technical support infrastructure, came under increasing scrutiny on the Web. The original Dell model

6390-680: The newly created parent, Dell Technologies . Post-acquisition, Dell was re-organized with a new parent company, Dell Technologies; Dell's consumer and workstation businesses are internally referred to as the Dell Client Solutions Group, and is one of the company's three main business divisions alongside Dell EMC and VMware . In January 2021 (equivalent to $ 14,420,000,000 in 2023), Dell reported $ 94 billion (equivalent to $ 104,280,000,000 in 2023) in sales and $ 13 billion operating cash flow during 2020. On March 1, 2024, Dell's stock hit all-time high after earnings. It delivered

6480-413: The special committee on the board for $ 13.88 per share, a raised price of $ 13.75 plus a special dividend of 13 cents, as well as a change to the voting rules. The $ 13.88 cash offer (plus a $ .08 per share dividend for the third fiscal quarter) was accepted on September 12 and closed on October 30, 2013, ending Dell's 25-year run as a publicly traded company. After the buyout, the newly private Dell offered

6570-502: The state provided approximately $ 250 million (equivalent to $ 386,600,000 in 2023) in incentives and tax breaks. In July, Michael Dell stepped aside as chief executive officer while retaining his position as chairman of the board . Kevin Rollins, who had held a number of executive posts at Dell, became the new CEO. Despite no longer holding the CEO title, Dell essentially acted as a de facto co-CEO with Rollins. Under Rollins, Dell purchased

6660-693: The state required them to repay the incentives for failing to meet the conditions, and they sold the North Carolina plant to Herbalife. Much work was transferred to manufacturers in Asia and Mexico, or some of Dell's own factories overseas. On January 8, 2009, Dell announced the closure of its manufacturing plant in Limerick, Ireland, with the loss of 1,900 jobs and the transfer of production to its plant in Łodź in Poland. The release of Apple's iPad tablet computer had

6750-466: The stock of VMware. The proposed acquisition will maintain VMware as a separate company, held via a new tracking stock , while the other parts of EMC will be rolled into Dell. Once the acquisition closes Dell will again publish quarterly financial results, having ceased these on going private in 2013. The combined business was expected to address the markets for scale-out architecture , converged infrastructure and private cloud computing , playing to

6840-482: The strengths of both EMC and Dell. Commentators have questioned the deal, with FBR Capital Markets saying that though it makes a "ton of sense" for Dell, it's a "nightmare scenario that would lack strategic synergies" for EMC. Fortune said there was a lot for Dell to like in EMC's portfolio, but "does it all add up enough to justify tens of billions of dollars for the entire package? Probably not." The Register reported

6930-454: The third and fourth fiscal quarter of 2006, and several class-action lawsuits were filed. Dell Inc's failure to file its quarterly earnings report could have subjected the company to de-listing from the Nasdaq , but the exchange granted Dell a waiver, allowing the stock to trade normally. In August 2007, the company announced that it would restate its earnings for fiscal years 2003 through 2006 and

7020-487: The view of William Blair & Company that the merger would "blow up the current IT chess board", forcing other IT infrastructure vendors to restructure to achieve scale and vertical integration. The value of VMware stock fell 10% after the announcement, valuing the deal at around $ 63–64bn rather than the $ 67bn originally reported. Key investors backing the deal besides Dell were Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Silver Lake Partners . On September 7, 2016, Dell completed

7110-478: The world's 500 largest companies, making Michael Dell the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company at that time. In 1993, to complement its own direct sales channel, Dell planned to sell PCs at big-box retail outlets such as Wal-Mart , which would have brought in an additional $ 125 million (equivalent to $ 238,100,000 in 2023) in annual revenue. Bain consultant Kevin Rollins persuaded Michael Dell to pull out of these deals, believing they would be money losers in

7200-566: Was 40% down from July 2005—the high-water mark of the company in the post-dotcom era. By June 2021, the stock had reached an all-time high of over US$ 100 per share, reflecting the company's successful transition to a technology solutions provider that helps customers navigate digital transformation. The slowing sales growth has been attributed to the maturing PC market, which constituted 66% of Dell's sales, and analysts suggested that Dell needed to make inroads into non-PC business segments such as storage, services, and servers. Dell's price advantage

7290-559: Was a graphical editing system that supported the breakthrough Ensoniq Mirage sampling keyboard. The Mirage was the first low cost sampling device that allowed musicians to play realistic choirs, pianos, horns, and other instruments in their performances. The software, called "Vision", connected the Mirage to a PC and used the PC's screen and graphics to make the programming and editing of sounds much easier. Ensoniq decided to resell Vision through their dealer network and Turtle Beach Softworks became

7380-410: Was a pure hardware vendor until 2009 when it acquired Perot Systems . Dell then entered the market for IT services. The company has expanded storage and networking systems. In the late 2000s, it began expanding from offering computers only to delivering a range of technology for enterprise customers. Dell is a subsidiary of Dell Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded company , as well as a component of

7470-785: Was being pressured by Elliott Management , a hedge fund holding 2.2% of EMC's stock, to reorganize their unusual "Federation" structure, in which EMC's divisions were effectively being run as independent companies. Elliott argued this structure deeply undervalued EMC's core "EMC II" data storage business, and that increasing competition between EMC II and VMware products was confusing the market and hindering both companies. The Wall Street Journal estimated that in 2014 Dell had revenue of $ 27.3 billion (equivalent to $ 34,610,000,000 in 2023) from personal computers and $ 8.9 billion from servers, while EMC had $ 16.5 billion from EMC II, $ 1 billion from RSA Security , $ 6 billion from VMware, and $ 230 million from Pivotal Software . EMC owns around 80 percent of

7560-410: Was called "MultiSound." The MultiSound product competed with more established products of the day from Advanced Gravis (now defunct), Ad Lib, Inc. (now defunct), Creative Labs , and Media Vision . CCRMA 's Music Kit and DSP Tools running on Motorola 56001 DSP, initially developed for NeXTcube system, was later ported on NeXTSTEP with Turtle Beach Fiji/Pinnacle DSP cards. In December 1996,

7650-425: Was designed specifically for use in PC gaming. The newest series, Battle Buds, is a set of gaming earbuds designed to be compatible with mobile devices along with PCs and all consoles. Turtle Beach has also developed sound cards , MIDI synthesizers, and various audio software packages and network audio devices. In 1988, Turtle Beach developed its first product, a hard disk–based audio editing system. The product

7740-614: Was getting trapped in the increasing commoditization of high volume low margin computers, which prevented it from offering more exciting devices that consumers demanded. Despite plans of expanding into other global regions and product segments, Dell was heavily dependent on US corporate PC market, as desktop PCs sold to both commercial and corporate customers accounted for 32 percent of its revenue, 85 percent of its revenue comes from businesses, and 64 percent of its revenue comes from North and South America, according to its 2006 third-quarter results. US shipments of desktop PCs were shrinking, and

7830-585: Was invigorated thanks to a restructuring initiated by their CEO Mark Hurd . In August 2005, Dell became the subject of an informal investigation by the United States SEC . In 2006, the company disclosed that the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York had subpoenaed documents related to the company's financial reporting dating back to 2002. The company delayed filing financial reports for

7920-534: Was known for high customer satisfaction when PCs sold for thousands of dollars but by the 2000s, the company could not justify that level of service when computers in the same line-up sold for hundreds of dollars. Rollins responded by shifting Dick Hunter from the head of manufacturing to head of customer service. Hunter, who noted that Dell's DNA of cost-cutting "got in the way," aimed to reduce call transfer times and have call center representatives resolve inquiries in one call. By 2006, Dell had spent $ 100 million in just

8010-409: Was named the "56K digital recording system" and was released in 1990 and was considered the first of its kind. Its card, 56K-PC, was based on a Motorola 56000 DSP chip, and offered non linear playlist editing of stereo audio files. The 56K system was popular among radio stations and mastering studios because it replayed exactly the same digital stream that it recorded. The company has also developed

8100-509: Was tied to its ultra-lean manufacturing for desktop PCs, but this became less important as savings became harder to find inside the company's supply chain, and as competitors such as Hewlett-Packard and Acer made their PC manufacturing operations more efficient to match Dell, weakening Dell's traditional price differentiation. Throughout the entire PC industry, declines in prices along with commensurate increases in performance meant that Dell had fewer opportunities to upsell to their customers. As

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