Dell Aims For $1Bn Revenue Mark

Hyderabad: Global technology major Dell is optimistic on India with its business on course to touch the $1-billion in revenue mark in the near future. The company is setting up for the launch of the first batch of computers with Made in India tag from its Sriperumbudur base near Chennai, where the company has infused $30 million. The plant has capacity to roll out 4,00,000 computers with facility to work up swiftly. The company''s business in India seen over 70 per cent year-on-year growth and we expect this trend to continue.

The focus is lately on BFSI, and small and medium enterprise business, which has emerged as one of the fastest growing businesses. The company had commissioned its fourth centre in Gurgaon following up on existing centres in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chandigarh. It is proposed to grow the India headcount to about 20,000 within a couple of years and a big chunk of them would be in the new centre at Gurgaon, which has capacity to host about 2,500 people.