Dell Pest Analysis

P.E.S.T. ANALYSIS:

Political,

 Dell now in Ireland has many problems, financial problems and Global Crisis Employees.

 A year Dell Company paid €55 Million in Corporation Tax in Ireland.

Economic,

 Dell's importance to the Irish economy is evidenced by the company's contribution of at least 5.5 per cent of Irish exports,

 2 per cent of GDP and over 4 per cent of all expenditure in the Irish economy. In the financial year ended 30th January 2004,

 Dell paid €160m in salaries in Ireland. For the financial year ended 30th January 2005, Dell paid €55m in Corporation Tax.

Social,

 Most people in Ireland want to get a Computer or Laptop,

 Highly skilled work force.

Technology,

 Improve security of systems, even if a system's power is off, its operating system is inoperative, or its management agent is disabled

 Improve compliance with government and other regulations

 Reduce on site visits for both software and hardware problems

 Improve the effectiveness of remote diagnostics and repair even if the operating system is locked up or hardware (such as a hard drive) has failed

 Increase the accuracy of inventories and software licensing

Reduce total cost of ownership of technology

S.W.O.T. Analysis:

Strengths,

 Your business relies on information. Protecting that information from loss or unauthorized access is critical to the security of your business, and to maintaining the trust and confidence of your customers and partners.

 Dell can help protect your company's data from virus attack, hackers, credit card fraud and other threats. Trust Dell to provide effective and affordable data security solutions for your business.

 Dell offers industry-leading anti-virus security software solutions to protect your company's computers from virus attacks, Trojan horse programs and other security threats. Anti-spam software helps reduce the expense, irritation and threat to privacy of unwanted junk e-mail and pop-up advertising

 The ISPCC in Limerick recently launched it's for me service a mentoring programme for children who are experiencing problems. To support this worthwhile initiative, Dell recently donated a Dell Inspiron Laptop and a projector to the organization.

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