Dell acquired Perot Systems for $3.9 billion to expand beyond hardware into the higher-margin IT services industry and gain access to healthcare customers. While this will help Dell compete with HP and others, integrating Perot's 23,000 employees poses significant cultural and financial challenges. Analysts were mixed on whether Dell paid too much and question if Dell has the experience to successfully integrate such a large services company into its hardware-focused business model.

1. WHAT THE MEDIA IS TALKING Dell’s Perot Buy

4. How media is responding to the news

10. "Dell's move is in line with its competitors" – Diptarup Chakraborti, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner "The integration is going to be challenging, as Dell itself is on an internal restructuring exercise globally“ - Kapil Dev Singh, Country Manager, IDC "The top three Indian IT vendors will have to contend with another strong player when they want to increase revenues from those verticals“ -Sabyasachi Satpathy, Director, Mindplex Consulting "Dell will take Perot to new geographies where Indian service providers may face more competition“ - Scandra Mouli C S, Director of Advisory services, Zinnov "There will not be an immediate impact on India, as such deals take a lot of time to integrate“ - Alok Shende, Principal Analyst, Ascentius Consulting

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