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Planning is fine, but generally over-rated

He said he never sought lot of advice because if he had gone and asked people what he was about to do and work, they would have told him it wouldn't work and dissuaded him from taking up the venture. "I would experiment experiment, test, go fast, fail fast. Planning is fine but generally over-rated," said Dell, who founded the company as a student.  --Michael Dell's Advice to Indian Entrepreneurs

Planning is fine, but generally over-rated

He said he never sought lot of advice because if he had gone and asked people what he was about to do and work, they would have told him it wouldn't work and dissuaded him from taking up the venture. "I would experiment experiment, test, go fast, fail fast. Planning is fine but generally over-rated," said Dell, who founded the company as a student.  --Michael Dell's Advice to Indian Entrepreneurs

Upcoming talk on Dell's New Cloud Strategy

I'll have a little cameo on a webinar tomorrow, speaking broadly to Dell's cloud strategy. It'd a good chance to see what we're up to now-a-days and how we think about it. This will be one of the first, public overviews of our cloud approach since we announced we were no longer building and running our own public cloud. And, it's got a snappy title: Is Cloud Meeting Your Expectations? Today’s Results….

Microsoft keeps fast following to the cloud

In addition to Azure, Microsoft is offering other cloud services through Intune, its Internet-based computer management service. Developed for small offices with limited IT help, Intune provides a set of automated updating and management functionality for keeping Windows-based business computers in operating order. A quiet success for Microsoft, Intune now is used by more than 35,000 organizations, according to the company. –Microsoft TechEd focuses IT pros on the 'Cloud OS'