"Data is becoming the most valuable and differentiating asset for many organizations as it opens up new revenue streams and unearths opportunities for improvement in almost every part of an organization," said Jeff Clarke, vice chairman, Products & Operations, Dell Technologies. "This presents a tremendous opportunity for Dell Technologies given all of this data needs to be stored, protected, managed and analyzed, and we believe this is evidenced through the strong momentum we've seen in our business."
Operating segments summary
Infrastructure Solutions Group revenue for the third quarter was $8.9 billion, a 19 percent increase. This was driven by revenue of $3.9 billion in storage, a 6 percent increase, and $5.1 billion in servers and networking, a 30 percent increase. Operating income for the third quarter was $935 million, a 7 percent increase driven primarily by server and storage mix dynamics.
Key third quarter highlights:
- Servers and Networking delivered its sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth
- Triple-digit growth for VxRail on a demand basis, and now well above a $1 billion run rate
- Demand was strong for file-based arrays where Dell Technologies is highly differentiated with unmatched scalability, performance and flexibility
Client Solutions Group revenue for the third quarter was $10.9 billion, up 11 percent, with growth across both Commercial and Consumer. Commercial revenue grew 12 percent to $7.6 billion, and Consumer revenue was up 8 percent to $3.3 billion. Operating income for the third quarter was $447 million, or 4.1 percent of revenue. CSG operating income was down 29 percent against a strong prior period, and foreign exchange and supply chain headwinds.
Key third quarter highlights:
- Outperformed the PC industry for total worldwide units, delivering above-market growth in desktops and notebooks and in total commercial units3
- No. 1 share position worldwide for displays, gaining unit share year-over-year for the 22nd consecutive quarter4
- Maintained position as No. 1 provider of workstations worldwide5, with growth in every region and double-digit growth in both fixed and mobile form factors
VMware revenue for the third quarter was $2.2 billion, up 15 percent, with operating income of $768 million and 34.5 percent of revenue. The company continues to see revenue synergies through the collaboration across the Dell Technologies family of businesses. Earlier this month at VMworld Europe, Dell Technologies announced the VxBlock System 1000 as part of the Dell EMC Cloud Marketplace with new automation software and integration with VMware vRealize Suite, revolutionizing Converged Infrastructure operations by enabling administrators to expand resources in minutes versus hours. For the industry-leading hyper-converged infrastructure solution VxRail, the company announced an integrated cloud platform with support for VMware Cloud Foundation and fully automated network configuration with Dell EMC Networking SmartFabric Services.
Third quarter revenue from other businesses, including Pivotal, Secureworks, RSA Security, Virtustream and Boomi, was $583 million, up 5 percent.
Conference call information
As previously announced, the company will hold a conference call to discuss its third quarter results today at 5:00 p.m. CST. The conference call will be broadcast live over the internet and can be accessed at investors.delltechnologies.com. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, an archived version will be available at the same location for one year.
A slide presentation containing additional financial and operating information may be downloaded from Dell Technologies' website at investors.delltechnologies.com.
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1 | Due to the EMC transaction, significant non-cash bridging items will remain between GAAP and non-GAAP results for the next few years. |
2 | Core debt represents the total principal amount of the company's debt, less unrestricted subsidiary debt, DFS related debt, and other debt. See slide presentation on the FY19Q3 Earnings Event page for full reconciliation of the core debt amount. |
3 | IDC WW Quarterly Personal Computing Device (PCD) Tracker CY18Q3 |
4 | DisplaySearch Desktop Monitor Market Tracker CY18Q3 |
5 | IDC WW Workstation Tracker CY18Q3 |
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