Admittedly, I haven&#x27;t dealt with Dell much in recent years and I admit probably having some opinions colored by the various Dell fiascos on the consumer side (root cert etc.).<p>My interaction with EMC on the other hand, particularly on the CE side has always been positive. Their CEs are consistently some of the most competent people I&#x27;ve dealt with across multiple vendors; Oracle, Netapp, etc.<p>Lenovo etc. to me are more targeted towards a consumer audience. My enterprise customers demand the high touch experience and subsequently drives my interactions with vendors too. So to me there&#x27;s a clear difference between various players. Not right or wrong but a difference nonetheless.<p>Besides, VCE not withstanding, it just seemed to me Cisco&#x27;s product lines would have been much more complementary to EMC&amp;VMware&#x27;s than Dell&#x27;s but that&#x27;s just me.