Samsung acquires Dell
Strategically speaking, Dell would be a great acquisition for Samsung. Here are some reasons why:
1. Samsung has a presence in Austin (manufacturing) 2. Their offices are literally down the street from each other 3. Samsung is all about manufacturing electronics, but it doesn't have much of an enterprise presence. Dell's enterprise division does relatively well whereas its consumer division is faltering. Samsung could sweep up everything to bolster its consumer division but mainly blow up its enterprise offering.
Dell is in the shts. Employees at Dell don't know who's next in line and are simply waiting their turn. This is horrible and as Dell makes a transition into services, it is going to go through a rough time.
This acquisition won't happen soon. Dell is still pretty solid and has a bit of cash left in the bank, however I'm thinking within three years at an earliest case scenario, five years at the latest. If Dell survives past five years, it will either have re-invented itself or gone bankrupt.