Michael Dell said recent milestones include being the No. 1 storage supplier in the first half of 2014 based on total terabytes sold for internal and external storage, according to IDC data. He said PC shipments grew 10 percent in the second quarter globally, that Dell was the No. 1 IT health-care service provider, and that its enterprise software business was growing revenue by double-digit rates. "Dell has pulled off something really amazing over the past year," said Michael Tanenhaus, principal at Mavenspire, an Annapolis, Md.-based solution provider and Dell partner. Juxtaposed with industry turmoil and its archrivals splitting and spinning off chunks of their business, Dell looks like a genius, he said. "Over the past year, Dell's messaging has been consistent and Michael has stood by his privatization decision. So far, that's turned out to be a great move for Dell and for us," Tanenhaus said.