Email to staff from Brian Gladden, CFO, and and Steve Price, senior VP of HR.

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The fourth-quarter analyst call with Brian Gladden, CFO, and Tom Sweet, Corporate Controller, will be webcast live today at 4 p.m.

ENGADGET: Dell reports Q4 2013 earnings: $14.3 billion in revenue as profits plummet 31 percent year-over-year

"Our performance in the second quarter provided another proof-point that our long-term strategy is right, " said Brian Gladden, Dell chief financial officer.

ENGADGET: Dell reports Q2 earnings: rakes in $14.5 billion of revenue, nets $732 million in profit

"In a difficult global IT spending environment we saw solid proof points that demonstrate progress in our strategy, " said Brian Gladden, Dell CFO.

ENGADGET: Dell reports Q3 earnings: $13.7 billion in revenue, net income drops 47% year-over-year

"We continued to execute our long-term strategy in Q4, and realized a 6 percent increase in our enterprise solutions and services business, " said Brian Gladden, Dell CFO.

ENGADGET: Dell reports Q4 2013 earnings: $14.3 billion in revenue as profits plummet 31 percent year-over-year

"It's not clear what's going to cause them to increase their spending in the short term, given the uncertainty in the economy, " said Dell's chief financial officer Brian Gladden.

BBC: Dell's profits slump by 47% on weak sales

Updates to add comments from Dell CFO Brian Gladden.

FORBES: Dell Sales, Profit Miss Estimates On Dip In PC Demand, Global Tech Spending

Brian T Gladden owns at least 403, 916 shares after this.

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