Dell Inc. CEO Kevin Rollins earlier this month attended the opening of a computer lab at a school for the children of migrant workers in Beijing. The lab has 38 Dell OptiPlex desktop PCs, one PowerEdge server and a projector donated by the company. Dell declined to disclose further details of Rollins' trip.

Global fact

64 percent

Percentage of government departments in Latin America that plan to increase their IT spending this year from the amount they spent in 2005.

Source: Government Insights, McLean, Va.