Dell's focus is more on margins gained from PCs than the volume of shipments, Dell said.

Once known as a direct-sales consumer PC provider, Dell has been building its product portfolio to become a competitive enterprise services provider. Over the last few years Dell has made some key acquisitions including services company Perot Systems, storage companies EqualLogic and Compellent, and networking firm Force10 Networks to build up its intellectual property portfolio and technology stack. The company is also building data centers to host cloud applications and research centers to create reference architectures for cloud applications.

PCs, smartphones and tablets are also augmenting server usage, Dell said. Server usage relies on the core computing taking place on mobile devices and PCs which are approaching 2 billion units worldwide, Dell said.

The company is also forging ahead in the smartphone and tablet businesses, and plans on releasing new devices based on Google's Android and Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating systems, said Steve Felice, president of the consumer, small and medium business at Dell, during a question and answer session with the media and analysts.

Felice didn't announce when Windows 8 devices would be released but said there is a lot of excitement around the OS. He was a little more cautious about Android, saying the OS was successful on smartphones, but not as much on tablets.