Quotes About IT

We believe that executives, like everyone else, see what is brought to their attention. The costs associated with IT are brought to their attention every time they see a chargeback report or request a change in their services. Occasional failures are bound to be noticed, too. If IT doesn't make a point of bringing the value to their attention, it's much less likely to be seen and acknowledged.

the right way to discuss IT performance and value is to focus on IT's contributions to business performance and business outcomes, and not on the performance of IT's machines.

Lots of IT organizations have metrics that say, 'We're 99.99 percent on uptime, we're fast.' The plumbing is wonderful, but nobody cares.

Language is powerful. What we say can shape how we think—and it certainly shapes how others think about us. In this regard, calling the business a "customer" simply conveys the idea that IT is not part of the business.

Since technologies change so quickly, it is necessary to have overarching policies that can manage the various information technology (IT) platforms that an organization may use.

Innocent Assessment: They were just buying lunch for the crew working on her house. Not-So-Innocent Assessment: They're totally doing it.)

In an IT lead world, incumbents generally win because they have the existing relationship with the IT organization.

I can never endorse sin any more than when I tell people it's their nature to do it.

We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards, aggressively exerting control over the moon. We can best do this by going there.

The IT industry is driven by consumer demand.

Every company has messy data, and even the best of AI companies are not fully satisfied with their data. If you have data, it is probably a good idea to get an AI team to have a look at it and give feedback. This can develop into a positive feedback loop for both the IT and AI teams in any company.

I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it.

The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don't make that contribution, nobody else can make it.

It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.

Big companies do not want to disrupt themselves. All they want to do is improve themselves. They see the blockchain as another IT project. It's going to save money; it's going improve a process here and there. It's not going to change their business.

Most redditors are at least college educated. A number of them have post- or, rather, graduate degrees. A number of them are in the IT tech world.

I used to work for Symantec AV: I worked as their in-house IT technician, and then I worked as specialized AV support, and then I worked for Hartford Life IT, in Dublin and London. I worked in IT from '99 through to 2007.

With the evolution of information technology, there have emerged new questions, for example, of data and privacy.

No longer are technology and cyber issues confined to tech geeks in some backroom. In the digital age, IT issues are front and center. They are central to what government does and how it does it.

My first job was as a programmer. So I feel like I'm familiar with the information technology sector and the information technology culture.

You can almost always find chains of coincidence to disprove magic. That's because it doesn't happen the way it does in books. It makes those chains of coincidence. That's what it is.

Our view is that if the network is involved, then we are there to protect it. Based on that, future developments will revolve around ensuring data, networks and applications are protected.

Dell's a company that has changed the IT landscape in making PCs and servers more affordable. There's enormous opportunities to make IT more accessible to tens of millions of companies, kind of democratizing the ability for companies to gain access to IT.

And finally, let me just say it is a fact that not every city can dedicate resources to terrorism.