You’ve got to really enable the next generation of start-ups.
Almost every move in the market is either a move to align with where Cisco is going or to align to compete against us or to utilize that technology.
I think at least my philosophy of leadership is you focus more on the areas you have to improve or the mistakes than you do on your successes. And that’s just how I am in real life. I don’t want to let down my customers, my employees, my shareholders.
We don’t go into a market without a chance of a 40 percent share and sustainable differentiation. We wouldn’t get into wiring oil rigs if we didn’t believe we could get 40 percent.
In 2001, we were like most high-tech companies, with one or two primary products that were really important to us.
There are two equalizers in life: the Internet and education.
Wearable technology will tell us how well we are sleeping and whether we need to exercise. Sensors in the street will help us avoid traffic jams and find parking. Telemedicine applications will allow physicians to treat patients who are hundreds of miles away.
I think it was a major mistake to revisit Title II.
I support both Democrats and Republicans on many issues. I’m more interested in where they are on technology.
It’s connectivity that really makes the industrial Internet work: it’s giving the right information at the right time to the right person or right machine to make the right decision.
The No. 1 country in the world to do business in is which one? To locate where you want to create jobs, where you want to have a great market? It’s Canada. Even in Russia, you can build a Silicon Valley outside of Moscow.
We know that veterans have valuable skills and experiences that are highly sought after in today’s workforce.
A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don’t have the heart to do that.
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