[Startup cloud storage provider] Nirvanix isn’t giving us a lot of runway here. When you have, say, a petabyte of data in a cloud, it’s not easy to get it out. It takes time to federate the data. It might still take a year to move it all electronically. — a partner of startup Nirvanix, whose customers use Nirvanix’s cloud solution for disaster recovery and archiving
A lot of people like to think that Silicon Valley carries some of that weight, but the reality is that this [Seattle] is the epicenter of gaming, whether it’s casual or core or mobile or PC or console. The community here is alive in spades. …There is no doubt that this is ground zero for games and will continue to be for a long time, thanks to the esteemed accomplishments of our colleagues. — John Holland, COO, Big Fish
It is really, really simple: Employees are our company. Everything of value that we are is coming from, and in, the heads of our people. What is wonderful about Montana is that I know I have great people, and I don’t have to worry about civil war breaking out. I know that sounds funny, but I have civil war in some of my countries. — Safra Catz, president, Oracle
[Customers] want vendors to have working relationships with each other. They want them to take responsibility for implementations and for service level agreements jointly. And that’s the kind of relationships that we want. I think increasingly customers will have an aversion to vendors who don’t have these types of partnerships and working relationships in place. — Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce
A lot of people like to think that Silicon Valley carries some of that weight, but the reality is that this [Seattle] is the epicenter of gaming, whether it’s casual or core or mobile or PC or console. The community here is alive in spades. …There is no doubt that this is ground zero for games and will continue to be for a long time, thanks to the esteemed accomplishments of our colleagues. — John Holland, COO, Big Fish
It is really, really simple: Employees are our company. Everything of value that we are is coming from, and in, the heads of our people. What is wonderful about Montana is that I know I have great people, and I don’t have to worry about civil war breaking out. I know that sounds funny, but I have civil war in some of my countries. — Safra Catz, president, Oracle
[Customers] want vendors to have working relationships with each other. They want them to take responsibility for implementations and for service level agreements jointly. And that’s the kind of relationships that we want. I think increasingly customers will have an aversion to vendors who don’t have these types of partnerships and working relationships in place. — Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce