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I really don't want the best people at the highest cost.
Mark V. Hurd
BestPeopleWantCostHighest
We have, of course, all of our Oracle technologies in our cloud. But I don't think you're going to see customers wanting to deal with 50 clouds or 40 clouds or anything like that.
CloudsThinkCloudYouSeeAnything
CIOs have to be able to lay out a clear path in concert with the business leader - I used to make the business guy responsible for the apps and force them to answer the question of why they feel they need non-standard apps when they know that's how the costs skyrocket.
LeaderBusinessPathFeelKnowWhy
CIOs have earned a strategic seat at the table, but now they've got to hold that seat - and the only way they can do that is to converse in the language of business value and business benefits and business outcomes that all align perfectly with the strategic agenda of the company.
BusinessValueLanguageTableWay
From a productivity standpoint, you're supposed to reduce headcount on par with declining revenue. If you believe the environment isn't going to improve, you should take a bigger cut to get in front of the problems.
BelieveProblemsEnvironmentYou
I've been lucky to be at companies that have been at interesting intersections at the time I've been able to run them and lead them.
TimeInterestingRunLuckyLead
I'm old, I'm used to crummy service, I'm trained to get crummy service. To me, the fact I can get through to a call centre and then hold for 15 minutes, I don't get that upset. My kids won't. They want to know the answer to their question now. As a company you have to provide an answer to that consumer.
ServiceMeYouI CanKnowWant
My daughter's got a smartphone in her hand with roughly the same power as a mainframe circa 1982, and she's running around Beijing and wants an answer as fast as she can.
DaughterPowerFastHandSheSame
I like to have a team environment where I can go anywhere and not threaten management.
TeamManagementEnvironmentI CanGo
The fact that everything ever works perfectly together, anybody who tells you that is pulling your leg.
TogetherYouEverythingLegYour
There will never be a day where the depth of integration, unless it was all built from the bottom ground up, will be integrated as any of us would like.
DayWillNeverGroundUpDepth
Customers want to talk to other customers.
WantTalkCustomersOther
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