Bernard Golden > Quotes

“Anger Works
Anger can be extremely rewarding in the short term. It can distract you from pain and threatening feelings. You may use anger to provoke fear and anxiety in others. Such anger makes others feel threatened, allowing you to gain control. But regularly directing anger at someone is likely to make him or her even less supportive. Ultimately, that person will withdraw completely- leaving you feeling even more isolated.”
― Bernard Golden, Overcoming Destructive Anger: Strategies That Work

“Frustration at being unable to get hold of server resources in a timely fashion has led to the phenomenon of shadow IT: developers bypassing IT proper and obtaining resources themselves.”
― Bernard Golden, Amazon Web Services For Dummies

“Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.”
― Bernard Golden, Amazon Web Services For Dummies

“If you only have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.”
― Bernard Golden, Amazon Web Services For Dummies

“The application is the way businesses gain value from IT,”
― Bernard Golden, Amazon Web Services For Dummies

“Humans don’t excel at performing repetitive manual work.”
― Bernard Golden, Amazon Web Services For Dummies