Ibm Quotes

“I am so sorry to hear of Asher's passing. I will miss his scientific insight and advice, but even more his humor and stubborn integrity. I remember when one of his colleagues complained about Asher's always rejecting his manuscript when they were sent to him to referee. Asher said in effect, 'You should thank me. I am only trying to protect your reputation.' He often pretended to consult me, a fellow atheist, on matters of religious protocol.

{Charles H. Bennett's letter written to the family of Israeli physicist, Asher Peres}”
― Charles Henry Bennett

“I later became more interested in equal rights for women in the work place because of what was happening at IBM. One of the women at Remington Rand had previously been a system service girl for IBM during the war. After a system was installed, a system service girl would go out and show the users how it worked. She was the liaison between the users and the computer company. She was married and had been fired to make room for a returning veteran. When the war ended, IBM rehired all of its former employees who had left to join the military, then fired all of the married women with jobs that could be filled by men.”
― Jean Jennings Bartik

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― Barry, Art Culture and the Semiotics of Meaning

“Currently, seven out of the ten highest valued global brands are data companies. Data as the new oil? Clearly. When you invest in data, its storage, its management and its analysis, you’re investing in innovation.”
― Thomas Harrer

“In the next three years, the value of data will increase, making it even more valuable than it is today. The more efficiently you store your data, the more benefits your business will see.”
― Thomas Harrer

“Business is a game, the greatest game in the world if you know how to play it.”
― Thomas J. Watson

“Without 'ideas,' the material creations we regard so highly could not
have been conceived or produced. …

Without 'high ideals' we cannot derive from the marvels of our modern creative and productive genius the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

Tom Watson Sr., “Production,” June 1947”
― Peter E. Greulich, THINK Again!: 20th Century Ideas and High Ideals for the 21st Century