Mark Esper Quotes

Good, bad or indifferent, if you are not investing in new technology, you are going to be left behind.

Technology-fueled change is happening so fast that even a six-month-old process could be outdated. Saying this is the way it's always been done not only makes you sound lazy and resistant to change, but it could make your boss wonder why you haven't tried to improve things on your own.

In the technology world, you have to execute fast or you're out of business.

Not since the digital revolution in the early '90s has technology placed such a comprehensive burden on business, employees and individuals to reinvent their business plans, services and products, and themselves to keep pace with the changing marketplace.

Because of the rate of technology change, forecast horizons are shrinking.

Technology moves so quickly; you can't get comfortable with the business you have today because technology will progress.

I grew up before computers. Computers are changing things, not all for the good.

No one has ever been able to stop the process and evolution of technology, not even I.B.M. That is going to continue. Those who grab it and move ahead with it will determine the future in this industry.

Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.

You know, IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing.

I don't think love for technology itself breeds change.

If you think about the market that we're in, and more broadly just the enterprise software market, the kind of transition that's happening right now from legacy systems to the cloud is literally, by definition, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Technology is an enabler; you have to be at the cutting edge of technology - there is no choice.

The Internet moves very fast. In the old world, we could afford to sit and analyze forever. But in the new world, the first mover has the advantage.

Well, the rollout of new technology always affects how wizards do business.

There are technologies you couldn't predict at all when I started.

News organisations that have been around a while have a lot of traditions and ways of doing things that may have served them for many years but perhaps make them less flexible in the digital era. As an entrepreneur, it just makes more sense to start something new.

We don't ever want IT to be the thing that holds GM back.

It’s important to embrace new technologies instead of fight them.

Technology will move faster than governments, so don't legislate before you understand the consequences.

The whole idea behind virtual integration is that it lets you meet customers' needs faster and more efficiently than any other model. With vertical integration, you can be an efficient producer - as long as the world isn't changing very much.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution demands that CEOs take responsibility for the massive transformation of their businesses and for the extraordinary impact that this transformation will have on wider society.

Advances in technology and the Internet have dramatically changed the way we communicate, live, and work.

I think tech is driving most of the innovation and will continue to for a very, very long time.

In this business, technology is life or death.