Werner Vogels quotes

“A service is said to be scalable if when we increase the resources in a system, it results in increased performance in a manner proportional to resources added,”
-- Werner Vogels

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“If you set yourself a goal for energy usage in your house, if you have to look at a graph on your phone, you probably won't change your behavior. But if you have a clock on the wall that changes color from green to red if you're using more energy than you've planned, then that actually can change your behavior. There are a lot of things to be done in that world that actually have an impact on our daily lives.”
-- Werner Vogels

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“I love that the world is data intensive … unfortunately, it's called 'Big Data.'”
-- Werner Vogels

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“Using clouds is a radical way of consuming IT. There are emotional barriers to giving up some level of control over the servers that you are running [for the companies].”
-- Werner Vogels

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“What sets the The Next Web apart is a focus on the internet as a key driver for a global market. Their international view is unique, making their blogs a must read and their conferences a must attend for professionals like me who do business around the globe”
-- Werner Vogels

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“Everything fails, all the time.”
-- Werner Vogels

Source : Twitter post from May 18, 2015

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“If you’re concerned about scalability, any algorithm that forces you to run agreement will eventually become your bottleneck. Take that as a given.”
-- Werner Vogels

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“If you’re concerned about scalability, any algorithm that forces you to run agreement will eventually become your bottleneck. Take that as a given.”
-- Werner Vogels

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“Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values”

“Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.”

“If you want different results, do not do the same things.”

“Anyone can do anything because everything is the result of someone.”

“The markets are unforgiving, and emotional trading always results in losses.”

Source : Alexander Elder (2014). “The New Trading for a Living: Psychology, Discipline, Trading Tools and Systems, Risk Control, Trade Management”, p.16, John Wiley & Sons

“Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many.”

“I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them.”

Source : "The voice of China ; speeches of Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek between December 7, 1941, and October 10, 1943, including some recent messages to British leaders and the British people". Book by Hutchinson & CO., 1944.

“The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it.”

“Talk and tea is his specialty," said Giles. "He has about five cups of tea a day. But he works splendidly when we are looking.”

“As you yourself have said, what other explanation can there be?' Poirot stared straight ahead of him. 'That is what I ask myself,' he said. 'That is what I never cease to ask myself.”