Borje Ekholm Quotes

The Internet, like the steam engine, is a technological breakthrough that changed the world.

The penetration of society by the Internet and the penetration of the Internet by society is the best thing that has ever happened to global human civilisation.

As the world of chips and glass fibers and wireless waves goes, so goes the rest of the world

By 2005, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.

Even in developing markets, we're seeing the growth of digital communication is proceeding at a very rapid pace.

We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives.

Well, when we made 'Tron' there was no internet, no cellphones.

The widespread adoption of broadband and the continued advances in personal computing technology are finally making it possible for the collective creation of an online world on a realistic scale.

When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces.

What we believe at Founders Fund is that technology is a way to help everybody on the planet.

Our technologised society is becoming opaque. As technology becomes more ubiquitous and our relationship with digital devices ever more seamless, our technical infrastructure seems to be increasingly intangible.

I actually think the one who is underestimated in terms of impact he's had on society is Bill Gates. The reason is that with the innovation of software, he really allowed the computer revolution to take hold.

The pace of digitizing life has been increasing exponentially.

I don't know why, but I'm continually amazed to think that two and a half billion of us around the world are connected to each other through the Internet and that at any point in time more than 30 percent of the world's population can go online to learn, to create and to share.

But computers have changed the world for everyone, so there will be some way of working it out.

I really chess-play culture shifts. I'm really good at understanding what worldwide cell-phone use means. That's what I do. I try to picture it three to four to five steps ahead.

There's a difference between being able to make long distance phone calls cheaper on the Internet and walking around Riyadh with a PDA where you can have all of Google in your pocket. It's a difference in degree that's so enormous it becomes a difference in kind.

There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future. The scale of the technology and infrastructure that must be built is unprecedented, and we believe this is the most important problem we can focus on.

The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.

I spent my whole career in the technology business, and I was convinced of the importance, at a grand scale, of the development of global connectivity.

Cisco projects that in 2020, now just five years away, there will be seven billion people on the earth and 50 billion devices connected to the Internet. Six-and-a-half devices on average per person. As a father of five young adults and teenagers, I think we are - in my household, we've exceeded the 6.5 number.

Over the last few years, the world has become a smaller and more integrated place with technology that is leveling the playing field like never before.

In my opinion, further consideration of those views will help us find a way out of the current impasse, and reveal to us the kinds of buildings and cities required by the informational society.

The Chinese government clearly sees Internet and mobile innovation as a major driver of its global economic competitiveness going forward.

A variety of national and international studies indicate that the broad-based deployment of information technology can have a substantial impact on our nation's economic productivity and growth as well as the educational and social success of our citizens.