More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision. Diane Greene Read Quote
Now we’re in an environment where women are increasingly having a huge impact and adding a lot of value to our industry. And women are celebrated if they raise their hand and say, ‘Hey, you’re missing my value. You’re not recognizing what I’m doing.’ Diane Greene Read Quote
To sail successfully, you need to observe with great care. You need to identify what the wind and the water are telling you and then find a way to execute, to reach whatever goal you’ve set, be that simply making it home or winning a race. Diane Greene Read Quote
We believe that cloud will be based on significant open-source components that are offered as services. People don’t want to be locked into a single provider. Diane Greene Read Quote
There’s a lot that machine learning can’t do that humans can do very, very well. Diane Greene Read Quote
This whole cloud phenomenon is gaining steam pretty rapidly, and it’s really become a strategic imperative for people. Diane Greene Read Quote
At VMware, we did the virtualization, which is now used extensively across the cloud. Virtualization layers – and containers – are what facilitated the cloud originally. Diane Greene Read Quote
If I could inexpensively pick up a killer sales force without a lot of the other things that I don’t necessarily need, yeah, I’d be all there. Diane Greene Read Quote
When I first started VMware, I was very shy and self-conscious about speaking. I grew out of this by giving talks each week in front of the whole company; gradually, as we scaled, I had talked to more and more people, and this is how I conquered my fear of talking to people. Diane Greene Read Quote
