Louis Gerstner Quotes

"I would admit to you that we could take some credit, but there's a fair amount of luck in that too."
-Louis Gerstner

"Services is clearly the largest and fastest-growing portion of the information technology industry, and we continue to extend our leadership position each quarter, ... Our software business continues to gain momentum."
-Louis Gerstner

"Results from these areas more than offset revenue declines in some other segments, most notably our consumer PC business."
-Louis Gerstner

"We are facing a number of significant short-term issues, including an uncertain global economic environment, ongoing weakness in some parts of Asia and Latin America, and continued price pressures in semi conductors."
-Louis Gerstner

"On the positive side, our services revenue grew by nearly $1 billion and this business made a major contribution to the company's earnings. Our software revenues showed good growth and the software gross margin improved for the fifth consecutive quarter."
-Louis Gerstner

"The next thing is: we can make IBM even better, ... We brought IBM back but we're gunning for leadership."
-Louis Gerstner

"I think the visit is very important...very important for China and very important for the United States."
-Louis Gerstner

"Our biggest constraint is hiring good people. The demand is almost [insatiable] and it's serious demand...very sophisticated demand."
-Louis Gerstner