Dave Cole Quotes (15 Quotes)

The only people sure of their jobs are Bill Ford and Mark Fields.

Is there a dramatic amount of risk over people using normal phones I don't think it is.

He made it clear the attitude at Ford is change or die.

We've been competing with the U.S. from day one here in Canada. U.S.-based companies provided the legacy systems here that we've had to compete against and win business from. It is the same competitors south of the border.

If you have a bunch of people determined to knock you off line, it is difficult to defend yourself.

Security hazards are not something that you can offset by using Opera and Mozilla. It's a problem that affects everyone but Internet Explorer is hands down the most targeted because it has the most market share.

It's a typical Catch-22 situation. There is often no middle ground to work on and what Ford is trying to do is find that middle ground.

This is sort of a security weather report for your average Joe.

He has become a true believer in it. E-commerce has become a bureaucracy-buster to reform the internal aspects of GM, maybe even more than it will transform its relations with suppliers.

It's a good move because Ford can't be a full line manufacturer. They have to focus on investing their money where they'll make money. If they get one million units out of production, they can go forward to regain profitability.

This is the highest number of reported vulnerabilities we have seen in a 6-month period.

The fact that St. Paul was not on the list today was very positive. But, being creative, innovative --- Bill Ford has stated very, very clearly that their future is based on innovation. And that innovation applies to everybody in the company, from somebody on the assembly line to somebody in the finance office. And it's an opportunity. Does that mean this plant is going to survive We just don't know. But I can tell you one thing for sure, doing nothing is not a good option.

They don't want to make a lot of noise. They want to be very stealthy, which is one of the trends we see going forward.

There are other threat indicators on the Web. But what was missing was a place for consumers that breaks it down in plain English and gives actionable advice. This is like a weather report and telling users to grab the umbrella, instead of how much precipitation there is.

There is room for an agreement.