Matt Light Quotes (16 Quotes)

Prior to the acquisition, the lack of a PPM solution represented a significant gap in Borland's line of applications to support IT and application development management. The Tempo product is a key integration point for drawing Borland products together into an IT management application.

It's been a long time since we've seen either one of those guys (Hamilton or Washington). It's going to be a big test for us, obviously.

What a great call. I didn't see it coming.

I've said that every year I've been here.

They're a very physical defense and very experienced defense that has a lot of smart players and plays a lot of different things. They try to confuse you. They blitz you a lot.

They're a rare group, ... They've got a lot of guys with size. There's a lot of girth in there. They want to set the line of scrimmage on our side of the ball. It's going to be tough to get a hat on all of them on every play. But it comes down to the technique. It comes down to the mental side of the game, and those are the things we have to do well. We have to be good technicians. They're big, they're tough and they're physical.

I think its a little bit more than Game 1 of the season. This sets the tempo for the rest of the season. Its what weve been working hard for over the past few weeks. Its a huge game for everyone. It doesnt get any bigger than this.

We have what we have and the guys that are out there are doing what they can do. We'll try to do the best with that just like we would with any other position. That we haven't had them all out there at the same time, that's no secret. We've been dealing with that for a couple of years in one way or another.

We practiced all week in this, ... and, let me tell you, it got old quick.

After this, it's for real.

It's a little bit of a circus, ... There's a lot of distractions, things you can get caught up in, but that's something as a player you've just got to sit down and say, 'What's my job What do I have to do' And prepare all week to do that job.

The IDE products have consistent revenue but it's a very low margin business. There's a big upside for Borland if they can succeed in software delivery optimization, and these other areas, which is a much higher margin you're selling to enterprise IT management rather than to individuals and resellers.

I don't know how long it can go on, because every year is so different. It's tough to go out and do what we did. But with this team, and these guys, you can't rule it out.

PPM remains a dynamic and volatile market, with new vendors taking innovative approaches to PPM and multiple recent acquisitions.

We feel good together. Working together is important, and we're trying to come together as a unit. It takes time and it'll continue to get better every week.

Any time Tom's throwing to Troy, you can be pretty sure it's going to be a big play. It happens a lot.