I don’t think it will be much of a reach to say that folks in the technology business love the MythBusters. They help make math and science cool and that has always been one of my personal goals. As you can see, we have contracted with them to support an event with IBM and Intel. Obviously, this event will be fun and entertaining, and it will help teach many people about our products and how they help IT managers lower capital expenses (CAPEX) and operational expenses (OPEX) and drive their companies to be more competitive in their respective markets.
Most of my blogs are very specific to our business, and in this one, I would like to talk a bit about education and how vital it is to families, businesses and our industry as a whole. Additionally, I would like to take a few minutes and talk about how important education is to me, our Chairman, Paul Folino, and the entire company.
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Anyone who is part of the IT world has worked to educate themselves and prepare for this career; some have done it through traditional university programs, some have done it through self-determination and yet others have learned just by doing. However, in every case, they put in the time required to learn and have kept learning since, as we all know, this business requires constant reeducation. Emulex works closely with the University of California Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, The Mind Research Institute, Project Tomorrow and a number of other education programs to support math, science and the arts. Our work with these programs is one the most gratifying parts of being a CEO and a part of Emulex.
Our business is very competitive and rewarding. It draws the best and the brightest from across the globe and will for generations to come. We would like to encourage you and your companies to continue investing in education to develop the skilled people who can create products and technologies to help solve the biggest problems we’ll face in the future that we don’t yet even know about. Because if there is one thing we can learn from the MythBusters, it is that most problems and myths can be “busted.” When bright minds are educated, almost anything that can be dreamed is plausible when people are given the will and means to better themselves and it has been confirmed by everyone who works in High Tech, that math and science are cool ways to make a living.
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