Tier Quotes

I don`t want to be famous famous. I`m happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized.

GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do.

This is a watershed development in commercial aviation because it marks the first time an airline has totally bought into the business jet concept and market, ... Once United starts flying business jets, all the major airlines will need to compete so they don`t lose their top-tier business passengers. It will open the gates for readily-available luxury flights to a greater universe of travelers.

Because of the market we service — enterprise accounts — we generally lead with a Tier One provider, such as (one from) IBM or Hewlett-Packard. A white box solution would come into play if a client has a very limited budget.

We are thrilled to have Jorge Goeters drive the CU National Mortgage NEXTEL Cup car. Jorge is a proven top-tier driver and it`s obvious by his pole position at this year`s race in Mexico City that he has what it takes to run with the very best in NASCAR.

I am confident that top-tier performance is attainable in the near term. The retail bank has improved its performance at a rate faster than expected. Our corporate and specialty finance business continues to grow rapidly and also is performing above plan?We are entering the 21st century on very strong ground.

The county wants to keep it as rural as possible. There`s no way the rural tier could support all that growth. There`s not enough infrastructure and there`s not even public water or sewer in most of the area.

The final ballots represent players, managers, executives and builders who are top-tier candidates and worthy of review for consideration for election to the Hall of Fame.

If you are a company of the size where you can bang a drum and get politicians interested over here (in the west) ... then you might get a reasonable result. But there is a whole tier of manufacturers who are simply not in that market.

The pharmaceutical companies are very interested in having top-tier talent. If you don`t have flexibility programs in place, that talent will walk right out the door.

For the next several years we will see a lot of core, top-tier providers in this market, with no clear leader.

IBM made a big commitment to our customers and our open source strategy when we told the world we were making a substantial investment in Linux nearly six years ago. That included partnering with Red Hat and Novell. Our customers responded with incredible enthusiasm and today IBM`s Linux business is growing faster than the industry. And that growth is propelling Novell and Red Hat to the top tier of IBM`s strategic alliance partners.