As a country, we must come together to provide the training, certifications, and jobs that our veterans have earned and deserve.

In 2008, we began an initiative to outsource projects from our Israeli office to three companies in the Palestinian Territories.

Today's world requires a different leadership style - more collaboration and teamwork, including using Web 2.0 technologies. If you had told me I'd be video blogging and blogging, I would have said, 'No way.' And yet our 20-somethings in the company really pushed me to use that more.

Every company, city, and country is becoming digital, navigating disruptive markets, and Cisco's role in the digital transformation has never been more important.

I support both Democrats and Republicans on many issues. I'm more interested in where they are on technology.

Digital is going to have five times the impact than the information era. Just because you led the first transition as a company or country, that doesn't mean you will lead in this one.

You've got to really enable the next generation of start-ups.

In September 2014, the USIBC members indicated an investment figure of $41 billion that was likely to be invested over a 2-3 year period.

What NDS did is allow us to move into video capability with large service providers or cable providers - and the ability to do this out of the cloud. And that allows you to do it faster.

There's a lot to learn from President Clinton. It kills me as a strong Republican saying it, but he was the most effective president during my lifetime. And when business got out of line, he smacked them.

It would surprise you how many government and business leaders with dyslexia. Some people view it as a weakness, and maybe it is. What dyslexia forces you to do, you don't go A, B, C, D, E... to Z. I can go A, B... Z with speed.

It's easy for me to see how a business proposition is going to play out, or who our next-generation competitors are, from taking this data point from this customer and another data point from another customer... and jump to Z.

To create a truly digital Europe will require a foundation of high-speed, high-quality broadband, both wired and wireless.

Cities, too, are embracing digitization. Barcelona has installed in-ground parking sensors and launched connected public transportation as part of its Smart City strategy.

The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have the courage to take good business risks because if you don't, you never win.

There is no secure data center in the world; they have all been broken into. We can help you prepare for it and minimize the damage when it does occur.

I think we have a tax policy that was designed before Microsoft even went public. I think we've got to change - we're at a huge disadvantage around the world.

The 'No.1 IT company' isn't by volume, it's in relation to business customers because those are my customers, not the consumer. Who do they view as their most important partner? That's my definition of the 'No.1 IT company.'

Once you put in backdoors, once you allow a government to intercept anything they want, you have to give it to other governments around the world. Once you do that, there is no privacy; there is no security. There is no protection for democracy.

When a market isn't in transition, gaining market share is hard - you're fighting to take one or two points of share from competitors.

Government leaders need to ask themselves if they are positioning their country to reap the full potential of the digital economy.

You want to select the right applications at the right time for your industry.

I like to believe that I got my business knowledge from my dad. He was able to see trends a long way off. And my mom is very good with people and emotional.

I think India should be our top ally in Asia Pacific. And the two countries have so much in common, including being the largest and most powerful democracies.

I am a proud moderate republican. But I like democrats as well.

If you asked would I have done a startup in India, the answer is yes.

In 2001, we were like most high-tech companies, with one or two primary products that were really important to us.

I had two parents who were doctors, and my mom was valedictorian in multiple classes.

The business community is very comfortable with Romney.

I have interacted with several top leaders. Modi is among the three smartest leaders I have met.

The number one objective is that people who make the investment in digitization, whether they are governments or service providers, get a reasonable return.

I think technology can change every country regardless of political party.

I think Mr Trump is going to be a good president.

A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that.

I hope that the new leader, whoever they are - and I hope that it will be Hillary - will bring our country back to participation by all groups and will talk about how technology will enable not just 10% of our population, but all of our population.

I would say my strengths are vision and strategy.

We don't go into a market without a chance of a 40 percent share and sustainable differentiation. We wouldn't get into wiring oil rigs if we didn't believe we could get 40 percent.

My mistakes are always around moving too slow or moving too fast without process behind it. And it's something that, if we're not careful, we'll repeat again and again.

We changed the world many ways with the Internet.

You have venture capitalists. We view them as experts who also help finance your company and give directions and also some pretty candid discussions about what you have to do better.

We want a culture where it is unacceptable not to share what you know.

Some people need a command-and-control environment.

We will see growth in the U.S., and we will selectively acquire in the U.S., but we prefer to use our global opportunity.

We're going to become the number one security company.

I think it was a major mistake to revisit Title II.