Shalini Ramachandran:

Comcast's Internet traffic is growing at a compounded annual rate of 55%, according to its chief network officer, John Schanz. That means the company is having to double its network's capacity every 18 to 24 months.

Jon Brodkin:

By 2015, on-demand video traffic will be the equivalent of three billion DVDs per month, and one million minutes worth of video will cross global IP networks every second.

Steve Lohr:

Demand is brisk for people with data skills. The McKinsey Global Institute, the research arm of the consulting firm, projects that the United States needs 140,000 to 190,000 more workers with "deep analytical" expertise and 1.5 million more data-literate managers, whether retrained or hired, by 2020.

Laszlo Bock:

... When I was in college and grad school ... you knew the professor was looking for a specific answer. You could figure that out, but it's much more interesting to solve problems where there isn't an obvious answer. You want people who like figuring out stuff where there is no obvious answer.

Neil Gaiman:

If you don't know it's impossible it's easier to do.