[00:01:38]Thank you, and good morning. everyone. 谢谢大家,早上好! [00:02:59]It is always an honor and a pleasure to speak here at PC Expo. 能够在PCExpo展览期间在这里演讲,我感到十分荣幸,而且非常高兴。 [00:09:29]An honor because this is the premier PC show in the industry ... 我之所以感到荣幸是因为PC-Expo是业界最重要的电脑展览。 [00:14:00]And a pleasure because it gives me an opportunity to thank all of the Compaq customers in this audience for your business. 我之所以感到高兴是因为它给我提供了一个机会,使我得以在这里向所有的康柏客户表示感谢,谢谢他们给予康柏的大力支持。 [00:23:50]We at Compaq know that our success comes from one source - our customers. 所有的康柏员工都非常明白,我们成功的唯一源泉就是您--我们的客户。 [00:31:34]We also know that in this highly competitive business, we must continuously earn your trust and confidence. 我们也明白在这个竞争极其激烈的业务领域里,我们必须不断地赢得您的信任和信心。 [00:40:58]To that end, we are committed to provide you with innovative products like the ones you will see on display at our booth here at the Javits Center 为了实现这个目的,我们致力于为您提供具有创新特性的产品,就像您将在Javits中心康柏展台所看到的展品 [00:49:41]to deliver the most rewarding buying experience and to constantly improve our ability to meet your computing needs. 。我们还将努力使您享受到最佳的购买体验,并获得最丰厚的回报。同时,我们将不断提高我们自己的能力,以充分满足您的计算需求。 [00:59:39]It is this last point that is really at the heart of what I want to talk about today - how Compaq is evolving to meet your rapidly changing needs. 我所说的最后一点其实就是我今天将要重点讨论的问题,也就是康柏将如何发展以满足您快速变化的需求。 [01:10:21]I want to discuss our vision of a new world of computing our decision to acquire Digital and what the combined company will be able to do for you. 我想与大家探讨一下未来计算的蓝图,康柏收购DEC的决定,以及康柏能够为您所做的一切。 [01:22:19]Success in our industry is a constant process of invention and re-invention. 在我们的行业里成功就是一个不断创造、再创造的过程。 [01:28:06]How could it be any other way in a world that is changing so rapidly - where the market rules that seemed clear one day appear to be out of date the next? 除此以外,难道还有别的方式吗?要知道,这是一个变化如闪电般的市场:在这里,今天似乎市场规则已经非常明朗,而明天一切却已经陈旧过时; [01:41:50]Where product lifecycles continue to shrink from years to months and even to weeks? 在这里,产品的生命周期一缩再缩--从几年到几个月进而到几周; [01:48:17]Where computing has moved from the small scale of local area networks to the planetary scale of the Internet? 在这里,计算已经从小规模的本地区网络扩展到整个星球规模的Internet。 [01:57:04]In this interconnected world, customer expectations have never been higher. 在这个网络的世界里,客户的期望值正变得越来越高。 [02:03:04]You expect to be able to access the information you need quickly and easily, from any place at any time using virtually any computing device. 他们希望能够随时随地使用任何计算设备轻松快捷地访问所需的信息; [02:14:32]You expect vendors to deliver more power at a lower cost and to make it easier to buy operate integrate and service their products. 他们希望厂商以更低廉的价格提供更强大的功能,并且希望厂商使产品的购买、运行、集成和服务更加简单方便。 [02:26:28]You expect the information infrastructure to be reliable and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year - 他们还希望信息基础设施一年365天每天24小时均保持可靠和可用-- [02:34:10]whether you're talking about the network itself or the systems that support your on-line bank on-line bookstore or on-line grocery. 无论是网络本身,还是支持其在线银行、在线书店或在线商店的系统。