Tech Sector Trumpets Signs of a Real Rebound
New York Times technology writer Steve Lohr makes a good case for a recovering economy, led by increasingly good financial performance in the technology sector.
Lohr gathers optimistic chief executive quotes from Google, Intel, I.B.M., Dell, Cisco, plus a supporting cast of economists and analysts. The pervasive spread of computing across industries and society, they tell us, means the long-term growth trend in the tech sector is as much a mirror of the economy as an engine of economic growth.
Just as there was some serious psychology behind the economic collapse, rising confidence at the executive level will translate into investment in growth, including hiring. Lohr says that phase has just begun and that the steady march of digital technology is pushing a renewed and broadbased demand for information technology.
Oh, and by the way, check out the image associated with Lohr’s article – a dollar bill made from a circuit board. Another interesting statement relative to my blog post from yesterday about images of technology…
Read Steve Lohr’s entire column here.
