Jim Barksdale
Jim Barksdale
James Freeman "Jim" Barksdaleis an American executive who serves as the President and Chief Investment Officer at Equity Investment Corporation, which he founded in 1986...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth24 January 1943
CountryUnited States of America
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In my column series 'The Main Thing', I often talk about how Internet technology can improve the way people communicate - both within a business and between a business and its customers and partners.
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Two of three people on the Internet today prefer our product. As a company that's three years old, we're proud of that. We've just started a program to distribute 120 million copies of our product, so there are ways we can hold on to market share. Most companies would be proud of a 67 percent market share.
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The fact is we have very few facts. The purpose of the Internet Policy Institute is to gather the kind of data that's going to be essential to develop the Internet.
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No longer do we have to go looking for information - we can find it on the Internet, our intranet, or our extranet with the click of a mouse.
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I want my testimony to stand on that point. But I would point out that Zona Research Inc. showed we have increased market share among business users, educational users, and government users over the past several months - and that's more recent than the IDC report.
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Take our own company as an example: We're living proof, we jump with our own parachutes.
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Sweeping change is needed to remove any pre-9/11 confusion about information sharing that, regrettably, still exists in some departments and agencies.
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What the commission searched for are recommendations for Mississippi's renewal that are sensible, doable and truly make a difference to our citizens' lives.
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When I started at Federal Express, not many people thought of using overnight package delivery as a viable way to conduct business.
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You folks are like the pig at a ham and egg breakfast. You are committed.
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I've tended to work at fast-growing companies that improve the way business gets done.
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This is a marvelous way to put people together on the Web.
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After all, it's the future of business communication that we're looking toward.
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One problem was that my direct testimony was in writing, so a lot of people didn't get to see it. I hope they see it, because I think it built a very strong case.