13 Quotes by Matthew Brown

We have to get the job done. We've got a certain time we've got to get LaSalle Street open, and we've got to hit that date.

Security and compliance requirements should boost IT spending by financial services firms, while resurgent demand for networking technologies should give the telecoms sector a shot in the arm. Unemployment has hit new lows. Two years ago, 13% of IT contractors went more than 90 days on average between contracts; now only 3% experience this level of uncertainty and difficulty in finding work.

Mobile search is an area of keen interest to both users and vendors.

Logic dictates contractors can't be self-employed and employees simultaneously. It might only be a matter of time before we see truly joined up government, whereby claims by contractors for employment rights automatically trigger tax investigations.

The question for government is whether it can compete long term with a resurgent financial services industry in terms of getting the skills. If key IT staff are poached by the City, there could be serious consequences for the government's IT agenda.

We knew we had to come back and show these guys that we're a better team, that we can in fact, beat them and that's what we did.

We sell items on eBay. It doesn't get much simpler than that.

The rise in mergers and acquisitions has meant more demand for IT workers to help merge the parties' systems, for example.

It's just time for another change, for me to start my life over. I have a job and a couple of offers. The money's nice. People like me, treat me right.