财富精英励志演讲37：提高我们的能力,满足您的要求(4)

 　　But it is clear that the vast majority of enterprise customers will continue to have mixed environments. They will use PCs and mainframes Windows NT and UNIX and they will look to their IT partners to help them integrate these diverse computing¹ environments.

　　很显然绝大多数企业客户将继续使用混合的环境。他们将既使用个人电脑，也使用大型机、既运行Windows NT，也运行UNIX。他们将依靠他们的信息技术合作伙伴帮助他们对这种多样化的计算环境进行无缝地集成。

　　With the acquisition of Digital and the continuing evolution of Compaq's enterprise strategy, we are expanding our vision of global, industry standards leadership to encompass² every level of computing.

　　随着康柏收购DEC及其企业战略的不断发展，我们将继续扩展我们的全球标准领先厂商理念，以满足各种计算需求。

　　To us, industry standards leadership means not only providing industry standard products but also making those products work seamlessly with the rest of your IT environment.

　　对康柏而言，工业标准的领先厂商不仅意味着为客户提供符合工业标准的产品，还意味着这些产品必须能够与客户的信息技术环境实现完美的集成。

　　It means providing industry standard solutions that protect customers' IT investments while enabling them to take greater advantage of standards-based platforms throughout the enterprise.

　　它同时还意味着康柏将为客户提供符合工业标准的解决方案，以保护客户的信息技术投资，同时使客户可以更充分地利用其企业内部基于标准的平台。

　　And it means having the vision and the skill to take emerging and leading edge technologies and make them standard as quickly as possible - expanding the power and the reach of industry standard platforms.

　　它还意味着康柏即要有胆识，又要有技术，敢于使用那些刚刚出现的领先技术，并使这些技术尽快成为新的工业标准，从而扩展工业标准平台的功能和使用范围。

　　As a result, you will enjoy:

　　我们努力的结果就是使客户能够享受到以下益处：

　　Wider choice and flexibility³,

　　*更多的选择和更大的灵活性

　　Faster return on your IT investments,

　　*从信息技术投资中尽快获得回报

　　Greater agility⁴ in adapting to a dynamic world,

　　*更大灵活性来适应变幻莫测的世界

　　Increased security and confidence, and,

　　*更大的安全性和信心

　　Uncompromising quality and value.

　　*无可比拟的质量和价值

1 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

2 encompass   

vt.围绕，包围；包含，包括；完成

参考例句：

• The course will encompass physics,chemistry and biology.课程将包括物理、化学和生物学。
• The project will encompass rural and underdeveloped areas in China.这项工程将覆盖中国的农村和不发达地区。

3 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

4 agility   

n.敏捷，活泼

参考例句：

• The boy came upstairs with agility.那男孩敏捷地走上楼来。
• His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。