Mike Norris has refused to pull his punches in CRN interviews down the years. Here we round up 11 of his top zingers from the last decade...
8) Bored room executive
Soundbite:
"We get a lot of awards because we're in an industry that gives out awards, but this one meant quite a lot."
What was he talking about?
In 2018, Computacenter won a ‘Boring Award' from analyst TechMarketView for posting earnings-per-share growth for ten consecutive years.
Speaking to CRN, Norris said that the award takes on more significance because of the relatively few number of firms to have won it. Just six firms had been given the honour since Admiral first received it in 1992.
"It's awarded to tech companies but we're the first reseller to get it. You've had Sage which is a software company and companies like Capita which do services, but we're the first reseller," he added at the time.
"I do spend a little bit of my time defending resellers because it's not just services. We have developed a $1bn services business but traditional resell is still very important to us."
No-nonsense rating: 7/10
See following page for Norris' view on the sale of British tech success story ARM...
