Businesses increasingly require a flexible IT approach to meet business needs and face market challenges. Our job is to make sure that we're empowering customers ... and the best way we can empower them is to provide them the digital tools that allows them to take advantage of all of our products and services anytime, anywhere that they need them. It however reflects on  us as to how they are using anything from mobile and cloud software to analytics and the Internet of Things to serve their employees and customers.  It is interesting to note that creativity thrives when people work together on a team, and team projects encourage employees to feel proud of their contributions. It is equally important to learn from your team members and build on each other's skills to create more impressive results in the workplace.

The 2016 Inc. 5000, unveiled online at Inc.com and with the top 500 companies featured in the September issue of Inc. (available on newsstands August 23) is the most competitive crop in the list's history. The average company on the list achieved a mind-boggling three-year growth of 433%. The Inc. 5000's aggregate revenue is $200 billion, and the companies on the list collectively generated 640,000 jobs over the past three years, or about 8% of all jobs created in the entire economy during that period. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.

Relying on other people builds trust, and teamwork establishes strong relationships with coworkers.  Working as a team allows team members to take more risks, as they have the support of the entire group to fall back on in case of failure. It emphasizes these award-winning innovators are onstage about how to develop and create new ideas that will better our world. All you need is a powerful purpose, real world experience, passion and tenacity to start living your American Dream. In 2001, Raj and me were in New York just taking a walk around NYSE just to dream that one day we will have a ticker symbol for our stock.