Tuesday, March 27, 2007

BroadLogic Named “Cool Vendor” by Leading Analyst Firm

關於公司最新的消息,資金的籌措大致上已經沒有問題了,
接下來就看我們如何表現,來回應金主們的期待了。

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BroadLogic Network Technologies is among the Cool Vendors listed in the Cool Vendors in Carrier Network Infrastructure, 2007 report, by David A. Willis et al, published on March 19, 2007, by Gartner, Inc. This is the first time BroadLogic has been named a Cool Vendor.

BroadLogics TeraPIX processor enables cable operators to increase bandwidth and triple their digital spectrum. This additional bandwidth offers cable operators the equivalent of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network performance, and allows them to transparently deliver dozens more high definition (HD) channels, video-on-demand (VOD), VoIP, and ultra-high-speed cable modem services to subscribers, without the need for extensive network upgrades.

We appreciate the recognition as a Gartner 'Cool Vendor.' We have developed a breakthrough technology that cost-effectively solves a critical problem for an entire industry, said Danial Faizullabhoy, CEO of BroadLogic. In order to remain competitive, cable operators must find the bandwidth to offer additional services. BroadLogics processor is the only solution that offers sufficient bandwidth without the expense of ripping up streets or burdening consumers with additional equipment.

Cable systems in North America are in a bandwidth crunch. While satellite and telecommunications competitors offer more HD channels and new services over all-digital networks, 70 percent of a cable operators downstream bandwidth supports the analog channels used by a large percent of the existing customer base, which the operations cannot afford to lose. Operators have few choices. They can replace the cable running to homes, require a set-top box on every analog device in every home, and implement stop-gap measures that offer only short-term help, or deploy BroadLogic. With the BroadLogic solution, one Residential Gateway using the BroadLogic BL80000 TeraPIX is placed outside the home. The cable operator can then go all digital up to the home, recovering all the bandwidth dedicated to the analog signal, while the BL80000 can serve the entire digital lineup, as well as other services, to all the existing analog devices in the home without any set-top boxes.

About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process

Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

About BroadLogic

Headquartered in San Jose, California, BroadLogic designs and supplies breakthrough video-processing technologies that enable broadband network operators to maintain their competitive edge by offering next-generation video-on-demand, digital-video, voice, and high-speed data services to more consumers. BroadLogics patented technologies power devices that simultaneously process an order of magnitude more video content than conventional approaches, helping operators maximize revenue gains while controlling operational and capital expenditures.

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

報告班長

寫在頭前
還記得很早的時候有一部大爛片叫做報告班長的,
裡頭的天兵到哪裡,做什麼事情都要報告班長,
報告班長,我叫做XXX,
報告班長,我要OOO,我要xxx的
當年的這種無俚頭的搞笑似乎很得觀眾的喜愛,
現在想起來,真的是覺得很無聊。
沒想到,這種無聊的把戲,
竟然會在公元2007年的美國重新上演,
而且就在我們公司。
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話說最近公司好消息不斷,
大家工作的氣氛明顯的不同,
加上我們新來的CEO,新官上任採用不關門政策(open door policy)
意思就是,有啥問題,隨時可以去他的辦公室,(講是這樣啦,誰敢去阿)
當然,反過來,一旦他有什麼消息,
他也會馬上召集大家讓大家知道,
於是就在去年底的時候,就因為有太多好消息,
因此開了幾次臨時會議,
說要喝香檳,吃蛋糕小小地慶祝一下,
問題是,每次都是臨時發email通知,
結果,有些人沒收到通知,就沒去開會,
有些人則聽完消息之後,不想吃那種超甜的美國蛋糕,
所以就直接回座位工作了,
一共開了兩次香檳,
沒想到,這樣子竟然也能在管理階層年度會議上,
不知道是哪隻豬頭在開會的時候提出意見,
說什麼去年年底好像很多人沒來上班,而且沒請假...
我們這些庶民工程師真的是招誰惹誰了.....

這下好了,消息一出來,CTO馬上召開大頭會議,
大頭們出來之後,馬上又召開小頭會議,
小頭們出來之後,傳下來的指令就是,
每個人要寫出平常一天之內是早上幾點到公司,晚上幾點走,
如果要離開座位超過15分鐘,必須跟直屬老闆報告,
不然就要讓隔壁的人知道。
挖哩咧,這是啥米碗糕的規定?
CTO還特別說,這只是為了應付上頭而已,
這樣說,就更讓人頭痛了,
只是應付的意思是可以不用鳥它,
還是,雖然很鳥,但是還是要鳥他一下的規定?


命令下來,大家開始議論紛紛,
如果按照正常一天8個小時,那麼當然就是10:00am到6:00pm囉
咦?,這不是反而比平常的工作時間還少了快2個小時,
本來還很高興的,結果沒想到另一組的大陸人,
居然全部都寫10:00AM ~ 7:00PM ,一天9個小時,
厚,那我們不來個9:00AM~7:00PM, 還是10:00pm~8:00pm的話,
不就表示我們不認真工作了嗎?
死大陸仔,真的是打壞行情....
最後商量的結果,我們也就是跟著一天寫9個小時,就這樣報了上去.....

結果,我本來每天大概都是9:00AM~9:30AM到公司,晚上大概就是7:00多一點回家,
現在這樣一搞,讓我發現,好像越來越多人都會剛好早上10:00左右才到,
然後晚上7:00一到,就有人開始準備回家了.......

到了第二個禮拜,早上我就算早起,似乎也不急著去公司,
工作到晚上6:30,就已經自動進入準備下班模式,
開始東摸摸,西晃晃,
時間一到就好像有著絕對足夠的理由可以回家,
反正我也是照規定來做而已....


後記
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跟上次台灣的X發公司票選模範生的活動比起來,
我們公司似乎略勝一籌,
這些老中工作上的創意沒有,控制員工的小手段倒是不少,
看來下次如果便秘的話,還得先讓老闆知道才行,
因為上廁所時間過久,可能就不太好,
其實現在也有所謂RFID,乾脆每個人身上放一個,
這樣老闆就能確實掌握每個人的行蹤了,
這樣子這種公司大概沒人敢來吧,
說來諷刺,至於那個X發公司選出來的第一屆,也是最後一屆的模範生,
在這個月跟著他的小老闆,一整個團隊7個人全都離職了,
還真的是做了一個好"模範"阿.....