The Goddess Shines on America

　　 This is Moore Mountain, New Jersey. Lucent Technologies, which has been committed to promoting the development of a new generation of communication networks for many years, is located here.

　　Lucent has a very long history, especially with the help of the sixty-year-old Bell Labs, it has maintained its top three position in the industry for many years. Taking technology as the core is the most indispensable and most valuable business philosophy of this era.

　　 But for a whole year, in this headquarters building with the dreams of thousands of employees, people have not smiled for a long time.

　　 At this time, the then ceo Orlando Blaine was holding a meeting with many senior executives from its technical department, finance department, marketing department, and so on in a meeting room with the highest specifications.

　　 "You have seen it too, this is Cisco's latest product."

　　 Orlando is talking about an instrument on the table. Its shape seems to be not much different from that of the switch, but everyone present knows that, whether it is the technical principle or the price, it is a thousand miles away from the switch.

　　 "Raiside, when Cisco officially announced the firewall research and development plan, we immediately established the same research team, and the time difference was only half a month."

Orlando looked at the person in charge of the technical department. It was a man who was slightly flattered: "Although the speed of the replacement of our industry is amazing, everyone knows that the time difference of half a month is not a big deal. In other words, we should be and Cisco stands on the same horizontal line."

　　 When Orlando said these words, the only thing Raid could do was to lower his head deeply, trying to keep his eyes locked on that firewall. The colleagues around did not relax, and Ramos in the marketing department was even more sad.

　　 "So now, at the same time, Cisco's products should be officially on sale immediately, Lai Side, what about our products?"

　　 This is really a difficult question to answer, because everyone knows the real reason. In contrast, although Lucent’s capital is extremely profound, Cisco, which is like a shining star, has always burst out with stronger R&D capabilities. This firewall is not a precedent at all. From the very beginning when Lucent and Cisco seized the common market, it has been stabilized by the other side.

　　 "The main problem is, Brian, we have no experience in this field at all."

After a long silence, the technical manager Lai Side finally spoke: "Network security protocol maintenance is almost the same as when Cisco first launched routers. Although they belong to the field of computer networks, they are branches that no one has ever touched. They are. The R&D will be announced suddenly, definitely because it is ready, and after all, we are working on a new one..."

　　 "But God, it's only a three-year-old company after all, three years! And the registered capital is just a small fraction, so far I haven't even started it!"

　　 Orlando couldn't help his anger, but when his roar echoed in the soundproofed conference room, no audience showed dissatisfaction. On the contrary, their faces were solemn, they sighed silently, or they were thinking deeply, or their eyes rolled and they didn't know what they were thinking about. Even when Orlando finished roaring, no one had any intention of continuing.

　　Because the comparison between the two companies is indeed too obvious. One is a veteran company backed by Bell Labs, and the other is a hassle-built stage team built by two university professors and a talented girl. The accumulation of vastly different backgrounds should have made the competition without suspense. However, since Lucent took the initiative to compete with Cisco, it has never been pleased.

　　 After breathing for a while, Orlando sipped a whole cup of coffee and said to Lai Sid: "You will give me an exact date now. When will our firewall come out?"

　　 "July...Brian, really can't make it ahead of schedule. We still have several key technologies that haven't broken through. If we count the finished product experiments, we can only do it in July at the earliest!"

　　 "July..."

　　 Orlando scratched his scalp hard. He glanced at his colleagues and sighed: "Ramos, how is the market share of the two products that we overlap with Cisco now?"

　　 Marketing manager Ramos straightened his back and opened the document he had prepared earlier and said: “As for routers, as of the end of February this year, our first product, the cumulative sales of lx-100, has reached

Reached 850,000 units; the second-generation new product, lx-200’s cumulative sales volume was 1.34 million units; the two totaled 2.19 million units, and its market share in the eastern United States was...276% , The central region is 485%. In addition, the newly opened Hong Kong market, because Cisco and other peers have not touched it at all, we can now be regarded as 100%. "

　　 "In the field of switches, the cumulative sales of the first-generation products are 470,000 units, and the second-generation new products are 550,000 units, with a share of 235% in the eastern United States and 348% in the central region..."

Ramos stopped when he read this, because Orlando had raised his hand to stop him: "The board of directors has expressed dissatisfaction more than once. Everyone, although we have just set foot in the field of Internet hardware, this is not a traditional industry, Cisco It's not even a long-established Big Mac, bullied to such an extent by a little rookie, is it what you want to see?"

"The 50% market share in the central and western regions is not even up to 50%, and the western market has absolutely no room to intervene. I will now ask the most critical question, Lai Side, this is because the board of directors hopes that I will tell you on their behalf. Asking questions."

He looked at the company’s technical manager, his eyes pierced: "Routers, switches, and current firewalls, why did Cisco propose each concept first? The total number of employees in your department, plus Bell Experiment The employees in the office are almost equivalent to more than half of Cisco, which is still more than half of Cisco after their latest expansion. Lai Sid, I hope you can give the board of directors a reasonable explanation, and I will convey it in the original text."

The atmosphere of this meeting was extremely embarrassing from the very beginning. The whole audience could only hear the questions and answers from Orlando and the executives who were asked by him. At this time, everyone was afraid that they would become the CEO or even the board of directors. All the birds in their early days were silent and thoughtful.

　　 "Because..."

　　Drops of sweat appeared on Lai Sid's forehead. I don't know how many brain cells had been spent to find the answer. After all, he quickly answered, "Probably because...they have Alice-King."

　　 Orlando frowned and sneered: "You want me to tell the board of directors that the reason why the entire company can force us to retreat in this field is only because of a single person?"

　　 "But that's Alice-King, boss!"

Lai Side is also anxious: "You should also know the industry news? She is Cisco based on the patent of the router, and then developed Microsoft's winodws alone, and is still working as a technical consultant for the nt system. Boss, although our employees Quite a lot, but it's just employees. When you encounter a genius entrepreneur like Rockefeller, no one is wrong!"

　　 This blurted answer can be regarded as the purpose of relaxing the atmosphere in the conference room. The seven or eight executives who were called in all laughed uncontrollably. Even Orlando, who wanted to get angry again, couldn't help but shook his head.

　　 "Like Rockefeller? Can you really find an example!"

　　 Orlando sneered and lit a cigar. Anyway, there was only one woman in the audience: "You should compare Edison to it, right?"

At this time, Julie Cohen, who served as the company's cfo, the only female executive in the audience, said: "Olan, the board of directors means that we must compete with Cisco in the field. ?"

　　Orlando looked at her with a cigar: "Internet hardware is a new industry, and its value in the future will be at least 100 billion yuan. How can you make the board of directors give up this market?"

　　 "Then maybe we can choose to cooperate with Cisco appropriately? Just like the earlier cooperation between ibm and Microsoft, we can definitely gain a lot from cooperation with them, right?"

This is indeed a feasible way of thinking. Orlando did not rush to answer. Instead, he took two big puffs of cigarettes silently: "At present, the overlapping businesses of the two companies are routers, switches, and firewalls that are still being developed. This is also the current Cisco The only product available. And we..."

　　 "Network infrastructure."

Julie Cohen answered: "Including the manufacturing and R&D of optical cables and wires~www.readwn.com~ in the field of network card modules and communication data, haven't we been closely cooperating with at&t? These are areas where we can cooperate with Cisco. ."

"This

It is our advantage, but it is Cisco's disadvantage. "

Orlando still agrees with this proposal. The field of telephone communication network and computer network infrastructure is a bottomless pit. The research and development expenses required and the infrastructure construction before obtaining huge profits all need the support of large consortia. And Cisco certainly cannot compete with Lucent.

　　 "With the cooperation in this field, we have a good relationship with other fields. While enhancing our advantages in traditional fields, we also take the opportunity to gain more advantages in new fields..."

　　 The muttering voice made everyone quite clear, and Orlando didn't say everything. Undoubtedly, this is the best time for commercial espionage to appear on the scene, and such secrets can not be casually disclosed to department manager-level employees. It seems that at another board meeting to be held in the near future, he can tell shareholders. Topic.

　　 Orlando picked up the document at hand. This is another confidential material. It is the information about Alice-Wang collected by the company's related personnel as best as they can.

　　 "It's all nonsense, what I want to know is not her public career."

Staring at the resume-like content in the file, Orlando was dissatisfied with the subordinate employee's perfunctory attitude: "What I want is her private life information, including what type of boys like, you idiot..." (to be continued. )