SM: One question about your managing the board during that difficult period. What did you learn from that process, and how did the board react positively, negatively, especially looking back today? EB: It was very gutsy on the part of the board to ask me to take the lead on this company. I had never [...]
In this post, I will look at T-Mobile with respect to the iPhone and AT&T. T-Mobile USA is the US operating unit of T-Mobile International AG & Co., the mobile communications segment of Deutsche Telekom. Deutsche Telekom AG & Co. K.G. (NYSE: DT) is one of the leading telecommunications and information technology service providers in [...]
Overview So, you thought Sports was all about watching games and cheering your favorite team? Think again. It is big business on the Internet and is all set to win the game with live streaming, match highlights, scores, bulletin boards, fan blogs, social networks and fantasy sports services. According to MediaPost, more than 35% of [...]
SM: The market you are pursuing is embedded processors, so you do not really have demand for the fatter operating systems, such as Windows Vista. AA: Right, that is not where we are, but if for some reason that became important to a customer it would be done. Each processor core is full featured, so [...]
SM: In general, was the workforce at 3Com more aligned with your vision than to Krause’s? EB: It was a split workforce. We had some computer experts, and we had some networking experts. What I ended up doing was to choose one – we could not do both. We built upon our roots at Bridge, [...]
If you are one of my regular readers, you know that I am a huge fan of good movies, and am happy and willing to be swept off my feet to fantasy places like Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This weekend, I experienced another such world, that of Remy the rat, who aspires to [...]
SM: This is a radical redesign, and it seems it should be advantageous in other areas as well, right? AA: True. The other beauty of the mesh is that not only does it solve the performance problem, it also really addresses the power problem. A bus is a big centralized structure, and any big centralized [...]
Eric takes over as CEO of 3Com, and as a first item of business, makes some hardline choices. SM: What catalyzed the CEO change at 3Com? EB: The board realized something needed to be done. In 1989, my two partners at Bridge, Bill Caraco and Judy Estren, left out of frustration. They realized this was [...]
