Yes it is true that we laid people off about three weeks ago, but it is important to understand that just becuase a company lays people off that they will not hire people again. There was a good article about this in the Business Journal about two weeks ago. However, let me try to clear the confusion. Opnix has recently found a really innovative way to deliver its routing technology to the market. Before we could only deliver it wrapped up in bandwidth. So, unless you purchsed bandwidth from Opnix you could not take advantage of the really cool routing technology. What we discovered along the way was that we could separate the two and deliver just the routing technology to customers without having to purchase bandwidth. Opnix decided that this was a much better business model and that the benefits of being able to deliver our technology in this new way far out-weighed to other for many reasons. One of the biggest is that we do not need to spend three to four million dollars to put a pop in each city before having any customers. Also, becuase of the aggregation of carriers our bandwidth was much more expensive than anyone elses, however, it is true that it was much better. This new delivery mechanism allows anyone with a diverse network to put a client of our routing technolgy at any decision point and peer it with their router or switch (basically any point BGP would make a decision would be a prime location for this product). The box then does all kinds of discovery across the multiple paths and sends that information back here to our switching core. We take the customer's information into account with our own discovery information and every other customer's discovery information and then send back to that one cusotmer optimized routes specific to his perspective. We considered this a huge breakthrough and decided to focus the company's efforts on the development of this product, code named Hydra. The lay-offs were in response to this. There were parts of the compnay that did not fit with this new direction, and unfortunately the lay-offs occured. However, we do have a need for several skill sets that we did not have before. number one we need to beef up our software development efforts in order to be able to offer this product this summer. There are also a few other positions we need to fill as well. Obviously this product is totally Linux based. I hope this helps you all to understand a situation which many of you probably thought was confusing. If anyone has any quesitons please don't hesitate to ask myself, Jiva, Jay or Nick. Also, if anyone is interested we can arrange to present this new technology to the entire group or those of you who are interested. -- /****************************************************************************/ / / / John Kloian III Chief Technology Officer / / OpNIX, Inc. http://opnix.com / / / / .Simply shagadelic bandwidth. / / / /****************************************************************************/ On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, CIE-Keith wrote: >What is going on here? Help me understand. Didn't they layoff >several people and now they are hiring? > >What gives? Help me understand. > >Keith Smith > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jiva DeVoe >To: >Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 10:02 PM >Subject: Opnix is hiring! > > >> Opnix has a couple of positions open. Specifically, network >engineer >> and applications developer and software packager. This listing is >for >> the network engineer, but we're DEFINITELY looking for a software >> packager (familiar with RPM and/or DEB packaging and quality >> assurance) and an application developer (python or C++) If you're >> interested, drop us an email! >> >> Opnix, a VC-funded startup distributed Internet routing intelligence >> company, located in Tempe, Arizona seeks hard-core Network Engineer. >> >> If you want to work on the cutting edge of Internet technologies - >> reinventing the Internet while working long hours on challenging >> problems in a complex and ever changing environment with other top >> engineers (along with excellent benefits plus stock options!) then >> read >> on... >> >> Skills required: >> >> * Individual must be motivated, ambitious, and responsible. >> * Must be very fluent with all aspects of BGP4. >> * Experience with WAN and LAN technologies including SONET, BGP4, >> OSPF, VRRP, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, switching, routing, multihoming, >> peering, VLANs, ACLs, OSI Layers 1 - 7, etc. >> * Experience with OC48, OC12, OC3, DS3, and T1 WAN circuits, as well >> as >> fiber, UTP, and coax LAN/MAN connectivity. >> * Experience with Internet and Telecom network infrastructure >design, >> deployment, and troubleshooting. >> * Knowledge of SNMP, DNS, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, and other server-side >> protocols and systems. >> * Experience with Foundry/Tiara/Juniper Networks equipment. >> * Ability to have fun! >> >> Optional/Helpful skills: >> >> * Experience with Linux, *BSD, and/or UNIX systems and networks. >> * Routing/Switching protocol design and development. >> * Experience with Tier-1 Telecom Carrier networks. >> * Experience with data centers and/or colocation facilities. >> * Abilty to consume pizza and large quantities of Mountain Dew. >> >> Please email your resume or letter of interest (include ASCII >version >> as >> well) to jobs@opnix.com. 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