FYI... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kevin Constantino <kevin [ dot ] constantino [ at ] ericsson [ dot ] com> Date: 2012/8/11 Subject: Linux Strategy & Architect - Ericsson IP Team (Silicon Valley To: Kevin Constantino <kevin [ dot ] constantino [ at ] ericsson [ dot ] com> Hi – My apologies for the wide cast e-mail. I wanted to get this message out to as many people as I could in a short period of time. Since you have a strong background in Linux I wanted to netwrok with you. Hoping you can help. I am looking for very senior level Linux Engineers (Principal & Distinguished level) to drive the Linux strategy for the Smart Services Router. 50 to 60% of the time will be spent working with the external Linux community (i.e. interacting with the Linux Maintainers, etc). The remainder of time will spent driving the entire Linux strategy for the Smart Services Router. This is a highly visible role, internally and externally to Ericsson. The company has invested billions into this product and it’s a game changer. The 2 jobs I have are based in San Jose, USA (Silicon Valley). Money and relocation is not an issue for the right candidate. Due to an NDA I signed, I cannot go into more detail in email. If you are interested, let me know. I can follow up for a confidential discussion. Otherwise, I’d appreciate if you can cascade this message out to other Linux Experts you might know. Someone may know someone that’s interested in taking advantage of this rare opportunity. Product Info The Smart Services Router (SSR) is Ericsson’s next generation platform. It’s a high end edge router that runs many applications/services from a single platform (edge routing, Ethernet aggregation, subscriber management, policy control, charging, security/DPI, etc). It handles millions of users and terminates wireless and wireline traffic…all from a single platform. The biggest form factor allows 20 slots with 400+ GB per slot (full duplex), 16 Tbps backplane, with a 1st gen fabric of 2Tbps. Web Links: The Smart Services Router http://www.ericsson.com/ourportfolio/products/ip-networking Videos: http://www.ericsson.com/news/110921_vestberg_mobile_fixed_broadband_244188809_c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSZr7f9itXs http://www.ericsson.com/news/120528_4gip_and_the_networked_society_244159019_c Hans Vestberg (CEO) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhCEl1wqtIU&feature=relmfu Patrik Cerwall (Head of Marketing & Intelligence) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZQlO9Rjhr8&feature=relmfu Cecilia Atterwall (Head of Consumer Lab): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE0b5J_nLx0&feature=relmfu Doug Gilstrap (SVP of Strategy): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6K35oyetIk&feature=youtu.be Ulf Ewaldsson (CTO): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w_4CthmdH4&feature=relmfu Erik Ekudden (VP of Tech Strategy) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNKNG9RIpM4&feature=relmfu Kevin Constantino Talent Acquisition Leader Ericsson, IP Networking Team http://www.linkedin.com/in/kconstantino Office 408.750.5363 Mobile 408.621.0858 More information: Ericsson sells to service providers worldwide. We are the “800 pound gorilla” in the Wireless Infrastructure space…with 60%+ market share and customer is 175 countries. We’ve been in business for >136 years and known for innovation. As you’ve seen, more and more devices are getting connected to the internet, and “everything” is getting pushed to the cloud. This means the internet infrastructure needs a major overhaul in order to service the demands that will be placed on this network. It’s not just a “bandwidth” issue anymore. And, Carries will no longer be viewed as a “fat pipe” (i.e. just a connection). Their network will be viewed as “the brains that allow convergence to happen seamlessly”…whereby the network itself is a key differentiator. What does this mean? It means that carriers need a single, end-to-end, converged infrastructure to handle everything…wireless, wireline, IPTV, fixed mobile convergence, voice, video, data, etc…with a single NMS/EMS and Security infrastructure. Currently, this is not how their networks are set up. Each is a separate network…which 1) costs carriers a lot of money to run and 2) can’t keep up with all the things that coming on line. By 2020, there will be 50 billion connections to the internet, whereby anything that can benefit from an internet connection will be connected. We are already starting to see this today. But, it’s just the beginning. Over the last 3-4 years Ericsson has invested billions of dollars to move from a #1 position in Wireless Infrastructure to take claim as the #1 in Converged Infrastructure…end-to-end. Therefore, the company has made a number of significant acquisitions and reorganized, within, to make sure we have the competence and capabilities to deliver this need to carriers. There are not many players that have this end-to-end capability…and, I believe, Ericsson has the strongest. There are a whole host of challenges you face when creating a single, fully converged, infrastructure that handles everything. The good news is, we’ve already figured out how to do it…and will start delivering these capabilities to carrier very soon. In order to deliver a fully converged network, and solve the above pain points (and many others) Ericsson took a number of solutions and created a team called the “IP & Broadband” team. This team has roughly 6,000 employees (5,500+ in Engineering) with a current revenue stream of $4 Billion. From a high level, it consists of: IP (i.e. multi-service edge routing), Evolved Packet Core (i.e. SGSN/GGSN), Opto/Metro, Access, and Backhaul (i.e. microwave). All of these allow Ericsson to deliver an end-to-end solution. However, it’s not only important to build something like this, the customer places the same importance in their vendor’s capability to install, maintain, and/or run the network. Aside from what I just mentioned, Ericsson has a stand along Professional & Managed Services team of 25,000+ employees worldwide…with expertise in all technologies…not just Ericsson equipment. I believe this give Ericsson a major competitive advantage, as no other vendor has depth in this area…coupled with the technical depth. One of the main things to deliver convergence is to “packetize” everything…by using IP. That said, one of the major components here is the SmartEdge and Smart Services Router. The Smart Edge has a big install base and is selling well…and will continue to sell well. The SSR is Ericsson’s next generation platform. It’s a high end edge router that runs many applications/services from a single platform (edge routing, Ethernet aggregation, subscriber management, policy control, charging, security/DPI, etc). It handles wireless and wireline traffic at the same time, from a single platform. It has 20 slots (line cards) with 400+ GB per slot, and a service blade that handles all the services that runs on the platform/box. In order to deliver a fully converged network, and solve the above pain points (and many others) Ericsson took a number of solutions and created a team called the “IP & Broadband” team. Here are just a few challenges carriers need to face (top 10): 1) Flat ARPU - Where is the capex to support 50-percent traffic growth year over year for quad-play services? 2) Network Congestion - How do you plan for capacity when mobility induces temporary congestion without any warning? 3) All-You-Can-Eat Connectivity Services - Good for content providers, but bad for service providers. 4) Peer-to-Peer Traffic - It’s growing fast, but there is no business model in sight to monetize it. 5) Over-the-Top Video - Service providers feel their networks are being robbed for this kind of VoD delivery. 6) Network Security - We’re seeing attacks, attacks and more attacks. Lots of time, cost and resources exhausted fending off network attacks. 7) IPv6 - This is a massive “must do” with no incremental revenue attached. 8 ) Regulations - Net neutrality is probably hampering a packet monetization solution that could make service provider traffic more profitable. 9) The Inability to Monetize Packet Traffic - Service providers are living with low-margin “dumb”-pipe revenues while Google and others are gaining high-margin traffic via over-the-top applications. This isn’t sustainable for service providers, especially on wireless networks where spectrum is constrained. 10) Customer Churn - When customers aren’t happy, they churn. When they churn, service providers lose money. 2012 & Beyond (the Market Landscape) The Network (i.e Internet) is going Mobile à TV, Video, Cloud, M2M Significant increase in # of connected devices at a more affordable price; not just computers, it will be anything that can benefits from being connected to the internet (phones, tablets, transportation, home, cars, etc) Tiered pricing from Carriers for better penetration More complex OSS/BSS (there are 5B+ radio base stations today; RAN going through a modernization) Focus on networks that handle wireless & wireline from the same infrastructure (i/e/ network transformation!) – connection point doesn’t matter; same experience in fixed and wireless Focus will be on high performing broadband networks Less about “boxes” and more about total solution capabilities Scale of traffic to increase significantly (800M BB to 4B BB & 4B connections to 50B connections to the internet – that’s more than 7 times the number of people on earth today!! Facts: Approximately 7B people on Earth There are 1B landline subscriptions There are 5.3B mobile phone subscriptions (voice only) 2B people have access to the internet (in general) We are connecting 1M users a month in India There are 800M with BB access By 2015 there will be 4B BB connections (from 800M today to 4B in 4 years!) Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe are starting to come online! 92% of the world will be connected within 5 years! 3 years ago 90% of mobile traffic was voice traffic; today it’s 25% voice and 75% data! We are at an inflection point. That is building a next gen converged network to enable communications from any device to get what you want, how you want, from any device you want. Next 10-20 years will be all about a “networked society” whereby anything that can benefits from being connected will be connected. Main competitive advantages: Technology leadership (50%+ market share) Extremely strong in Wireless infrastructure / Mobile Networks Very strong customer base (morphing to converged network set up) Business in >175 countries 25,000+ patents with strong representation in Standards bodies Service Capabilities – Professional & Managed Services Does business in >175 countries! Multimedia portfolio ST Ericsson à chip sets inside mobile devices -- GPG ID: 0xEE878588 As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick
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