Chapter 745 Reform of the Business Division System

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Despite the departure of Tim George and the leak of customer information, these are bad things that can be seen by the outside world as something bad enough to make Ruby suffer a lot of money, or even collapse altogether. But although Guo Shouyun attaches great importance to it, he does not have much worry.

Ruby now has an absolute scale advantage in the social space. As long as the business itself does not make mistakes, no one can beat it.

The most obvious example is that the 3Q war was in full swing that year, and Tencent's piracy and domineering were scolded in the industry. Facebook's Oxford leaks have been discredited, and not only has the stock price fallen a little, but there are no fewer users.

Baidu's unconscionable medical advertising incident, Google's leaking of users' **, slapping their faces, don't they also live very comfortably?!

Therefore, what can defeat the Internet giants is never the leakage of user ** or anti-monopoly investigation, but the subversion of the industry model. It's like QQ and >

What's more, Ruby has formed a comprehensive closed-loop industrial ecology covering users chatting, dating, obtaining information, and game entertainment through LinkedIn, ube, Ruby Research Institute, LinkedIn News, Global Fortune Network, al; plus Hulu, Marvel Comics website and Matrix Games; Apple's iTunes music website; Amazon, eBay shopping, etc.

Before the era of mobile intelligence, as long as they were accustomed to the convenient, rich and diverse Internet services provided by Ruby, no one could get rid of it.

Strong user stickiness is no joke.

Therefore, Guo Shouyun is not worried about the future of Ruby.

"Boss, it's been checked. This LinkedIn user leak was orchestrated by former CEO Tim George. He took advantage of a vulnerability reported by the company's technical department, but still remembers fixing in the future, and teamed up with external hackers to steal the ** data of 1,200 users in LinkedIn's customer database!" said John Belden.

Guo Shouyun nodded knowingly. The truth was similar to what he had guessed. In order to ensure the security of the user, even if he wants to access the user's data, it must be signed by the president of the department, the chief security officer, and the CEO of the company. In addition, any manipulation and access to Ruby data must be carried out by a third party.

With such a tight security system, no one can steal the company's critical data without alerting the company's security department.

Therefore, website vulnerabilities become the only way. In particular, every time a website vulnerability is patched, a document will be closed to the headquarters. With Tim George's status, it's easy to get such news.

"Is the vulnerability patched now?"

John Belden nodded.

"The website has been updated. But because of this user data breach, the company's stock price fell by 12%. And under the reports of the Wall Street Journal and Business Week, LinkedIn's stock price is still falling. In addition, Tim George's dumping of LinkedIn shares has also put pressure on the company's stock. Rating agencies have downgraded LinkedIn to neutral. ”

In the eyes of rating agencies, neutral means that companies should be cautious and not optimistic about its outlook. Compared with the previous buy rating, LinkedIn has undoubtedly become an outcast in the capital market.

"Deng Ke, start the repurchase operation, don't wait any longer!"

Chief Financial Officer Dunko Verne nodded.

Corporate buybacks are not investments, and there is no need to wait until the company's stock has hit rock bottom.

In addition, for this leakage of customer information, the responsibility is all put on the hackers. Don't get involved with the departure of Tim George and others just yet. I don't want the internal disputes of Ruby to become a joke in the mouths of the media and the public. ”

"Yes!"

Everyone hurriedly answered.

"Ladies and gentlemen, these are extraordinary times for the company. Everyone needs to brace themselves to deal with this crisis. Erik, especially you. As the CEO of a company, you need to show your ability to let the outside world know that the company chose you because you were better than Tim George, not simply an alternative. ”

"Yes!"

Eric Schmidt nodded.

"After this crisis, I will hold an all-ruby company staff meeting at the end of this year, when the company's option award plan for senior and talented employees will be announced. I hope you can use better performance to earn more capital for your future!"

Everyone's eyes lit up immediately. No matter what time it is, the benefits are always the most impressive. There is no doubt that everyone is motivated right now, including Eric Schmidt.

Although the resignation of Tim George and others, as well as the LinkedIn customer data leak, have had a certain impact on Ruby's operation. But as long as we don't make mistakes ourselves, no one can shake our dominance in the Internet community. ”

After consolidating everyone's confidence, Guo Shouyun continued: "So, there is no need to be too distracted in this regard. The future development of the company is what we should be most concerned about. That's why I decided to restructure the business again. ”

After a pause, looking at the eyes of everyone gathered again, "After the successful privatization of LinkedIn, Ruby will no longer set up independent subsidiaries, but adopt an independent 'business division' system." According to the existing business, it is divided into eight business divisions: 'al, YouTube, Ruby Institute, Skype, LinkedIn, Today's News, and Global Wealth. ”

“… In addition, the two departments of classroom and library were separated from LinkedIn to form an independent online education division. Department Head Besani Foster. LinkedIn Library is still aimed at the field of professional technical document sharing and paper sharing. LinkedIn Classroom is aimed at adult language education, advanced technology training, and university education. In the future, the Internet education market is very broad, and we must become the leader of online education in front of all companies when we already have a certain foundation in this field, and the company will also invest heavily in this area. ”

“… Erik, don't lose sight of the focus and investment in the Online Education Division. Internet social networking is the core of the company, but we also need to explore more potential performance growth points. ”

Eric Schmidt nodded.

"Anderson Cooper!"

Hearing Guo Shouyun's voice, Anderson Coopa, the head of LinkedIn's blog department, who had been sitting behind playing soy sauce and watching the bigwigs speak, was shocked in his heart and hurriedly looked at the big boss.

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