4 ms·

“When we looked at their offerings and what Smartsheet does, it is two totally different worlds,” said Mader. Using Amazon’s logic, Mader said that Smar

by wyc 9y ago

“When we looked at their offerings and what Smartsheet does, it is two totally different worlds,” said Mader. Using Amazon’s logic, Mader said that Smartsheet would be a viewed as a competitor to Amazon Prime because both services make people more productive. If this interpretation is correct (take with salt as it comes from the defendant's side), then it sounds like an attempt to debar this person from working on any technology at all.

phonon 9y ago
If you look at the complaint, it suggests Amazon (and the person being sued) has been working on a similar collaboration product of some type, presumably as part of their "Business Productivity" unit; Workmail/Workdocs/Workspaces/Chime. "AWS currently offers numerous cloud-based productivity products for businesses—i.e., products designed to streamline work processes—including products for corporate email and calendaring, document storage and collaboration, virtual meetings, video calls, and chats, and virtual desktops. AWS’s product offerings are in constant development....AWS competes with Smartsheet (Amazon will submit to the court more detailed information regarding these efforts, under seal, and attorneys eyes only, at the appropriate time)....Shortly before he left AWS, he worked on a critical component of [REDACTED] and received extensive confidential information about how [REDACTED]."
kudokatz 9y ago
https://aws.amazon.com/workdocs/ https://aws.amazon.com/workdocs/ "Users can comment on files, send them to others for feedback, and upload new versions without having to resort to emailing multiple versions of their files as attachments. Users can take advantage of these capabilities wherever they are, using the device of their choice, including PCs, Macs, tablets and phones. Amazon WorkDocs offers IT administrators the option of integrating with existing corporate directories, flexible sharing policies and control of the location where data is stored."
leggomylibro 9y ago
That's exactly what it is; Amazon has its fingers in so many pots that it can claim anything is related to their area of business. In a sane world, this sort of consideration would be strictly confined to what the employee actually worked on for the company, not what the company broadly works on.
- bluGill 9y ago
  Shareholders for Amazon should be concerned that Amazon is letting their employees know too much about plans in other divisions. It is fair to say a VP knows the DETAILED plans of that division enough that doing the same thing for a competitor should be a problem. However VP experience should let him go to a competitor in a different division as his knowledge of the plans should be vague enough as to not matter.

by wyc 9y ago

phonon 9y ago

If you look at the complaint, it suggests Amazon (and the person being sued) has been working on a similar collaboration product of some type, presumably as part of their "Business Productivity" unit; Workmail/Workdocs/Workspaces/Chime. "AWS currently offers numerous cloud-based productivity products for businesses—i.e., products designed to streamline work processes—including products for corporate email and calendaring, document storage and collaboration, virtual meetings, video calls, and chats, and virtual desktops. AWS’s product offerings are in constant development....AWS competes with Smartsheet (Amazon will submit to the court more detailed information regarding these efforts, under seal, and attorneys eyes only, at the appropriate time)....Shortly before he left AWS, he worked on a critical component of [REDACTED] and received extensive confidential information about how [REDACTED]."

kudokatz 9y ago

https://aws.amazon.com/workdocs/ https://aws.amazon.com/workdocs/ "Users can comment on files, send them to others for feedback, and upload new versions without having to resort to emailing multiple versions of their files as attachments. Users can take advantage of these capabilities wherever they are, using the device of their choice, including PCs, Macs, tablets and phones. Amazon WorkDocs offers IT administrators the option of integrating with existing corporate directories, flexible sharing policies and control of the location where data is stored."

leggomylibro 9y ago

That's exactly what it is; Amazon has its fingers in so many pots that it can claim anything is related to their area of business. In a sane world, this sort of consideration would be strictly confined to what the employee actually worked on for the company, not what the company broadly works on.

bluGill 9y ago
Shareholders for Amazon should be concerned that Amazon is letting their employees know too much about plans in other divisions. It is fair to say a VP knows the DETAILED plans of that division enough that doing the same thing for a competitor should be a problem. However VP experience should let him go to a competitor in a different division as his knowledge of the plans should be vague enough as to not matter.