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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

3311.0. "Cerplex interested?" by JGODCL::CRONIN () Wed Aug 10 1994 12:08

    Anybody got any details on cerplex [sp?]
    
    
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3311.1???POBOX::BATTISI don't want to be like you,MordicaiWed Aug 10 1994 12:244
    
    What the hell is cerplex?
    
    Mark
3311.2HYDRA::BECKPaul BeckWed Aug 10 1994 12:341
    See your doctor immediately...
3311.3Simplex Solutions!POBOX::BATTISI don't want to be like you,MordicaiWed Aug 10 1994 12:404
    
    Good one Paul :-) :-)
    
    Mark
3311.4Perplex!IJSAPL::VRIES_RC/S Expertise Dev. Mgr.Wed Aug 10 1994 13:133
    No, I get it, it must be perplex! 
    
    Perplex describes the general feeling in DC after Brebachs demise...
3311.5BSS::C_BOUTCHERWed Aug 10 1994 13:571
    No thanks, I've already got one.
3311.6Certainly Complex translationSHIPS::GITTINS_CWed Aug 10 1994 14:098
    You're all wrong! This word is derived from the Latin "Certus
    Complexus" and is used colloquially to describe the method of
    disseminating information in such a way that it cannot be understood by
    anyone except the author.
    
    Methodolgy also used by the crapulent to simulate sobriety. 
    !-)         
    
3311.7Not Perplex..JGODCL::CRONINWed Aug 10 1994 14:144
    Cerplex is correct.Its US based.But what their "core" business is and
    what their operation looks like is unknown to me right now.
    
    
3311.8the more things change...WEORG::SCHUTZMANBonnie Randall SchutzmanWed Aug 10 1994 14:308
    re: .6
    
    >>> You're all wrong! This word is derived from the Latin "Certus
    >>> Complexus" ...
    
    Let me guess.  This is the new system for tracking certs.
    
    --bonnie
3311.9secret, no moreICS::VERMAWed Aug 10 1994 14:462
    
    all wrong. Cerplex is the secret complex CIA built in VA.
3311.10Cerplex Group Inc.SALEM::RICHARDWed Aug 10 1994 16:006
    CERPLEX is a company which started in 1990 out of California. They have
    signed a contract with DIGITAL to repair some printers and video's 
    which used to be repaired in NIO, (Salem, NH). The seem to be a growing
    company taking on most anything large companies want to sell.
    
    Maybe a good choice of employment!
3311.11The Cerplex ChannelHLDE01::VUURBOOM_RRoelof Vuurboom @ APD, DTN 829 4066Wed Aug 10 1994 16:365
    
 >   They seem to be a growing
 >   company taking on most anything large companies want to sell.
    
    Somebody ship 'em 100000 Alpha's real quick...
3311.12Not the psychological termTPSYS::MACNEILWed Aug 10 1994 17:039
    
		Not to be confused with:

		SERPlex - a psychological complex found in people who 
		were eligible for SERP but declined to take advantage of
		it.


3311.13Yes on 1 no on 2, or was it...MIMS::GRAFT_JWed Aug 10 1994 17:136
    Hi,
    
    Everyone failed to answer the base notes question. The answer
    is, of course Cerplex is interested!
    
    In what who knows, but they are interested.
3311.14I'm verklemptFUNYET::ANDERSONWed Aug 10 1994 18:510
3311.15SNL Redux?ABACUS::CARLTONWed Aug 10 1994 19:573
    VERKLEMPT?? Then we must "...talk amongs ourselves..."!!
    
    Oh my!
3311.16ICS::BEANAttila the Hun was a LIBERAL!Wed Aug 10 1994 20:443
    re: .12
    
    that's ME!!!
3311.17Cerplex is not perlexingMR2MI1::BMORRISONWed Aug 10 1994 21:207
    Cerplex and Digital have an agreement where Cerplex will take
    X amount of employees (I think about 30) and do disassembly
    work for the field service organization. I imagine that they
    will do other things as well. I know an engineer that will
    be leaving to go to Cerplex with a nice departing Digital
    package.
    
3311.18Did I hear "FAT LADY"JGODCL::CRONINThu Aug 11 1994 15:0256
    Re .13	
    
    Interested in parts of the Nijmegen operation.
    
    Re .17
    
    Is the x amount of employees  you speak of US related or European
    related..
    
    
    			
    			 CERPLEX GROUP.
    
    The Cerplex Group is a depot repair and contract mfg services org which
    provides notebook to PC to Mainframe services including
    repair,systemsintegration,end of life product program management,mfg's
    warranty and extended warranty services,warehousing and dist services,
    board mfg and testing,multivendor services and more...
    
    They are publicly traded  NASDAQ [CPLX]
    
    They have 875 people approx..
    
    They have 94 people in Engineering..
    
    They had $78 Million sales in '93
    
    They have facilities in
    N.California,S.California,Texas,MASS,PENN,NY,MINN.
    
    
    
    They service brands such as
    Apple,AST,COMPAQ,DEC,EMULEX,FUJITSU,HP,IBM,LOCKHEED,RADIUS,SAYNO,SIEMANS,
    SPECTRA VISION,SUN,TOSHIBA AND WEST DIG. etc...
    
    
    
    
    They sound impressive even if they are small.
    
    The question here is if they do move in what is their long term
    intention for Engineering in Nijmegen.
    Can a company this size afford to double its engineering staff
    and have repair process development work going on in 2 seperate
    locations??
    
    Anybody out there know how the ex Decies in Salem like this company?
    
    
    
    Thanx for FAX... appreciated..
    
    
    JC.
     
3311.19NYEM1::CRANEThu Aug 11 1994 15:071
    All they have to do is buy DOO and take over the people and buildings.
3311.20JGODCL::CRONINThu Aug 11 1994 16:585
    Are there any laws in Holland preventing a "takeover company" from
    booting out its newly acquired employees as soon as DEC had washed its
    hands of us? Or am I being overly suspicious?
    
    JC.
3311.21Package correctionMR2MI1::BMORRISONThu Aug 11 1994 17:435
    Re. .17
    
    The package offer was from Cerplex and not Digital. Sorry for
    any confusion. I was corrected.