{"id":1122,"date":"2019-08-09T09:50:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T13:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/badger-fi.com\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2019-08-09T09:50:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T13:50:57","slug":"ekahau-is-this-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.badger-fi.com\/?p=1122","title":{"rendered":"Hau Is This Happening?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is causing the mass exodus of some of the most prominent, customer facing employees at Ekahau?\u00a0 People like this just don&#8217;t leave.\u00a0 Many of you are like me and are wondering what is going on over there.\u00a0 I am worried as a customer.\u00a0 I am worried as a friend to current and former employees.\u00a0 I am worried as a person who loves Ekahau&#8217;s tools and software.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1131 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/badger-fi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/capture.png\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"488\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I, like many of you, have been involved with beta testing, webinars, interviews, and just liked to be around Ekahau and the people who make it great.\u00a0 One of the most appealing things about Ekahau is how they relate, listen, and respond to their customers.\u00a0 They have built tools that make our jobs easier and help us to be successful.\u00a0 As a guy on the outside, it looks as though the folks at Ziff Davis either don&#8217;t understand this or think it isn&#8217;t valuable.\u00a0 It would seem that they would understand this type of relationship and how it has made Ekahau great prior to it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekahau.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/12\/ekahau-acquired-by-ookla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purchase<\/a>.\u00a0 So why are all these valuable assets leaving?\u00a0 I just don&#8217;t get it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1132 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/badger-fi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/capture1.png\" alt=\"Capture1\" width=\"586\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So here it is.\u00a0 j2 Global and\/or Ziff Davis, I&#8217;m asking that you tell us what is going on.\u00a0 Why are industry leaders leaving in droves?\u00a0 Please don&#8217;t direct your answer to me.\u00a0 Direct your answer to your wireless constituents.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1140\" src=\"https:\/\/badger-fi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/jdcap.png?w=262\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a fire burning and it is getting out of control. Put the fire out before there is nothing left to salvage.\u00a0 I know you don&#8217;t owe us anything but your silence on this matter is only going to fuel the flames.\u00a0 Make sure you are honest with your answer.\u00a0 The continued success of your product is in the hands of your customers and we want answers!\u00a0 We care about the product, we care about the company, but most of all we care about the people and the relationships they have built.\u00a0 We don&#8217;t want to see something very special, die.<\/p>\n<p>Things are <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>NOT<\/strong> <\/span>ok.\u00a0 You <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><b>CANNOT<\/b><\/span>ignore this.\u00a0 People are talking&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am speechless my friend. I am shocked and saddened by this news and am very worried about what is happening with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ekahau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ekahau<\/a> currently and where things are headed. Let me know if you need anything. You and Nicolas Cage will be missed in the community greatly.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ShoeFi\u2122 (@nshoe18) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nshoe18\/status\/1159471278933368832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Agreed! I have serious concerns that I hope can be assuaged, but it will take time.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD (@subnetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/subnetwork\/status\/1159472609597231104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">well said, and 100% agreed.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lee Badman (@wirednot) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wirednot\/status\/1159493108289196034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yep I&#39;m suddenly very worried about our product investment in Ekahau now. Wondering if it is worth renewing the maintenance now. 3 key people leave in a short few weeks, and that&#39;s only the visible part of the iceberg I&#39;d guess.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Lalaurie (@ELalaurie) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ELalaurie\/status\/1159585267826642944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow.   What is going on?&#8230;.I just bought Ekahau Pro this week!&#8230;looking for my receipt for return policy&#8230;.  Thank you for your fantastic work and inspiration.   I met you the first time at first WiFi Trek in Raleigh and you left a fantastic impression on me.  Best Success 2U!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Cosgrove (@rtr_man) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rtr_man\/status\/1159485855939125248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jussi, we only met once at this year&#39;s WLPC but you treated me like we were friends for a while. I&#39;ve never, in my VERY long IT career, met a product evangelist, or a WiFi Janitor, as passionate and engaging as you in that role. Ekahau is less without you. There. I said it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jerry Martin \ud83d\udedc \ud83c\udfe1 (@dwifiguy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dwifiguy\/status\/1159552611864981504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sad to see you go. I have a hard time separating Ekahau from Jussi. Hate to say it, but with some of the most forward-thinking minds in the world of WiFi tools making an exit, I wonder if Ekahau will maintain it&#39;s market dominance.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Johnson (@TheRFWrangler) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheRFWrangler\/status\/1159631925868412929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jussi! This is incredibly sad news. You have been such a huge part of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ekahau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ekahau<\/a> and the wifi community and cannot be replaced. It is very concerning to see so many departures from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ekahau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ekahau<\/a> so close together. <br \/>I hope whatever is causing people to leave is fixed immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard McIntosh (@802Tophat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/802Tophat\/status\/1159473742516490241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow! First <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Potato_Fi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Potato_Fi<\/a> and now you?!? What it&#39;s happening in there?! Starting to get concerned with the future of Ekahau and the path they are taking&#8230;<br \/>Anyway, it was a honor and and privilege to meet you. Thank you so much for all that you have done.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vasco Costa (@VascoFCosta) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VascoFCosta\/status\/1159514059517116416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MTroi84\/status\/1159471064428294144?s=20<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jussi, we only met once at this year&#39;s WLPC but you treated me like we were friends for a while. I&#39;ve never, in my VERY long IT career, met a product evangelist, or a WiFi Janitor, as passionate and engaging as you in that role. Ekahau is less without you. There. I said it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jerry Martin \ud83d\udedc \ud83c\udfe1 (@dwifiguy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dwifiguy\/status\/1159552611864981504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ekahau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ekahau<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ookla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ookla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ziffdavis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ziffdavis<\/a> wtf are you guys doing?  This wave of resignations at Ekahau is making me seriously doubt the future of your company and products&#8230;  Shame, because it&#39;s been so great thus far.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bryan Ward \u274c (@_bryan_ward_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_bryan_ward_\/status\/1159478300059852800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think there are hundreds, even thousands who would like an answer as to what is happening. Silence from the owning firms of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ekahau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ekahau<\/a> is not helpful. Certainly they are hearing social media, but their non-answers is saying a lot also. The close knit Wi-Fi community wants to know!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Glenn Cate (@grcate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grcate\/status\/1159639983378063361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow. A little taken aback from the mass exodus at Ekahau. As a user, genuinely concerned that this story will follow the same plot as AirMagnet.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Canad-Ian Nerd \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@CaNerdIan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaNerdIan\/status\/1159661973925191681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/theITrebel\/status\/1159470573325553665<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2wojZAuGd4\">pic.twitter.com\/2wojZAuGd4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lee Badman, Middle America\u2019s Darling Sweetie (@wirednot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wirednot\/status\/1159799360777084930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Does <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ziffdavis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ziffdavis<\/a> have a social media director? You should know that the Wi-Fi community is stirring. What is happening over there at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ekahau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ekahau<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Speedtest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Speedtest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WRP3roMooc\">https:\/\/t.co\/WRP3roMooc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lance Romigh (@Wifi_Romigh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wifi_Romigh\/status\/1159817151974400000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We all see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ekahau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ekahau<\/a> bleeding exceptional talent. Is there any chance that they will survive <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ziffdavis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ziffdavis<\/a> management?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD &#8211; @subnetwork.bsky.social (@subnetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/subnetwork\/status\/1159485630277214209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><code><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is causing the mass exodus of some of the most prominent, customer facing employees at Ekahau?\u00a0 People like this just don&#8217;t leave.\u00a0 Many of you are like me and are wondering what is going on over there.\u00a0 I am worried as a customer.\u00a0 I am worried as a friend to current and former employees.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6,54,55,68,74,104,115,119,124,135,136,142],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wifi","tag-essrequest","tag-ekahau","tag-ess","tag-heat-map","tag-j2-global","tag-ookla","tag-sidekick","tag-site-survey","tag-speedtest","tag-wireless","tag-wireless-design","tag-ziff-davis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.badger-fi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.badger-fi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.badger-fi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.badger-fi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.badger-fi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.badger-fi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.badger-fi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.badger-fi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.badger-fi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}