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For Immediate Release 

Dr. Susan J. Duggan
Chief Executive Officer
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
650.462.9800
info@worldinternetcenter.com


SAP CORPORATE RESEARCH TO BE
FOUNDING MEMBER AND CHAIR OF
SMART ITEMS BUSINESS FORUM
AT THE
SILICON VALLEY WORLD INTERNET CENTER

PALO ALTO, Calif. May 27, 2003 - SAP Corporate Research (http://www.sap.com/research) today announced they will join the Smart Items Business Forum (SIBF) at the Silicon Valley World Internet Center (http://www.worldinternetcenter.com) and will serve as the founding chair of the rotating Board of Advisors. The Smart Items Business Forum (SIBF) will convene corporate and government representatives to identify and fully leverage Smart Items business scenarios with the highest possible return on investment (ROI) for enterprise-scale customers.

"It's not enough to know how Smart Items technology will work," says Prof. Dr. Lutz Heuser, vice president of SAP Corporate Research and chief development architect. "We also need to understand the business impact that this technology will generate. There are many industry segments that will be affected by Smart Items technology. The Silicon Valley World Internet Center is starting a Smart Items Business Forum where we will discuss the business objectives of such a Smart Items infrastructure in much more detail than the technical. SAP Corporate Research has agreed to be the founding member and chair of this Forum. We hope that others will join this Forum to contribute to a lively discussion about how business will be impacted and change because of Smart Items."

"We are very pleased that SAP Corporate Research had the vision to be the founding member and chair of the Smart Items Business Forum," said Susan Duggan, CEO of the Silicon Valley World Internet Center. "The time is now to work across industries to glean the business return that Smart Items technology and infrastructure will bring to the enterprise. The Smart Items Business Forum will provide that neutral ground for shaping the future of high business return in this space."

The forum will advance the understanding of the specific value dynamics of Smart Items in order to optimize ROI, identify and promote vertical market opportunities, identify and promote related innovative technologies and foster strategic partnerships, especially between software and hardware companies.

SAP Corporate Research will be the founding chair of the Forum, which is open for membership to all companies and government officials who will act as a rotating board of advisors and members. The founding Board of Advisors will consist of five key companies in the Smart Items space. Positions on the Board are available. Four sessions are currently planned by the SIBF for the Summer of 2003. As the membership in the Forum grows, members and advisors will inform the creation of further sessions.

ABOUT THE CENTER

The Silicon Valley World Internet Center is a for-profit corporation for the advancement of Internet-related technologies and market. A dynamic think tank and showcase, the Center leverages strategic knowledge and relationships for the benefit of its clients. In its seventh year in the Silicon Valley, the Center provides a multi-corporate forum and the professional facilitation for the validation of products, technologies, and strategic directions for producers of technologies and end-users.


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