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*********** The electronic newsletter of the **********
********** Silicon Valley World Internet
Center ********
************* Tuesday, November 2, 1999 ************
The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Executive
Sponsors-- Deutsche Telekom, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-
Packard Company and Amdocs -- for their continuing support.
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT:
http://www.worldinternetcenter.com
***PUB TALK NOVEMBER 4TH: CARLOS SALUM OF 3iNET
***CHURCHILL CLUB PANEL, NOVEMBER 4TH:
"SILICON VALLEY'S CAMPUS CRUSADE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES"
***THINK TANK SESSION ON E-PROCUREMENT, NOVEMBER 17
***PUB TALK, "ASKJEEVES.COM," NOVEMBER 18
***MILLENNIUM PUB, DECEMBER 2ND: COME MEET THE SPONSORS
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***PUB TALK NOVEMBER 4TH: CARLOS SALUM OF 3iNET
Please join Carlos Salum, VP of Marketing for 3iNet, as he
addresses, at the Pub: "INTERNET FAXING SOLUTIONS"
About 3iNet and Faxtel
FaxTel (http://www.faxtel.com) is an Internet Application
Provider, providing innovative Internet faxing software and
patent-pending hardware products, plus free (or at least at cost)
Internet faxing services.
It is part of of 3iNet,Inc.,a technology solutions company owned
by Garrison Zong, PhD., Mike Chen, PhD., and Ivo Zovkov.
The company specializes in Linux-based applications. Under the
3iNet, Inc. umbrella are also 3iLinux and GoToFax -- two start-
up companies that sustain the business model designed by the
founders.
The presentation will focus upon on the following:
1. FaxTel Business Model/Strategy
2. FaxTel Products and Services Internet Fax Box (IFB):
a. ScanFax!
b. GoToFax
c. Corporate Solutions
d. Broadcast Fax
3. FaxTel's Distribution Channel
Internet Fax Box (IFB) is a patent-pending product that
enhances the use of traditional fax machines. IFB brings new life
to the conventional fax machine in this Internet age.
It connects to a conventional fax machine to send fax messages
via the Internet (without an intervening computer) and elimi-
nates the costs of international and domestic long distance
charges.
IFB is an open system; it does not require the receiver to
have
the same equipment.
About Carlos Salum
Carlos Salum is the Vice President of Marketing at 3iNet, Inc.
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an Internet faxing solutions provider based in Houston, TX.
The company also owns FaxTel, Inc., GoToFax, Inc. and
3iLinux, Inc.
He is former V.P. of IntellectualContent Management at M3
Technologies, Inc., a company focused on developing private
digital television networks for the hospitality industry. He is
also
former President of Solnet, Inc., an Internet content-brokerage
firm.
For more information, please go to our web site at
http://www.worldinternetcenter.com and click on the hyperlink
for Carlos Salum at the top left corner.
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***CHURCHILL CLUB PANEL, NOVEMBER 4TH:
"SILICON VALLEY'S CAMPUS CRUSADE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES"
Dr. Venilde Jeronimo, the Silicon Valley World Internet
Center's Director of Programs, will be moderating a
luncheon panel discussion on "Silicon Valley's Campus
Crusade in Developing Countries," sponsored by the
Churchill Club on
Thursday, November 4
from 11:30-1:15 p.m
at the Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel,
4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto.
T.: 650/857-0787
Beside Venilde, the panel includes:
David Randle Woods, Rhodes University, South Africa
Jeff Cooks, NEC Computer Systems Division
Peter Duignan, Hoover Institution
For more information and to register, go to
http://www.churchillclub.com
Content of the Panel discussion:
Opening up technology markets abroad requires opening up
educational opportunity for under-privileged and technically
disadvantaged populations.
At a special internationally-focused Churchill Club luncheon,
the panel of experts will address:
* Where and how Silicon Valley companies can make
a
difference in retrofitting the ailing and over-burdened higher
education system in third world countries
* What type of incentives corporations must provide
technical training infrastructures and fund workforce and student
education programs to further the market for their products and
services?
* Which technology companies are taking the lead in
enlightened self-interest programs abroad and the benefits these
companies are realizing from their efforts?
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***THINK TANK SESSION ON E-PROCUREMENT, NOVEMBER 17
"Break Those Chains! Synchronized Supply
Chain Management in
the Internet Age: A Focus on Mid-sized Business
Needs and Solutions"
The upcoming November Think Tank Session (TTS) is on
synchronized supply chain management in the Internet age, with
a
focus on mid-size business needs and solutions.
This INVITATION ONLY SESSION brings approximately 40 participants
in
senior decision-making positions, including suppliers and
customers,
together for an in-depth and focused collaborative discussion on
this
issue. Specifically, the focus is to delineate the needs
and possible
solutions to these needs of supply chain providers and customers.
The TTS discussion covers three areas:
Session I: Aligning Business and Supply Chain Strategy (Needs)
The focus is on synchronized supply chains (new technologies and
the WWW as a supply chain strategy, synchronized operations,
value of supply chain partners) and how companies can better
enable efficient supply chain operations.
- How should companies collaborate with supply chain partners?
- What are the existing business strategies for collaboration?
- Is collaboration a given or are there exceptions?
- How do technology and the Internet become key enablers of innovative
supply chain strategies?
- Should supply chain organizations be restructured and re-skilled
to
achieve these goals? If so, in what way?
(II) Collaborating on Planning and Execution
The focus is on the implementation of collaborative planning with
supply chain partners, assessing its enhanced value and whether
it
has become a requirement for 'survival.' Three areas of planning
and execution will be discussed:
1. Demand planning
2. Order fulfillment
3. Joint-capacity planning
How to eliminate or substantially lessen the type of incremental
distortion that occurs when each company responds to its
own interpretation of supply and demand?
What is the best approach(s) capable of approximating customer
demand for orders, instead of basing orders on forecasts?
What strategies can be employed for the supply chain to be able
to
cut back large or long-lasting fluctuations in customer demand?
(III) Implementing the Right Enabling Technologies.
The focus is on legacy systems issues and implementing new
technologies. The traditional Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Systems are known to be enormously complex and centered around
a single ERP vendor with little impact on supply chain performance.
New technologies are available and often need to be integrated
into
existing ERP systems. This often leads to replacement of legacy
(mostly mainframe-based) systems with new architectures that span
the entire company. Three areas of technology advances influencing
implementation will be discussed:
- Software and Hardware
- Convergence and Expansion of ERP Systems and Supply Chain
Planning Software
- Internet, System Architecture Design, and Business-to-Business
(B2B) Collaboration
**For inquiries regarding the Nov. 17 and future Think Tank
Sessions, please contact Venilde Jeronimo, the Center's Director
of
Program.
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***MILLENNIUM PUB, DECEMBER 2ND: COME MEET THE SPONSORS
It's never to early to prepare for a great party! Join us for our
Holiday Pub on December 2nd, the last of our Pubs for 1999.
Look for more information in forthcoming e-newsletters.
Representatives of all of our Executive Sponsors (Deutsche Telekom,
Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Amdocs)
will be in attendance.
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JOIN US FOR OUR WEEKLY PUB
Come join us for our weekly pub this, and every Thursday,
from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
As always, the Pub is a great place to come and meet people
from the Silicon Valley and all over the world. Representatives
from small start-ups to big companies are making the Center Pub
THE place to be on Thursday evenings.
"The best reason to take off work early on Thursdays!"
Please note that there are only 4 more Pub nights left in this
millennium!
Please note that the Pub will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, November
25.
For directions, please visit http://worldinternetcenter.com then
click on "directions" in the navigation bar.
Pub Talks begin around 6 p.m.
Parking: The Stanford Barn's parking lot is undergoing major
construction. Please leave yourself extra time for
finding a parking space.
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If you have any questions or comments, please contact our
Program Manager, Lucian Dixon
Lucian Dixon
Program Manager
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
700 Welch Rd., Suite 250
Palo Alto, CA 94304
phone: 650-462-9800
fax: 650-462-9818
http://www.worldinternetcenter.com
ldixon@worldinternetcenter.com
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