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*********** The electronic newsletter of the **********
********** Silicon Valley World Internet
Center ********
************* Tuesday, October 26, 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 - newly updated!! (with more
changes to come!)
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**PUB TALK OCTOBER 28TH: LES LAKY OF INTERNET INNOVATIONS
**WELCOME TO THE DEUTSCHE TELEKOMFORUM, ATTENDING THE OCT. 28TH
PUB
**PUB TALK NOVEMBER 4TH: CARLOS SALUM OF 3iNET
**MINI-SUMMARY OF THINK TANK SESSION ON OCT.13TH, '99 ON WIRELESS
TECHNOLOGIES
**CHURCHILL CLUB PANEL, NOV 4, 1999, INCLUDING OUR DIRECTOR OF
PROGRAMS
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JOIN US FOR OUR WEEKLY PUB
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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 nights.
Please note that there are only 5 more Pub nights left in this
millennium!
The Pub will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.
For directions, please visit http://www.worldinternetcenter.com
and click on “directions”
Pub Talks begins around 6 p.m.
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**PUB TALK OCTOBER 28TH: LES LAKY OF INTERNET INNOVATIONS
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"LIGHTING UP A START-UP"
The presentation will focus on Internet Inventions
( http://www.internetinventions.com) of Palo Alto and how it helps
develop start-up companies.
About Internet Inventions
Internet Inventions is a unique resource of out-of-the-box
thinkers and entrepreneurs
in Silicon Valley.The current projects include
- DomainWorld.com for fast and easy registration of MU domains
- NetAttach (www.netattach.com) developing the first and very cost-effective
NetArrays gigabit data appliance scalable from 54 GBytes to 4.6
TBytes, and
- NETmachines (www.netmachines.net) producing the space-saving
one U high
RedRak Linux server for the Internet.
The four founders of Internet Inventions (Bob Evans, Rod
Beckwith, Les Laky, and Bob Marzewski) are all high-technology
and Internet veterans, having played founding roles in several
start-ups including ISP Channel.
About Les Laky
Les Laky holds the position of VP of Sales of Internet Inventions.
He is a high-tech visionary, strategist and implementer with
over 30-years of experience in a wide range of businesses from start-ups
(like MediaCity) to multi-nationals (e.g., 16 years with Nortel).
Les is much sought after for his knowledge of Internet services,
infrastructure technologies and telecommunication applications.
In fact, in consultation with Les, the Silicon Valley World Internet
Center switched to a cable modem for its high speed Internet
access. Les has been a pioneer in this technology, working first
with the visionary company First PacificNetworks in the early 90s
to offer a combined telecommunications and energy management system
on hybrid fiber/coax cable then with the ISP Channel helping it
become the third largest turnkey cable modem provider in the U.S.
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**WELCOME TO THE DEUTSCHE TELEKOMFORUM AT THE OCT. 28TH PUB
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We welcome The Deutsche TelekomForum, a distinguished group
of CEOs and CIOs from various German companies to our Oct. 28th
Pub.
We hope you'll attend our Pub this week to help us welcome
our German visitors.
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**PUB TALK NOVEMBER 4TH: CARLOS SALUM OF 3iNET
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"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 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 eliminates 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. -- 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 Intellectual Content 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.
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**HOLIDAY PUB DECEMBER 2ND
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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.
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**MINI-SUMMARY OF THINK TANK SESSION ON OCT.13, 1999 ON WIRELESS
TECHNOLOGIES
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THE CONVERGENCE OF DATA AND MOBILITY
The wireless space is rapidly expanding. In this Think Thank
Session (TTS) we explored data and mobility, the supporting technologies,
their deployment and usage. In particular we sought to identify
future business opportunities to fill gaps in the quest for users
to communicate and create content while crossing boundaries in time,
place and function.
KEY FINDINGS
* Rapid changes in technology and the drive to capture customers
are resulting in a high level of investment and partnering.
* Infrastructure and deployment strategies are proliferating alongside
high-risk business models.
* The customer is faced with competing solutions and standards
with no clear winners. The satisfaction level with mobile wireless
services is low, allowing growth opportunities for companies able
to provide a better solution.
* The ultimate mobile wireless solution being "no device"
resting upon a public infrastructure providing access to any data,
anywhere, anytime.
* Best quote: " Freedom with a leash"
* Best business idea: "Co-opetition.com"
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**CHURCHILL CLUB PANEL, NOV 4, 1999, INCLUDING OUR DIRECTOR OF
PROGRAMS
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"SILICON VALLEY'S CAMPUS CRUSADE IN DEVLEOPING COUNTRIES"
Venilde Jeronimo, the 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 at the Crowne
Plaza Cabana Hotel in Palo Alto. Beside Venilde, the panel includes:
David Randle Woods, Rhodes University, South Africa
Jeff Cooks, NEC Computer Systems Division
Peter Duignan, Hoover Institution
If you're interested in attending the luncheon, please contact
the Churchill Club at 408.371.4460.
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?
For more information and to register, go to
http://www.churchillclub.com
This program is generously sponsored by Neale-May & Partners
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If you have any questions or comments, please contact our Program
Manager, Lucian Dixon (ldixon@worldinternetcenter.com). Thanks.
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