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******************* AT THE CENTER ******************
************* The electronic newsletter of the ************
*********** Silicon Valley World Internet
Center ***********
**************** Tuesday, July 18, 2000 ***************
The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Executive Sponsors
-- IBM Corporation, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Deutsche Telekom, Hewlett-Packard
Company, and Amdocs, Inc.-- for their continuing support.
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE: http://www.worldinternetcenter.com
Past copies of our newsletters and directions to the Center are
available on the website.
ALL PROGRAMS ARE HELD AT THE CENTER UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.
***PRE-PUB TECH DEMO: THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2000 IBM’S WEBSPHERE
VOICE SERVER
From 4:00-5:00p.m. Open to the Public
***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2000 "ENABLING YOUR WEBSITE FOR
VOICE ACCESS"
By Ms. Janet Wittkopf, IBM Corporation Open to the Public
***SPECIAL GUESTS TO THE CENTER PUB: JULY 20: UK AND FINLAND
***ROUNDTABLE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2000 "FUNDS ON THE RUN: BILLING
AND MOBILE COMMERCE"
Registration Necessary. Limited to 20 Participants.
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2000
"TAKING THE FOOD CHAIN FROM MESSAGE-BASED TO REAL TIME, TODAY"
by Daniel Reese, CEO, ifoodnet, inc.
Open to the Public
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***PRE-PUB TECH DEMO and PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2000
"ENABLING YOUR WEBSITE FOR VOICE ACCESS"
By Ms. Janet Wittkopf, IBM Corporation
NOTE: Special Demo of IBM’s Websphere Voice Server from 4:00
– 5:00 p.m. Pre-Pub.
Open to the public. No fee.
Regular Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m. Open to the Public
ABOUT IBM’s WEBSPHERE VOICE SERVER (announced in June 2000)
IBM WebSphere Voice Server with ViaVoice Technology allows delivery
of voice applications based on industry standard VoiceXML, helping
businesses leverage their investments in Web and call center technologies
to deliver e-business solutions. VoiceXML complements today’s Wireless
Application Protocol (WAP) to allow the delivery of voice applications
for the mobile Internet. IBM is combining its world-wide experience
in telephony and the Internet with its unique ViaVoice speech recognition
technology, to provide more natural and easy-to-use, end-to-end
solutions that deliver faster, more natural access to information
from anywhere at anytime with any device. By 2003, 30 percent of
the US workforce will use speech recognition on a daily basis. Cahners
Instat predicts the market for voice technology will be worth over
$30 billion by 2006 in the US alone. IBM is the only company that
can offer an end-to-end platform for voice solutions from the desktop,
embedded device and telephone to the enterprise and the Internet.
Voice joins other key technologies like WebSphere and MQ Series,
to complete the framework for business transformation in this new
economy with millions of companies, communicating with billions
of people and trillions of devices. IBM believes that to truly transform
e-business, there are three key phases that a company must implement:
* Webify fundamental business processes to maximize assets and enter
e-commerce.
* Grow and adapt the e-business to meet changing market requirements.
* Differentiate e-business practices to win the marketplace.
For more information about IBM Voice Systems, visit
http:www.ibm.com/software/voice.
ABOUT IBM
With over 30 years of research and development and a portfolio of
more than 100 voice technology patents, IBM is the global leader
in providing access to data through end-to-end voice integrated
solutions that enable organizational effectiveness for e-business
development.
ABOUT JANET WITTKOPF
Janet Wittkopf is a Client Executive within IBM’s Voice Systems
Solutions Group. She has experience in business development of many
new market segments for IBM which focus on using IBM’s technologies
to enable B2B and B2C e Commerce ventures. Janet’s prior position
was in the healthcare industry assisting clients in the development
and use of web-based solutions to share healthcare information and
improve the qualtity of patient care.
***SPECIAL GUESTS TO THE CENTER PUB: JULY 20: UK AND FINLAND
Please join us at the Pub on Thursday evening, July 20th, to welcome
two international groups to the Valley.
A group of twenty professionals from Finland, sponsored by Digital
Media in Business will be joining us. Digital Media in Business
program is offered for Finns with diverse backgrounds, both academically
or professionally, who are now working or interested in working
with digital media and Internet-related themes. The aim of the program
is to offer the participants recent knowledge to help further develop
their competencies within digital business and the Internet environment.
The program consists of lectures, company presentations and networking
events. In addition to these, the participants work on projects
for high tech companies (mostly new media, Internet and software
companies) in Finland. Some of the companies represented are Helinski
Media, Apimed International, DIGIA Inc, and Quartal Interactive.
The second international group at the Pub this week hails from the
UK. They are attending Shelly Taylors Silicon Valley Tour. The companies
they represent are British Gas; Magenta Assets, LTD; Imago QA and
Rev-Gen PLC.
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***ROUNDTABLE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2000 "FUNDS ON THE RUN: BILLING
AND MOBILE COMMERCE"
Registration Necessary. Limited to 20 Participants.
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Open to the Public. No Fee.
PROGRAM
Twenty participants will come together for an interactive roundtable
discussion to exchange knowledge on the important, but often overlooked,
issue of billing and mobile commerce (mCommerce). Recent discussion
usually centers around the "killer applications" and security issues
of mCommerce. What about issues concerning a complete billing systems
solutions for mCommerce? What are the challenges for next generation
service providers, including mobile and application service providers
(ASPs) in this area? Will there be an integrated, open solutions
available or will solutions be more proprietary? TAP (Transfer Account
Procedure) is the adopted GSM standard for billing records. Will
this standard predominate? What about other standards? Is there
a leading billing provider for mCommerce or are providers still
to emerge? Or will traditional communications billing companies
predominate? What are the business issues providers need to consider
in this area and what challenges and obstacles will they face? mCommerce)
is expected to take off within the next years in the United States
which lags behind the European and Asian markets. What issue differences
exist for the America versus the European and Asian markets?
PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION
This Roundtable discussion is tailored to participants with a background
in technology, business development, or marketing and are fully
engaged and conversant in Mobile Commerce (mCommerce). Registration
is limited to 20 participants. To register, send a short bio and
summary of your company to:
Sara K. Dean
Program Assistant
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Em: sdean@worldinternetcenter.com
For further information about this Roundtable or other programs
at the Center, contact:
Venilde Jeronimo Director of Programs
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Em: venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
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***PUB TALK: THURSDAY JULY 27, 2000
"TAKING THE FOOD CHAIN FROM MESSAGE BASED TO REAL TIME, TODAY"
by Daniel Reese, CEO, ifoodnet, inc.
ABOUT IFOODNET, INC.
ifoodnet, inc. (http://www.ifoodnet.com)
is dedicated to providing food businesses and their service providers
with a simple, innovative web-based business environment. ifoodnet
has deployed a simple web-based solution for food companies to minor
product information, quality tracking, contract negotiation and
order management and tracking. The system provides a shared environment
for real-time business and transactions. ifoodnet is partnering
with top-tier service providers, to create an environment that give
users a simple, seamless view of the information they need to make
decisions with their customers, vendors and service providers. ifoodnet
is creating a community of companies that can provide a much higher
level of service than each company individually. The ifoodnet platform
is transparent within the customers website, powered by ifoodnet.com,
thus enabling food companies for eBusiness, today.
ABOUT DANIEL REESE
Daniel Reese, CEO of ifoodnet, has been working with food companies
for many years on how to improve communication and the flow of information
through the use of technology. Prior to founding ifoodnet, Dan started
a consulting company for small-to-medium-sized companies, which
included taking the post as Director of Business Development during
the start-up of another successful food B2B company. Dan has proven
experience in leadership, strategic management, business development,
financial management, supply chain management, sales and marketing.
He has worked with companies such as Dreyers Grand Ice Cream, TCBY,
Smuckers and the GAP.
For more information contact:
Dan@ifoodnet.com or info@ifoodnet.com
http://www.ifoodnet.com
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***JOIN US FOR OUR WEEKLY PUB
Come join us for our weekly pub, every Thursday from 5:00 - 7:00
p.m. The Pub Talk begins at 6 p.m.
The Pub gathers 100-120 mid- to high-level executives every week
and, as always, is a great place to come and meet people from the
Silicon Valley and all over the world. Representatives from small
start-ups and major companies to venture capital and academic join
in the exchange at the Center Pub. It's...
"The best reason to take off work early on Thursdays."
For directions, please visit http://www.worldinternetcenter.com
and click on "directions" in the navigation bar. The dress is casual
and there is no fee to attend. Just bring your good ideas!
Companies with an interest in giving a Pub Talk should contact
Venilde Jeronimo, the Center's Director of Programs, by email (venilde@worldinternetcenter.com).
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*** For inquiries or to unsubscribe to this newsletter, contact
Sara K. Dean, the Center's Program Assistant, by email (sdean@worldinternetcenter.com)
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