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***************** AT THE CENTER ***************** *********** The electronic newsletter of the ********** ********** Silicon Valley World Internet Center ******** ************* Wednesday, May 16, 2000 ************* The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Executive Sponsors --IBM, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Deutsche Telekom, Hewlett-Packard Company,and Amdocs, Inc.-- for their continuing support. ***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2000 ***SUMMARY OF, PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY,
MAY 10, 2000 ***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2000 ***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2000 ***PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2000 ***THINK TANK SESSION: THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2000 ******************************************** Dr. Robert Cooper, a Fellow of the Center, will be in San Jose, June 5, offering a day-long dynamic session on emotional intelligence for leaders and managers in the corporate sector. Members of the Center's staff and Advisory Board have attended and found this to be an extraordinary learning and inspirational event. We are pleased to offer a special discount to the Center's constituents. Please see the information below. "Lessons In Leadership" is pleased to host Dr. Robert Cooper, author of "Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations", on June 5 at the Wyndham Hotel in San Jose. This full day program, "Emotional Intelligence: Excelling Under Pressure," will teach you and others from your organization how to increase effectiveness, vitality, and personal satisfaction in your work day. Dr. Cooper's techniques for combining science, philosophy, and leadership skills have produced positive results for many of the world's most successful companies such as 3M, Sun Microsystems, Ford, Hyatt, Arthur Andersen and Novartis. His books have been published in 19 languages and 45 countries and have been recognized as the leading voice in the practical business applications of the science of "emotional intelligence." Save $60 per person by registering before May 22. By registering today, you and your coworkers can take advantage of the Early Bird Special of $239 per person versus the regular rate of $299. Ticket price includes all refreshments, materials, lunch, and Dr. Cooper's latest book, "Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations." Spend the day with Dr. Cooper and learn how to combine the intelligence of your heart and head, and how to hold to integrity while flowing with problems instead of getting overwhelmed or derailed by them. For more information concerning this event on June 5 in San Jose or to reserve space for you and your team today, please contact Wendy Gillespie at 1-800-760-0593, ext. 1029 or e-mail her at wgillespie@wyn.com. *************************************** Our main focus for our monthly Pubs, Think Tank Sessions, and other programs for May is on eBusiness and eServices for both B2B and B2C. *************************************** Sixty-five participants were at the Center for a stimulating andinteractive panel discussion on the future of Internet trading communities last Wednesday. The Center acknowledges the excellent facilitation provided by Mr. George Sidman. We would like to thank Mr.Sidman and the panelists for sharing key insights on this topic. MODERATOR George Sidman, Founder & President, Monterey Network Center (http://www.montereynet.net) PANEL OF EXPERTS During the two-hour interactive panel discussion, the panelists and audience members identified key issues facing companies and Internet trading communities in the next 12-18 months. Below is a summary. GENERAL ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES * Definition of the "marketplace" needs to be clearly defined. Specifically, what is a public and a private marketplace and how are they merging? * Vertical trading exchanges will grow, some will fail, but they will not stop on just purchasing, but will be trading all types of information. * Securing partners is key for the survival of public exchanges. * To become more credible to the business community, vertical exchanges need to be complemented by horizontal exchanges, comprised of financial institutions which are already established and reputable organizations. * Significant market players will need to deploy their own exchanges. Specifically, there is a need for existing models built on open standards, which, in turn, bring and create value. * The Internet has not been built to handle structured data, thus, does not support data communications. Need to have EDI-related services over the Internet. The network needs structure and intelligence built into it. * Backend automation is a must, allowing the exchanges to connect to a company's existing central process for inventory, manufacturing, etc. For instance, applications for order fulfillment have yet to be built into the fulfillment process. * There is a need to build backend integration and leverage exchanges to grow existing businesses. * There needs to be a new ways of "thinking" to accompany the paradigm shift in the industry. This new thinking will drive value creation. * Time is needed for people to see the value of trading exchanges. Eventually this will all balance out with traditional business values, but we need to allow time for perceptions to mature. * Social issues are traditionally seen as barriers, costs, or fears, but technologies enable social issues to become opportunities. * A push from the market will provide the 'speed' for further market developments for commercial exchanges. This push will come from the demand and supply side. KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES 1. Web-centric/actionable KEY SOCIAL ISSUES 1. commodification; margin erosion FACTORS FOR SUCCESS OF INTERNET EXCHANGES 1. Getting people to see benefits and value - the new "thinking'" *************************************** ABOUT INFORMATIVE, INC. Founded in 1996, Informative, Inc. is the leading application service provider (ASP) of real-time interactive e-business intelligence solutions. Informative collects essential customer interaction data across multiple channels and distributes actionable intelligence directly to decision-makers. Informative removes the costs, risks and complexities associated with installing expensive software, performing time-consuming programming and conducting burdensome administrative operations. Informative is based in South San Francisco. Informative, Inc. ABOUT KEVIN BENNETT Kevin Bennett is the Vice President of Business Development at Informative, Inc. In this capacity, he is responsible for executing Informative's strategic mission. He is a seasoned business development professional with over 8 years of experience in the knowledge management andbusiness intelligence industries. Most recently he has served over 2 years with Informative crafting ebusiness intelligence strategies for Informative's business partners and direct clients that include: C|Net,Amazon, Egghead, Nortel, eToys, eBay, Forbes, TheStreet.com, Hewlett-Packard Company, Nokia and others. *************************************** By Hartmut Schwesinger, CEO, Frankfurt Economic Development GmbH Hartmut Schwesinger will discuss technical and business opportunities in the Frankfurt region for your company to take advantage of one of Europe's most dynamic and future oriented clusters of the Telecom and E-Businesses. With major international telecom-companies, such as MCIWorldCom, Deutsche Telekom, Colt Telecom, Level3, Metromedia Fiber Networks, Frankfurt offers plenty of opportunities for new market entrants. Adding to this excellent infrastructure is Continental Europe's largest internet knot, the so called "DE-CIX", which amounts to 85% of all German internet traffic, Frankfurt therefore truly is the "heart" of the German Internet. ABOUT FRANKFURT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GMBH The Frankfurt/Rhine Main region is strategically located in the center of Europe. As most major European cities are accessible within two hours by plane car or train, you can do business in almost every European market in "one" business day. Through the largest airport on the European continent with the most connections to North-America (280 per week), the concept of international business becomes more practical. San Francisco is just 10 hours away from Frankfurt. Frankfurt is the No. 1 location for financial services in Europe. The European Central Bank and the Deutsche Bank are the largest of 375 banks located in this region. This strong financial presence gives you fast access to capital for your investments. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange - one of the most important in Europe, with its Neuer Markt, offers going public as the perfect continuation of and conclusion to Venture Capital investments in young and growing companies. The Neuer Markt is Europe's No.1 trading place for technology stocks. ABOUT HARMUT SCHWESINGER Dr. Hartmut Schwesinger has been Chief Executive of Frankfurt Economic Development GmbH since January 1, 1994. Dr. Schwesinger was the first to introduce an Internet homepage for Frankfurt in 1994/95, picking up early trends from the Silicon Valley he called this platform "Frankfurt Digital Marketplace." (http://www.frankfurt-business.de). Prior to this, he worked for Deutsche Shell AG of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. *************************************** 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Silicon Valley World Internet Center Executive Sponsors of and others associated with the Center will discuss the Open Source Movement. Is open source software (previously known as freeware) creating a new vision for the software industry? If so, will it succeed and where is it going? The various essays in the controversial 1999 volume "Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution" clearly claim open development builds better software and emphasize that businesses can leverage freely available software for a competitive business advantage. The Open Source Movement has rocketed and divided the software industry. s the widespread adoption of Linux, Perl, and Apache a trend or a revolution for the software industry? What about the corporate support given to the Open Source Movement by IBM, Netscape, and Oracle? Will the opposition voiced by Microsoft be heard by software developers? Is this a Microsoft-centric issue or is it a larger issue, calling for new directions in the future of software development? Come participate in our open dialogue with our panel on this fast-growing movement. Further information in upcoming newsletters. *************************************** What mission-critical mobile applications will permeate the next 12-18 month B2B markets? What challenges will technologists face to arrive at these new applications? What factors will define successful business implementation of today's existing mobile applications? And, which aspects of mobile business needs will call for new technologies and applications? Twenty-five invitation only participants will contribute to defining the challenges, obstacles, and current and future solutions of real world case studies in the business realm of mobile computing. During this Think Tank Session participants will create solutions around several real world case studies on transportation and financial markets (tba). The objective of the Think Tank Session is to delineate key challenges to existing mobile business cases and to outline technological and business applications as possible solutions. Guiding questions for the Think Tank Session: * Now that we live in a mobile workplace, what mobile applications and scenarios will will permeate the next B2B 12-18 month markets? * More importantly, what B2B mobile computing applications need to be developed in order for them to become mainstream? Are there business scenarios we can anticipate? * What logistical or information problems can now be resolved in the New Economy's mobile marketplace through the development of these applications? * What new technology problems do we face in the mobile marketplace and which ones can we still not resolve? * How do we integrate and deliver information from traditional, centralized communications systems to mobile devices? And to what extent does the centralized system need to be aware that users are mobile? * How can we better implement existing mobile applications? What are the obstacles? * What challenges can we expect for the deployment of mobile applications and how can we prepare to meet and implement them? For possible participation, contact the Center's Director of Programs, Venilde Jeronimo, by email (venilde@worldinternetcenter.com). *************************************** Come join us for our weekly pub, every Thursday from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub Talk begins around 6 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 major companies 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. Just bring your good ideas! Pub Talks are by invitation only, but companies with an interest in giving a Pub Talk should contact Venilde Jeronimo, the Center's Director of Programs, by email (venilde@worldinternetcenter.com). *************************************** For inquiries or to unsubscribe to this newsletter, contact Lucian Dixon, the Center's Office Manager by email (ldixon@worldinternetcenter.com).
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