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************* The electronic newsletter of the ***********
*********** Silicon Valley World Internet
Center **********
************ Tuesday, September 26, 2000 *************
The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Executive Sponsors
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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.
***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2000
"METIOM: POWERING INTERNET-BASED eMARKETPLACES"
By Dr. Marguerite Raaen, Vice President of Business Development,
Metiom, Inc. (formerly Intelisys Electronic Commerce)
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk starts at 6:00 p.m. Open to the public.
***TALK AND DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
"A LOOK INTO THE UNIVERSAL DESCRIPTION, DISCOVERY, AND INTEGRATION
(UDDI) PROJECT"
By Mr. Siva Darivemula, Technology Market Manager, IBM Corporation
7:00 p.m. No charge. Open to the public.
Location: Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, CA
***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2000
"FUJITSU: EXPANDING INTO THE NEW ECONOMY"
By Mr. Masaaki Isomura, Executive Director, Strategic Planning,
Fujitsu Software Corporation
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk starts at 6:00 p.m. Open to the public.
***EXECUTIVE SEMINAR: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2000
"PROTECTING YOUR HUMAN CAPITAL"
The Silicon Valley World Internet Center is pleased to announce
a special executive seminar series in collaboration with its Knowledge
Network Partner, High Performance Resources (HPR).
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Limited to 30 participants. Registration necessary.
Open to the public.
***INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2000
"WHAT’S ALL THE HYPE ABOUT VOICE? APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES
FOR THE NEXT 12-18 MONTH MARKET"
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Limited to 60 participants. Registration recommended.
Open to the public.
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***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2000
"METIOM: POWERING INTERNET-BASED eMARKETPLACES"
By Dr. Marguerite Raaen, Vice President of Business Development,
Metiom, Inc. (formerly Intelisys Electronic Commerce)
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk starts at 6:00 p.m. Open to the public.
Marguerite Raaen will discuss the phenomenal growth of Internet-based
eMarketplaces that bring sponsors and their customers together to
increase their purchasing power, grow revenues and strengthen relationships.
These online exchanges, which include ePurchase, sponsored by Chase
Manhattan Bank; Intuit's QuickBooks Purchasing Service; First Union
Corporation's small and medium-sized business exchange; and Commonfind,
the first electronic marketplace designed specifically for the education
market, are being rolled out to more than six million businesses
with over $1 trillion in annual purchasing power.
Ms. Raaen will explain Metiom ConnectTrade, a product suite that
enables electronic inter-networking of buyers and suppliers that
allows purchasers to order goods and services online directly from
suppliers' electronic catalogues. Metiom ConnectTrade products fully
support leading Internet commerce standards and are easily integrated
into a buying organization's existing systems. The Metiom ConnectTrade
solution powers Internet purchasing for Global 2000 corporations
and large public sector entities. It also provides the foundation
for eMarketplaces where buyers and sellers of all sizes and levels
of technological sophistication can trade. Each Metiom-powered marketplace
allows buyers to search, compare and purchase goods and services
from a vast array of suppliers, create purchase orders and choose
a payment method, track and control their purchasing. And…suppliers
have the unique ability to manage the look, feel and content of
their own catalogue.
ABOUT MARGUERITE RAAEN
Marguerite Raaen joined Metiom from IBM where she held various
senior level management positions in sales, marketing, product development,
and research. At Metiom, Dr. Raaen is responsible for directing
the firm's business development efforts. As manager of IBM's Emerging
Technologies department, she led a distinguished group of PhD's
in exploring new technologies for IBM's top customer accounts. Her
work in expert systems and intelligent agents led to several joint
industry engagements for IBM. Dr. Raaen and her worldwide team in
IBM's CIO's office improved IBM.com by introducing a new, self-service
design for Contact IBM. The initiative, the result of data gathered
from thousands of international eMails and customer trials, dramatically
cut the cost of handling over 50,000 monthly customer eMails, and
led to new customers for IBM in eMail management, data mining, and
web self-service. Dr. Raaen holds several degrees in psychology,
education, and computer science. She has authored two books and
120 papers. In 1999, she and her teammates won a patent for IBM
in Natural Language Processing/Categorization technology.
ABOUT METIOM
Metiom, Inc. (pronounced Mee-tee-um and formerly Intelisys Electronic
Commerce) (http://www.metiom.com),
is a leading provider of eMarketplace solutions used by Global 2000
companies, large public sector organizations, and small businesses.
The Metiom ConnectTrade(tm) suite of products is a dynamic, open
e-procurement solution that connects businesses of all sizes as
buyers and suppliers over the Internet to deliver the true promise
of B2B eCommerce. Metiom ConnectTrade automates corporate purchasing
online and is based on open standards, real-time Supplier-Managed
Catalogs and Point-and-Click Purchasing. Metiom solutions deliver
the easiest and fastest way to dramatically reduce the high cost
of enterprise purchasing while generating new revenue streams by
turning buyers into suppliers overnight.
For further information on Metiom, visit their website: (http://www.metiom.com)
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***TALK AND DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
"A LOOK INTO THE UNIVERSAL DESCRIPTION, DISCOVERY, AND INTEGRATION
(UDDI) PROJECT"
By Mr. Siva Darivemula, Technology Market Manager, IBM Corporation
7:00 p.m. No charge. Open to the public.
Location: Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, CA
Siva Darivemula will discuss the recently announced UDDI project,
a collaborative effort by IBM, Ariba, Microsoft and others. UDDI
stands for Universal Description, Discovery and Integration. This
project intends to speed interoperability and adoption of Web-based
services through a standards-based specification for service description
and discovery and shared operation of a business registry on the
Web. Web designers, developers, and strategists as well as others
are invited to attend. Everyone is encouraged to pass along this
information.
NOTE: THIS TALK WILL NOT HELD AT THE CENTER.
The Talk will be held at Cypress Semiconductor in San Jose. For
further information:
Desiree Orate
Co-Chair, Webguild Technical Development-SIG
Tel: 408.252.1926
Em: Desiree_ORATE@adecco.com
http://www.webguild.org
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***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2000
"FUJITSU: EXPANDING INTO THE NEW ECONOMY"
By Mr. Masaaki Isomura, Executive Director, Strategic Planning,
Fujitsu Software Corporation
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk starts at 6:00 p.m. Open to the public.
The rapid expansion of the Internet is dramatically changing individual
lifestyles and the conduct of business throughout the world, presenting
tremendous new challenges and opportunities. Mr. Masaaki Isomura
will discuss how Fujitsu is positioned to help its customers succeed
in this dynamic new era by focusing squarely on their needs; and
by leveraging Fujitsu's technological strengths, highly reliable
products and services, and global expertise in systems and services
to deliver solutions that unleash the infinite possibilities of
the Internet.
ABOUT MASAAKI ISOMURA
Masaaki Isomura is the Executive Director of Strategic Planning
for Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in San Jose, California.
Mr. Isomura has been with Fujitsu Limited for more than 25 years.
He began his career with Fujitsu as a software engineer and has
been working on business strategy for the last five years. Over
the last two years, Mr. Isomura has been in the United States helping
Fujitsu Software Corporation develop relationships with Internet-related
software-technology providers.
ABOUT FUJITSU
Around the world, the Fujitsu (http://www.fujitsu.com)
name stands for advanced technology, quality, creativity and reliability.
Fujitsu had consolidated revenues in the amount of 5.26 trillion
yen ($49.6 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000. Fujitsu's
pace-setting technologies, world-class computing and telecommunications
platforms, and global corps of over 60,000 systems and service experts
make it uniquely positioned to harness the power of the Internet
to help its customers succeed.
For further information:
Mr. Masaaki Isomura
Executive Director of Strategic Planning
Fujitsu Software Corporation
Em: iso@fs.fujitusu.com
http://www.fujitsu.com
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***EXECUTIVE SEMINAR: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2000
"PROTECTING YOUR HUMAN CAPITAL"
The Silicon Valley World Internet Center is pleased to announce
the second executive seminar in a 3-part series in collaboration
with its Knowledge Network Partner, High Performance Resources (HPR).
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Open to the public. Limited to 30 participants.
Registration necessary.
FEE
$25.00 (Payable day of seminar by cash or check)
(No charge to Sponsors of the Silicon Valley World Internet Center)
OVERVIEW
The most important management challenge today to building an organization
is how best to protect your human capital. The Saratoga Institute
estimates that for every 4 individuals whose earnings are between
$80 to $120K per annum, the cost of replacement exceeds $l million!
This seminar will explore the 'Best Practices' currently being used
and developed for protection of human capital as well as how your
company can implement a process for retaining your human capital..
This seminar will also discuss protection economics and the factors
responsible for human capital loss.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Mid- to high-level management from rapid growth organizations (dot.coms
and small companies) seeking to understand how to better attract,
retain and convert human capital to shareholder value.
ABOUT HIGH PERFORMANCE RESOURCES (HPR)
High Performances Resources is a strategic, growth consulting firm
specializing in developing programs for the attraction and retention
of human capital. This series is part 3 and 4 of their course, "Creating
Wealth in the Knowledge Economy" recently conducted at Georgetown
University's MBA program. HPR is a Knowledge Network Partner of
the Silicon Valley World Internet Center.
REGISTRATION
Sara K. Dean
Program Manager
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Em: sdean@worldinternetcenter.com
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***INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2000
"WHAT’S ALL THE HYPE ABOUT VOICE? APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES
FOR THE NEXT 12-18 MONTH MARKET"
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Open to the public. Limited to 60 participants. Registration recommended.
There is a limit of 60 participants
Fee: $10 (payable by check or cash day of program)
(No fee to Sponsors of the Center)
This Interactive Panel Discussion is a follow-up program to the
Think Tank Session on voice-driven enterprise applications that
took place at the Center on September 13, 2000. A distinguished
panel of experts from the Think Tank Session will be discussing
the deployment of voice and speech-recognition technologies and
applications for the next 12-18 month markets.
To register, please contact:
Sara K. Dean
Program Manager
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Em: sdean@worldinternetcenter.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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K. Dean, the Center's Program Manager, by email (sdean@worldinternetcenter.com).
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