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****************** AT THE CENTER ******************
************* The electronic newsletter of the ***********
*********** Silicon Valley World Internet Center **********
*************** Tuesday, April 24, 2001***************

 

The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Sponsors for their continuing support:

EXECUTIVE SPONSORS

* Amdocs, Inc http://www.Amdocs.com
* Deutsche Telekom http://www.dtag.de/english/index.htm
* Fujitsu http://www.Fujitsu.com
* IBM Corporation http://www.ibm.com
* SAP http://www.mysap.com
* Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com

AFFILIATE SPONSOR

* Metiom, Inc. http://www.metiom.com

KNOWLEDGE NETWORK PARTNERS

* Inclusion, Inc. http://www.inclusion.net
* Internet Wire. http://www.internetwire.com
* High Performance Resources. http://www.hpresources.com

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 OTHERWISE NOTED.

 

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***CENTER SPONSOR NEWS: TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2001
"NEED AN IBM BUSINESS PARTNER FOR VOICE SYSTEMS?"
IBM Voice Systems

***CENTER SPONSOR NEWS: TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2001
CENTER AND ITS SPONSORS FEATURED ON "ISSUES TODAY"

7:00 to 7:30 p.m., Cable Channel 15A (In San Jose and possibly in Campbell)

***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2001
"A NEW PLATFORM FOR INTERACTIVE WEB APPLICATIONS"

By Mr. Robert L. Batty, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Curl Corporation
5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Open to the Public. No fee. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00 p.m.

***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2001
"GLOBAL EXPANSION: A FOCUS ON GERMANY"

By Mr. Patrick Dufour, Project Manager for Communications, Dortmund Project & Mr. Thomas Kneip, Engagement Manager for Dortmund Project, McKinsey & Company
5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Open to the Public. No fee. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00 p.m.

***SEMINAR SERIES: TUESDAY, MAY 8 & 22, 2001
"LEVERAGING NEWS DISTRIBUTION FOR YOUR ENTERPRISE”

By Mr. Reynolds Morgan, Vice President, Western Region, Internet Wire
6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Open to the Public. $10 fee. No fee to Center Sponsors or Knowledge Network Partners.

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***CENTER SPONSOR NEWS: TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2001
"NEED AN IBM BUSINESS PARTNER FOR VOICE SYSTEMS?"
IBM Voice Systems

IBM Voice Systems is actively seeking business partner relationships with companies that can help IBM further the success of its products and complement its business. The IBM Voice Systems product line includes:

* DirectTalk
* CallPath
* Message Center
* WebSphere Voice Server
* WebSphere Translation Server
* Highly advanced ViaVoice embedded speech technology

IBM's platform supports ranges from workstations to mainframes, including Unix, Linux, NT, OS/400 and Sun.

PARTNER OPTIONS

1) IBM Solution Providers can sell, establish requirements, justify, design, program, train staff, and integrate IBM Voice Systems solutions tailored to the business.

2) IBM Web Integrators can establish requirements, develop processes, help justify, design solutions and recommend technology including IBM Voice Systems offerings that can broaden the reach and function of web sites into valuable new areas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Ms. Paula Hough
Tel: 303.773.5559

Ms. Sally Johnson
Tel: 207.695.8996

Ms. Lynn Wise
561.242.6134

See information on IBM Business Partners at:
http://www-4.ibm.com/software/speech/enterprise/bpartners/voicesyst.html

Learn more about IBM enterprise offerings at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/voice

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***CENTER NEWS: TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2001
CENTER AND ITS SPONSORS FEATURED ON "ISSUES TODAY"

7:00 to 7:30 p.m., Cable Channel 15A (In San Jose and possibly in Campbell)

EXTRA! "Issues Today" television show features the Silicon Valley World Internet Center, its sponsors, and the culture of "coopetition" TONIGHT, April 24th at 7 p.m. on San Jose Cable Channel 15A. The Center's CEO, Dr. Susan Duggan, is interviewed by Center Fellow, Dr. Tom Buckholtz and Siemen's Frank Jewett about the business benefits of coopetition, bringing competitors and partners together to advance the Internet Economy.

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***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2001
"A NEW PLATFORM FOR INTERACTIVE WEB APPLICATIONS"

By Mr. Robert L. Batty, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Curl Corporation 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Open to the Public. No fee. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00 p.m.

As the Internet has evolved, and as PCs and applications have become more interactive, Web applications have attempted to keep up with the end user demand for interactivity. As importantly, end users have come to expect a rich, responsive experience on their PCs. Until now, existing technologies have remained primarily static, server-side technologies that produce static documents. At this Pub, Mr. Batty will discuss Curl’s technology recently developed at the Lab for Computer Science at MIT that was built expressly for Web applications, that is, client-side applications that get their information from the Web.

ABOUT ROBERT L. BATTY

Mr. Robert L. Batty serves as Vice President, Sales and Marketing, bringing over 20 years of B2B marketing, technology development and team leadership experience to Curl. Most recently, Mr. Batty was Chairman, Board Director and Founder of Onflow Corporation, the San Francisco-based online advertising service company that provides movie-quality Web ads at dial-up speeds. Prior to launching Onflow, he served as President, CEO and Board Director at Xaos Tools, a digital special effects, consumer image editing and authoring software products developer. Bob's previous positions included Executive Vice President of Business Development at Zentec, Inc.; Executive Vice President, CFO and Board Director at Digital Power Corporation; Chairman, CEO, Founder and Board Director at CompuFilm Corporation; President, CEO and Board Director at Brag Systems, Inc.; and Director of Sales and Marketing at Simplan Systems, Inc.

WHAT IS CURL TECHNOLOGY?

A content language
At the heart of the Curl technology is a new content language that was designed especially for use on the Web. The Curl content language integrates mark-up functionality, scripting functionality, and a full-featured object-oriented programming language, all within one environment. Curl technology can be used with existing Web technologies, such as HTML, CGI and JavaScript, and multimedia animation tools, or it can be used in place of them.

A unified development environment
At Curl, we view a Web application as interactive - that interaction with the Web is not via a static document, but via a powerful application engine on the user's client device such as a PC. No more waiting for roundtrips to the server. Text, graphics, scripting, and object-oriented programming are contained in a consistent and unified environment.

A better way
It's our goal to have the richest possible Internet content and applications delivered faster than users can think or see. How will this happen? First, through the creation of rich Web content. Curl offers a cohesive, all-encompassing Web development technology that addresses the problems of Internet development as a whole - not as a patchwork of technologies that weren't designed (or sometimes even intended) to work with each other. Second, by harnessing the vast power of client-side computing. Curl takes advantage of that 90 percent or more of a typical computer user's CPU that's just sitting there idle, itching to get into the Internet game. The bottom line is that Curl technology helps enhance the end user experience by providing media-rich, highly interactive Web content and applications at unparalleled speed. And it improves the developer experience by making the creation of this superior content both easier and more efficient.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

http://www.curl.com

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***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2001
"GLOBAL EXPANSION: A FOCUS ON GERMANY"

By Mr. Patrick Dufour, Project Manager for Communications, Dortmund Project &
Mr. Thomas Kneip, Engagement Manager for Dortmund Project, McKinsey & Company
5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Open to the Public. No fee. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00 p.m.

Globalization is one of the key levers for growing your business. For most companies, Europe is the first choice in going global, representing the largest market for software and eBusiness outside the United States. A team from McKinsey & Company and the Dortmund project, dedicated to supporting international companies in their aspirations to globalize, will give a snapshot to Europe's software and eCommerce markets as well as highlight the specific qualities of the Dortmund software cluster in Germany. For going global, **contacts** are key: get your insights on the European market and get connected to one of the major European software clusters at Thursday's Pub Talk!

ABOUT THE DORTMUND PROJECT

The Dortmund project is a public/private partnership between the City of Dortmund and major companies in Dortmund supporting the business sectors' software, micro technologies and logistics. With the assistance of McKinsey & Company, the team's efforts have led to the development of an extensive network of contacts, enabling companies, scientists, and opinion leaders to share and exchange knowledge and experience. The objective is to offer young high-tech companies, especially those in software, IT/ eCommerce, micro technologies and logistics, an excellent corporate business location.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Mr. Patrick Dufour is the Chief Information Officer of the Dortmund Project. Mr. Dufour has conducted extensive doctoral research on US clusters, especially Silicon Valley. Due to his extensive knowledge of software clusters in Europe and the United States, he is also member of the international support team for software companies.

Thomas Kneip has been with McKinsey & Company since 1998 and is currently the Engagement Manager for the Dortmund Project. In this capacity, Mr. Kneip is responsible for overseeing the team that supports the Dortmund-project and the city of Dortmund. He received a Master of International Management from Thunderbird - The American Graduate School of International Management and a Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Regensburg in Germany.

INVITATION: APRIL 30 - MAY 4: FOR SILICON VALLEY COMPANIES INTERESTED IN ATTENDING A MINI-WORKSHOP TO LEARN ABOUT GOING GLOBAL

The support team of the Dortmund Project is on a visit to Silicon Valley between April 30 - May 4 and providing mini-workshops to interested Silicon-Valley-based software companies. During these workshops, the team is providing information to Silicon Valley companies interested in 1) establishing contacts with key partners in Europe, 2) setting up a European subsidiary, 3) hiring the right people, and 4) inquiring about other logistical business issues involved in going global. If you have an interest in any of these issues and attending an individualized mini-workshop or a private meeting, please contact:

Mr. Thomas Neubert
Global Business Communications
Tel: 408.921.0074
Em: mailto:tneubert@gbcommunications.com

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Mr. Lars Tata
Dortmund Project
Dortmund, Germany
Em: mailto:LTATA@it-growth.com
Tel: +49 286 584 13
Fax: +49 286 584 29

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***SEMINAR SERIES: TUESDAY, MAY 8 & 22, 2001
"LEVERAGING NEWS DISTRIBUTION FOR YOUR ENTERPRISE”

By Mr. Reynolds Morgan, Vice President, Western Region, Internet Wire, Inc.
6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Open to the Public. $10 fee. No fee to Center Sponsors or Knowledge Network Partners. Registration highly recommended due to limited seating.

Internet Wire, a Knowledge Network Partner of the Center and the Internet leader in company news distribution, is providing a two-part Seminar Series on "Leveraging News Distribution for Your Enterprise."

High energy and engaging, M. Reynolds Morgan will illuminate the value of and need for public relations (PR), how it works, and how your company can use it to promote itself. The first seminar will give participants an overview of PR strategies, while the second seminar will look at the tactics for getting your message to different publics.

MAY 8, 2001: PUBLIC RELATIONS: HOW TO BRAND THROUGH PR

In the first seminar, Mr. Morgan will discuss branding and how to use PR as a branding tool. He will show you how to integrate your single message through your advertising, marketing, sales, trade shows, and press releases. You will also learn about the different audiences: who they are and how to write so that you reach all the important players from shareholders to technical people to financial analysts to the consumer.

MAY 22, 2001: UNDERSTANDING THE PR PROCESS: GETTING YOUR PRESS RELEASE SEEN

In the second seminar, Mr. Morgan will demonstrate the best tactics for getting the most exposure for your press release. He will show you how to do your homework before trying to pitch a story to a journalist as well as teach you the best way to get to the person in the press who can give your message the greatest exposure. He will give you tips for what to do and what NOT to do. And you will learn how to use the Internet and a variety of multi-media objects to best emphasize your point or demonstrate your message.


ABOUT INTERNET WIRE, INC.

Internet Wire, Inc. (http://www.internetwire.com) is the leading Internet-based distributor of direct company news and other business communications materials. Internet Wire distributes direct company news, including press releases, financial announcements, graphics, multimedia files, and other business communications materials to a worldwide audience of news media, analysts and consumers via email, the Web, online syndication and secure modem-to-modem connections.

As a Knowledge Network Partner, Internet Wire supports and complements the Center's Knowledge Network. This network is based on the exchange of knowledge between Internet thought leaders on new technology trends and innovative business models for the advancement of the Internet Economy.


REGISTRATION

To register, identify whether you will be attending May 8 and/or May 22 along with sending your name, title, company name, email address, and telephone number to:

Ms. Glenda Garcia
Program Assistant
mailto:garcia@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. 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 (mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com).

For inquiries, send an email to mailto:info@worldinternetcenter.com