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****************** AT THE CENTER ******************
************* The electronic newsletter of the ***********
*********** Silicon Valley World Internet
Center **********
************** Tuesday, December 4, 2001 ***********
The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Sponsors for
their continuing support:
EXECUTIVE SPONSORS
* Amdocs, Inc http://www.amdocs.com
* Cable & Wireless http://www.cw.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
KNOWLEDGE NETWORK PARTNERS
* Halleck, Inc. http://www.halleck.com
* High Performance Resources http://www.hpresources.com
* IC Growth, Inc. http://www.icgrowth.com
* Inclusion Inc. http://www.inclusion.net
* Internet Wire http://www.internetwire.com
Check out Center's Web site: http://www.worldinternetcenter.com
Past copies of newsletters and directions to the Center are available
on the Web site.
All programs are held at the Center unless otherwise noted.
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******SUMMARY: CHALLENGE-THE-EXPERT: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27,
2001 "Net Attitude" From IBM's Internet guru -- a revolutionary
approach to instilling a Web-savvy culture throughout your organization
By Mr. John M. Patrick, Vice President, Internet Technology, IBM
Corporation
Summary below.
***PUB: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2001
"Biz Ink's Buzz on the Valley"
By Ms. Vikki Bowes-Mok, Editor, Mr. Dennis Taylor, Managing
Editor, and Mr. Erik Linden, Tech Reporter, Silicon Valley Business
Ink
Open to the Public. No fee. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.
***SYMPOSIUM: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2001
"Data-to-Cash (D2C): Business Opportunities Emerging From an Ocean
of Data"
Invitation-only. No fee. 4:00 - 6:30 p.m.
See below for further information and possible
participation.
***LAST PUB OF 2001: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2001
"Winter Gala: Powering into 2002: Strategies for eSuccess in the
New Year!"
Open to the Public. No fee. 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Brief Comments by Center Sponsors at 6:00 p.m.
Champagne will be served. Black tie recommended but optional.
***MEET-THE-EXPERT: TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2002:
"IBM's Portal Strategy: Portal Website Directions & Partnering Opportunities"
By Mr. Larry Bowden, Vice President, e-Portal Solutions, IBM
Corporation
Open to the Public. $20 fee. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Beverage and light food will be served.
Registration highly recommended due to limited seating. See
below.
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***SUMMARY: CHALLENGE-THE-EXPERT: TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 27, 2001
"Net Attitude" From IBM's Internet guru -- a revolutionary approach
to instilling a Web-savvy culture throughout your organization
By Mr. John M. Patrick, Vice President, Internet Technology, IBM
Corporation
Summary below.
On November 27, IBM's Vice President of Internet Technology, Mr.
John Patrick, made a return visit to the Center to discuss with
Silicon Valley executives and technologists the profound implications
of adopting an Internet attitude and how it would transform businesses.
Prior to his talk and the interactive knowledge discussion where
the audience participants challenged Mr.Patrick's premises, the
participants were asked to answer the following question of which
their responses are below:
"The Internet changes everything. What will the Internet change
for you or your company in 2002?"
RESPONSES FROM AUDIENCE PARTICIPANTS
BUSINESS STRATEGY/MARKETING
• Improved remote office capabilities.
• New distribution channel, revenue stream.
• Collapse of demand from first wave has caused disillusionment
in future investments.
• It is the end of big companies.
• New market approach.
• Fewer banner ads; fewer subscription-based services; more
transactional tracking.
• Expect the Internet to expand in terms of more and more companies
having a Web presence, thus providing more sales opportunities.
• Exposure to more people and information.
• A Web presence is an important marketing and sales tool for
my new company.
• New market approach.
• A "true" push to eCommerce and a new career.
• Stronger market.
• Internet infrastructure supporting mobile communication will
enable our Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)- based calling applications
to be deployed.
• Greatly influence our investment decisions.
• Big question! The Internet will be the integral part of how
we do business as a company and how we communicate with our users.
• As a service provider, the expanding Internet will provide
us with a growing market.
• It really builds a strong service industry as companies move
from fat products to customized services (Web services).
• It will allow me to have my offices anywhere I want them.
• All GUIs go then; intranets, xtranets become more important,
hence, move money; Web services - not yet, but let's all pay homage.
• It will impact my entire consulting portfolio as a management
consultant/business strategist.
• What is the single largest hurdle to deploying mobile commerce
solutions? And how do you envision it being overcome?
GLOBALIZATION AS A SUBSET OF BUSINESS STRATEGY/MARKETING
• The Internet will allow my company to cost-effectively
do business all around the world while at the same time overcoming
previous inefficiency problems.
• Enable a consultant like me to manage projects remotely in
Asia and Europe from here.
• It will allow me to expand my customer base beyond the U.S.
• Business globalization.
• Give local branches a global presence.
• The Internet enables our firm to act globally and communicate
with clients and strategic partners easily.
• The Internet will change the ability of our company to market
itself globally and bring together groups in a collaborative community.
• Globalization of innovation and opportunities.
• It will tie together every product and service across our
global enterprise.
• When will U.S. companies start realizing the Net gives them
immediate access to the global market place and strategize accordingly?
COMMUNICATIONS
• Communicating rapidly in business and personal lives.
• Access to information.
• Accessibility of information and greater coordination of
activities and communication of uses of that information.
• Continually improve ability to connect to information and
people.
• Knowledge will be distilled from information.
• The way we share information and collaborate.
COMPETITIVENESS
• Provide more selection, but overall, force more competitiveness.
• The Internet will enable very fine-grained competition and
innovation arising from core competencies rather than control of
markets.
• Change the economy back to somewhere near pre-March
2001 . . .$$$.
• It will bring a new type of revenues.
• It will bring greater profit. "Realsoft ISP"
• Under deliver on experience; cause sufficient confusion to
fuel consulting projects.
CUSTOMER SERVICE/CRM
• It will most likely change my travel schedule. I will need
to add several thousand more air miles to see all the new constituents.
• The Internet will connect my business with customers.
• The Internet will allow us to keep in continuous contact
with our customers.
• It will bring new types of services.
• Faster feedback regarding customer interests and buying patterns.
• Allows companies to analyze customers' and markets' needs
and make recommendations to develop business.
EFFICIENCIES/COST-EFFECTIVENESS/PRODUCTIVITY
• Well, we've just got to pay for it! $$$
• It will make my primary market research more cost-effective
- Web-based surveys via email; Web-based virtual focus groups.
• The Internet will allow our company to become more efficient
through mobile and wireless services.
• Streamlines business processes.
• The Internet will improve the speed to perform our tasks,
distribution and collaboration.
• Faster and easier.
• More bandwidth; more multi-media, wireless related; social
and community interactions; more efficient data mining.
• It will let us implement tele-medicine very economically.
• More, faster, deeper meaning and increasing content confusion.
• Company direction and focus towards integrating technology.
• Increase my business.
• Operational efficiency.
• Combination of mobility and Internet will fully deliver productivity.
LIFESTYLE/COMMUNITY
• It will continue to break down the walls between work
life and personal life as more instant chat becomes part of a day.
Community of affiliation connected all day.
• Allow me to learn more easily.
• A more rational balance between commercial and non-commercial
endeavors.
• Web services will create new Internet economy in 2002, I
hope!
• Increase the time I spend in front of my computer reading
news, doing investment, paying bills, shopping, communicating .
For my company, not many changes are expected, because business
needs to digest technology.
• The Internet in 2002 will only change my personal life significantly
if broadband finally arrives in a uniform fashion to American homes.
• A big understatement.
• Everything!
• The crystal ball is cloudy; time will tell.
• Yes.
• Customer entertainment and information in cars.
• I won't really know until 2003!
• Nothing.
LOGISTICS/SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM)
• The way we do business; the way we get paid; the type
of business we will be; the way we pay suppliers.
SECURITY/PRIVACY
• Need for more robust security to safeguard against viruses
and terrorism.
• Privacy: Addressing our customers' data-handling concerns.
• Interconnectedness and increased complexity driven by the
Internet will only increase the need to address security and its
management.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
About Mr. John Patrick: http://www.ibm.com/patrick.
About the book "Net Attitude:" http://netattitude.org
About IBM: IBM (http://www.ibm.com)
strives to lead in the creation, development and manufacture of
the industry's most advanced information technologies, including
computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices
and microelectronics. IBM's worldwide network of solutions and service
professionals translate these advanced technologies into business
value for its customers.
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***PUB: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2001
"Biz Ink's Buzz on the Valley"
By Ms. Vikki Bowes-Mok, Editor
Mr. Dennis Taylor, Managing Editor, and
Mr. Erik Linden, Tech Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Ink
Open to the Public. No fee. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.
Members from the Editorial team from the weekly publication, Silicon
Valley Business Ink, will discuss "the buzz" about Silicon Valley
business. Get the low-down from the perspective of journalists who
cover technology, finance, real estate, and lifestyles. This will
be an informal discussion with members from the Editorial team.
ABOUT SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS INK
Silicon Valley Business Ink (http://www.svbizink.com)
is a weekly 4-color slick newspaper that features four areas of
coverage: technology, finance, real estate, and lifestyles, with
a focus on technology. Biz Ink reports on "big picture" issues and
the impact of technology on these areas, changing business strategies
and new marketplace trends driving those changes. Biz Ink is a business-to-business
publication, designed to serve as a unique source of information
and viewpoint to keep high level decision-makers well informed.
Silicon Valley Business Ink, which made its debut in September of
2000, breaks hard news stories every week as well as features thought-provoking
editorial perspectives that give readers a refreshing and unique
point of view. Reporters are encouraged to develop and display their
own unique writing style that make for a more diverse and compelling
read. Core Biz Ink readership consists of a mix of CEOs and partners
in Silicon Valley's legion of technical startups and gazelle companies,
executives, and middle managers of its largest and most influential
public and private companies. Editorial is geared to the highly
affluent decision makers and business technology consumers in Silicon
Valley.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Vikki Bowes-Mok, Editor, joined the newspaper world in 1996 with
The Cincinnati Business Courier where she was promoted to special
projects editor after three months as research director. The Society
of Professional Journalists and Queen City Chapter of the International
Association of Business Communicators recognized her work. Ms. Bowes-Mok
joined The San Jose Business Journal as an associate editor in March
1998, leaving as managing editor in May 2000. She joined Silicon
Valley Business Ink in June 2000. Now residing in San Jose, Ms.
Bowes-Mok's hometown is San Juan Capistrano. Dennis Taylor, Managing
Editor, joined the staff of Silicon Valley Business Ink in July
2000. He received a Bachelor's degree in journalism from San Francisco
State University in 1983. Publications for which Mr. Taylor previously
worked include California Nurse, Hollister Free Lance, Gilroy Dispatch,
Morgan Hill Times, and The San Jose Business Journal. His hometown
is Redding and he now lives in Gilroy. Erik Linden, Tech Reporter,
joined the staff of Silicon Valley Business Ink in August 2000.
Now residing in San Jose, his hometown is Washington, D.C.
Mr. Linden received his Bachelor's degree in literature from American
University in 1994 and received his Master's degree in journalism
from Columbia University in 1999. Erik had been a reporter for the
Journal Newspapers near Washington, D.C. from 1999-2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Brian Adams
Director of Community Relations
Silicon Valley Business Ink
T: 408.535.5676
E: mailto:badams@svbizink.com
www.svbizink.com
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***SYMPOSIUM: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2001
"Data-to-Cash (D2C): Business Opportunities Emerging From an Ocean
of Data"
Invitation-only. 4:00 - 6:30 p.m. See below
for further information.
Access to relevant information is crucial when making business
decisions. Today, more data is available from internal and external
sources than ever before, but it needs to be discovered, extracted,
and turned into information before it can be used for decision support.
At this Symposium, a real-world business scenario within Strategic
Sourcing will be presented by SAP to investigate how intelligent
software agents can help with data gathering as well as in turning
data into valuable information. Also, the fifteen invited participants
will discuss how agents can be used to discover new information
sources and new business partners, potentially using the Semantic
Web.
Participants will have the opportunity to network after the Symposium
over wine and light food.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION & POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION
If you or your company can represent the 'user' side (i.e., Walmart,
Sears, FedEx, etc.) and would like to participate in this program,
please send your name, title, company, email, and short bio to the
Director of Programs. Inquiries on this program can also be sent
to her at:
Dr. Venilde Jeronimo
Director of Programs
E: mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
T: 650.462.9800
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***LAST PUB OF 2001: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2001
"Winter Gala: Powering into 2002: Strategies for eSuccess in the
New Year!"
Open to the Public. No fee. 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Brief comments by Center Sponsors at 6:00 p.m.
Champagne will be served. Black tie recommended but optional.
Come celebrate the holidays at the Center at this last Pub of
the year with Center staff and sponsors! Sponsors of the Center
will give brief comments at 6:00 p.m. on their thoughts around the
key strategies to bring success to your business in 2002.
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***MEET-THE-EXPERT: TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2002
"IBM's Portal Strategy: Portal Website Directions & Partnering Opportunities"
By Mr. Larry Bowden, Vice President, e-Portal Solutions, IBM
Corporation
Open to the Public. $20 fee. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Beverage and light food will be served.
Registration highly recommended due to limited seating. See
below.
At this program, Meet-the-Expert, come hear about IBM's portal
strategy during the first hour from Mr. Bowden. Audience participants,
during the second hour, will have the opportunity to interact with
Mr. Bowden and question him on how IBM can assist your company with
its Web site and portal needs. Partnering opportunities with IBM
will also be highlighted during the evening.
ABOUT LARRY BOWDEN
Larry Bowden is Vice President, e-Portal Solutions, IBM Corporation,
where he is responsible for leading IBM's Portal strategy, development,
marketing, partnerships, and services. Prior to taking on his current
role, Mr. Bowden was director of development for IBM Content Management
products at Santa Teresa Laboratories where he directed a virtual
development laboratory distributed across several large and small
development sites and a significant work from home population. Previously,
he was IBM Director of Marketing for Data Management where he focused
on launching IBM Business Intelligence, Document Management, and
DB2 Universal Database initiatives.
A native of California, Mr. Bowden first began working for IBM
in San Jose as a Co-Op out of high school and was hired into IBM
Research after benefiting from the IBM education programs to acquire
his college training while working full time for IBM. He holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in engineering and Master of Business
Administration, both from the University of Denver. He currently
works out of the Silicon Valley area in the IBM Santa Teresa facility.
ABOUT IBM
IBM (http://www.ibm.com) strives
to lead in the creation, development and manufacture of the industry's
most advanced information technologies, including computer systems,
software, networking systems, storage devices, and microelectronics.
IBM's worldwide network of solutions and service professionals translate
these advanced technologies into business value for its customers.
REGISTRATION
Due to limited seating, registration is highly recommended. Send
your name, title, company name, and email address to:
Ms. Glenda Garcia
Operations 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 80-100 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's 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 about upcoming Center programs, send an email to
mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
To unsubscribe from this eNewsletter, contact Ms. Glenda Garcia
at mailto:garcia@worldinternetcenter.com
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