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****************** AT THE CENTER ****************** The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Sponsors for their continuing support: EXECUTIVE SPONSORS * Amdocs, Inc http://www.Amdocs.com
AFFILIATE SPONSOR 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. *************************************** ***PUB TALK: FEBRUARY 1, 2001
In the eBusiness world, a multitude of businesses and marketplaces are attempting to interact. Pivotal to this interaction is the existence of a common infrastructure, including a mechanism to locate software services and to share these services. Key eBusiness industry standards, such as Extensible Markup Language (XML); Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI); Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), and other web-based industry standards are emerging. What is the degree of importance of open standards in the expanding eBusiness Economy? What challenges exist for common standards in this area? Coopetition is seen as a hallmark of the New Economy. For instance, SOAP, as an open standards-based interoperable protocol that uses XML and provides a common messaging format to link together applications and services anywhere via the Internet, is a result of IBM, Ariba, Microsoft, and other industry leaders working together. What is the future of industry leaders working together for common web-based industry standards? Do proprietary solutions have a place in the future of eBusiness and eMarketplaces? In what ways can large and small companies as well as industry organizations assist in bringing greater efficiency for the integration of technology across and between enterprises? What milestones have been met for web-based industry standards over the last year and which ones are still to be achieved? And…now that the market is slowing down and re-stabilizing with the collapse B2C and B2B companies, what impact does this have on open standards? PANEL OF EXPERTS * Mr. Allen Brown, President & CEO * Mr. Simon Phipps, Chief Software Evangelist * Mr. Gary Oliverio, Business Manager, Embedded Products, Those who are not able to be ‘physically present’ at the Center for this program, will be able to interact with the panelists and the audience members by submitting questions via a “LIVE WEBCAST.” REGISTRATION To register to view the webcast online: http://webevents.broadcast.com/worldinetctr/011701
Those interested in attending the Panel at the Center, need to register due to limited seating. Please send your name, title, company, and email address to: Sara K. Dean Each day the press brings us reports of dotcom failures, missed earnings, and technology incubators closing their doors. So is the Internet craze over? Should we venture folks just return our funds and go home? Heidi K. Roizen of Softbank Venture Capital, a $1.5 billion fund focused on early stage investing in the technology/internet sector, will discuss how the market correction has affected the venture capitalist's role in their portfolio companies, how their investment strategy has evolved, and what areas she feels will be attractive to investors such as Softbank in 2001. ABOUT HEIDI K. ROIZEN Heidi K. Roizen (http://www.heidi.roizen.com) is a Managing Director of SOFTBANK Venture Capital since May 1999. She serves on the Boards of Directors of DoDots Inc., iPrint.com (Nasdaq: IPRT), Great Plains Software (Nasdaq: GPSI), New Moon, Preview Systems (Nasdaq: PRVW), and Trapezo. She is an advisory board member of Time Domain Corporation and Garage.com. Ms. Roizen is also a member of the Stanford Board of Trustees Nominating Committee. Prior to this, she was Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations for Apple Computer (Nasdaq: AAPL). Before joining Apple, she served for 13 years as CEO of T/Maker Company, a successful software developer and publisher. Ms. Roizen is a past President of the Software Publisher's Association and has served as a Public Governor of the Pacific Exchange. She has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the microcomputer industry by MicroTimes, Personal Computing Magazine, and Upside Magazine. She has a BA and an MBA from Stanford University. ABOUT SOFTBANK VENTURE CAPITAL SOFTBANK Venture Capital (http://www.sbvc.com) is a $1.5 billion venture capital fund focused primarily on early-stage Internet companies. SOFTBANK VC's managing directors are all experienced technology leaders with prior operating experience as founders of early-stage companies, senior managers of major technology corporations, and leaders in investment banking. SOFTBANK VC's past and current portfolios include public Internet companies such as Critical Path, E*TRADE, E-LOAN, GeoCities, Interliant, MessageMedia, Net2Phone, Support.com and Buy.com.
Inclusion's talk will focus on how it can provide your company with simple to use, easy to manage services which integrate completely with a company's communications infrastructure. Regardless of the chosen forms of communication, Inclusion Workplaces and Marketplaces will be designed to support the most demanded forms of communication powerfully and intuitively. ABOUT INCLUSION Founded in 1997, Inclusion's (http://www.inclusion.net) mission is to "Revolutionize work through collaboration". Inclusion's founders, executives and board members have extensive startup experience. They have been associated with Software Publishing, Yahoo, the Gap, Businessland, Apple, CATS, America Online, Intel, Symantec, McKinsey, Corporate Express, and Proctor & Gamble.
In this talk, Rachel Parikh will outline SAP's solutions for the emerging market. These include out-of-the-box eBusiness applications designed specifically for startups, with an emphasis on affordability and speed of implementation. Many new economy companies are coming to the realization that they will not flourish with little more than an attractive website, and that if they are to survive, they will need robust and scalable e-business solutions to support their company growth. They are learning an important fact of business life: that the need to focus on core business requires a more bottom-up management of the back office to front office processes. Come learn about SAP's solutions which are in greater demand than ever by small businesses. ABOUT RACHEL PARIKH Rachel Parikh has been with SAP since 1993, first at SAP's headquarters in Walldorf, Germany, and since 1996 in the USA. Based at SAP Labs in Palo Alto, she is currently working as the Solution Manager for emerging markets, defining and developing an eBusiness solution for Internet companies and technology start-ups. In the past, Ms. Parikh has worked as the Product Manager for the mySAP High Tech industry business unit as well as in consulting and training. ABOUT mySAP As the market leader of inter-enterprise software solutions, SAP (http://www.mysap.com) is leveraging its strength in industry-focused business software and the world's largest enterprise software customer base to deliver mySAP.com. mySAP.com provides an open collaborative business environment of personalized solutions on demand. This enables companies of all sizes and industries to fully engage their employees, customers and partners to capitalize upon the new Internet economy. mySAP.com allows people to harness the power of the Internet by optimizing supply chains, managing strategic relationships, reducing time to market, sharing virtual information, and increasing productivity and shareholder value. For further information please contact:
This invitation-only Think Tank Session will bring together 25-30 key leaders to brainstorm and discuss future 12 to 18 month market opportunities for collaborative business, processes that transcend the borders of individual businesses and support collaboration between business partners over the Internet. Current and upcoming market developments for collaborative business
will be explored in the following areas: Established companies, innovative smaller companies, suppliers, and users will contribute to the discussion. Keynotes will be delivered, followed by the opportunity to build and exchange knowledge together. Benefits from participating include insight into upcoming market developments and networking for business opportunities. PARTICIPATION Those interested in participating, send name, title, and company
name along with a short bio and company summary to:
The following are "Great Business Ideas for eLearning in the next 12 to 18 Months" as suggested and voted on by attendees of the eLearning Think Tank Session held at the Center on January 10 and 11, 2001. Each asterisk is a vote. Delivery, front and back end 1) Digital Video as a means of sharing & communicating on work
learning situations like emails and Internet Web Sites. NEW Targeted Industries
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). |