****************** AT THE CENTER ******************
************* The electronic newsletter of the ***********
*********** Silicon Valley World Internet
Center **********
*************** Tuesday, January 23, 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
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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***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: SARA K. DEAN, CENTER'S PROGRAM MANAGER,
TAKES A POSITION AT THE SAN JOSE CHILDREN'S MUSICAL THEATER
***SUMMARY: THINK TANK SESSION: JANUARY 10 & 11, 2001
"THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY & CORPORATE eLEARNING: CURRENT & UPCOMING
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE U.S. MARKET"
***SUMMARY: WEBCAST INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 17, 2001
“WHAT’S COMING DOWN THE ROAD IN OPEN STANDARDS: STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS
FOR THE NEW ECONOMY”
***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2001
"INCLUSION: VIRTUAL WORKPLACES WITH VIRTUALLY NO LIMITS"
By Mr. Martie Nielson, Vice President, Marketing, Inclusion Inc.
Open to the public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.
***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2001
"SAP SOLUTIONS FOR EMERGING ENTERPRISES"
By Ms. Rachel Parikh, Solution Manager, mySAP
Open to the public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.
***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
"eFLOW: THE BRIDGE BETWEEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS OPERATIONS"
A one-day conference organized by the Open Group
9:00 am - 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: At the Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, California NOT AT THE
CENTER
***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2001
"WHY BRICK & MORTAR RETAILERS WILL WIN ONLINE"
By David Henshaw, Strategist, Plural
Open to the public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.
***THINK TANK SESSION: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2001
"THE FUTURE OF COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS: BUILDING A BLUEPRINT FOR
eCOLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNTIES"
8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. By invitation only.
See information below for possible participation.
***CHALLENGE THE EXPERT: WEDNESDAY, FEBUARY 28, 2001 “CHALLENGES
AND ISSUES FOR MEGA - WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT”
By Dr. Willy Chiu, Vice President, High Volume Website Design, IBM
Corporation
Open to the public. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
$10 fee. (Payable by cash or check day of program. No charge to
Sponsors of the Center.)
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***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: SARA K. DEAN, CENTER'S PROGRAM MANAGER,
TAKES A POSITION AT THE SAN JOSE CHILDREN'S MUSICAL THEATER
Sara K. Dean, the Center's Program Manager, will take a position
as the Production Manager at San Jose Children's Musical Theater,
effective February 1, 2001!
Sara came to the Center almost a year ago as its Program Assistant
and, shortly thereafter, promoted to Program Manager due her excellent
work on keeping the Center's programs and office running. At that
time, the Center was in the process of increasing its programs and
Sara never hesitated to roll up her sleeves and take on tasks that
needed to be accomplished. With Sara's background is in theater
production and management, the SJCMT is lucky to have her!
On behalf of the Center and its community, we will miss her friendly
smile at the Thursday Pub, but hope she'll be able visit us on Thursdays.
Sara, we wish you well in your new endeavor!
For inquiries or information regarding Center programs, please
contact:
Venilde Jeronimo
Director of Programs
mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
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***SUMMARY: THINK TANK SESSION: JANUARY 10 & 11, 2001:
"THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY & CORPORATE eLEARNING: CURRENT & UPCOMING
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE U.S. MARKET"
Two weeks ago the Center hosted a lively two-day Think Tank Session
on Corporate eLearning. Forty-five participants came together to
exchange knowledge and brainstorm the current status and future
developments in this market for the next 12-18 months.
On the first day of this Session, the participants took part in
three simultaneous breakout sessions, entitled:
* CONTENT, STRUCTURE & ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
* TECHNOLOGY & INFRASTRUCTURE
* METHODOLOGY, PEDAGOGY & CULTURE
Detailed notes from these breakout sessions can be found on the
center’s website under the January 10-11 Think Tank Session webpage
(http://www.worldinternetcenter.com)
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***SUMMARY: WEBCAST INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 17, 2001
“WHAT’S COMING DOWN THE ROAD IN OPEN STANDARDS: STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS
FOR THE NEW ECONOMY”
To view the archive version of the webcast visit: http://webevents.broadcast.com/worldinetctr/011701
A summary of the panel discussion between the panelists and the
audience participants will be available, as well as a press release,
on the Center’s website next week.
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***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2001
"INCLUSION: VIRTUAL WORKPLACES WITH VIRTUALLY NO LIMITS"
By Mr. Martie Nielson, Vice President, Marketing, Inclusion Inc.
Open to the public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.
Martie Nielson’s Pub talk will focus on how Inclusion can provide
companies 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. Come learn how your company can gain
knowledge by harnessing the Internet to bring people together.
ABOUT MARTIE NIELSON
A business builder for over 25 years, Mr. Nielson was founder
and CEO of UK-based NJS International, a mergers and acquisition
company. Over 3 years, he drove the growth of client Corporate Express
(Europe) from a start-up to a $450M subsidiary. In 1998 he founded
Scandinavian Corporate Suppliers, with venture and debt funding,
and grew it to become a very profitable, pre-IPO B2B company with
$150 M in sales. As founder and CEO of The Business Superstore,
Mr. Nielson built an office supply & computer superstore/telesales
company with private financing, grew it to $15 million in sales
and merged it with the largest chain in Europe. Prior to that Martin
was a founding executive and Vice President of venture backed Businessland,
Inc., a computer & networking reseller that he helped grow to $1.5
Billion and a NYSE listing. An executive with the Gap for 9 years,
he helped build one of the world's premiere retailers from only
a few stores to a $billion NYSE company. Martin is a graduate of
San Jose State University and attended San Francisco State University's
graduate school of business, with concentration on operations research.
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.
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***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2001
"SAP SOLUTIONS FOR EMERGING ENTERPRISES"
By Ms. Rachel Parikh, Solution Manager, mySAP
Open to the public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.
In her Pub 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, mySAP
(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:
Ms. Rachel Parikh
mailto:rachel.parikh@sap.com
Tel: 650.849.4291
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***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
"eFLOW: THE BRIDGE BETWEEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS OPERATIONS"
A one-day conference organized by the Open Group
9:00 am - 5:30 p.m.
NOTE: At the Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, California
eFlow is the secure, trusted, and efficient movement of information
through the business processes and systems of an eBusiness, including
transactions with its critical constituents. This Conference, organized
by the Open Group (http://www.opengroup.org)
features speakers and case studies that use the aviation industry
to examine and highlight the issues of security, manageability,
directory, quality of service, and data synchronization in conducting
e-business today. Interoperability issues, both within organizations
and with supply chain partners will be examined, and the examples
of business benefit gained from products that deliver interoperability
through standard interfaces will be illustrated.
ABOUT THE OPEN GROUP
The Open Group http://www.opengroup.org
is the only forum in which IT customers and suppliers come together
to discuss their corporate and industry needs. Members of The Open
Group include some of the largest and most influential organizations
in the world; Compaq Computer, Fujitsu, Siemens, Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard,
IBM, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, the U.S. Department
of Defense, NASA, Nortel Networks, Novell, Tivoli, and many others.
Several members of the Open Group -- IBM, Fujitsu, and Sun Microsystems
-- are Executive Sponsors of the Center.
REGISTRATION
Please visit http://www.opengroup.org/conferences
Mr. Mitch Dalition
Tel: 650.323.7992
mailto:m.dalition@opengroup.org
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***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2001
"WHY BRICK & MORTAR RETAILERS WILL WIN ONLINE"
By David Henshaw, Strategist, Plural
Open to the public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.
The eCommerce space is about retail, not the coolness of a site.
Brand image, convenience and a retailer's merchandising experience
matter more to consumers than cheap prices and no sales tax. David
Henshaw will talk about this view and why traditional retailers
will ultimately dominate the online channel.
ABOUT DAVID HENSHAW
David Henshaw advises Plural's clients on retail eCommerce business
strategies. Mr. Henshaw has worked in the retail industry for the
past ten years. During that time, he worked for one of the top U.S.
general products retailers, and the largest consumer electronics
retailer. His responsibilities have included managing IT eCommerce
operations and coordinating retail strategies across multiple web
sites.
ABOUT PLURAL
Plural (http://www.plural.com)
builds eBusinesses. Propelled by more than 600 skilled strategists,
creative specialists and technologists, Plural draws upon deep experience
in delivering critical business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer
(B2C) solutions to the Global 2000 and to Internet startup businesses.
Plural is in the client-benefit business. Our focus is on delivering
real, measurable success against our client's business goals: increasing
revenues, reducing costs, enhancing efficiency, and opening new
markets. How do we do it? By working with our clients to explore
and understand their opportunities. Opportunities in applying and
leveraging interactive technologies. Opportunities to build valued,
effective, and competitively advantaged eBusinesses. Our clients
know that to succeed in today's competitive business environment
they must understand, employ and embrace rapidly shifting technologies
and markets. They must achieve and maintain competitive advantage.
To do that, they need a strong and capable partner who will empower
them to compete and win in the Internet economy. Plural has an 11
year track record of performance in the intense, fast-paced, business-critical
solutions market, and a proven delivery capability hallmarked by
more than 1500 projects successfully completed with many of the
world's leading companies.
For further information:
Mr. David Henshaw
Strategist, Plural
mailto:henshawd@plural.com
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***THINK TANK SESSION: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2001
"THE FUTURE OF COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS: BUILDING A BLUEPRINT FOR
eCOLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNTIES"
8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. By invitation only.
See information below for possible participation.
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:
* Functional operations - supply chain management (SCM), customer
relationship management (CRM)
* For specific industries
* Business partnerships (suppliers, distribution, retailers)
* Collaboration mediums - corporate-driven (corporate networks),
channel-driven (value-chain hubs), and market-driven (eMarketplaces,
eXchanges)
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:
Venilde Jeronimo
Director of Programs
mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
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***CHALLENGE THE EXPERT: WEDNESDAY, FEBUARY 28, 2001 “CHALLENGES
AND ISSUES FOR MEGA - WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT”
By Dr. Willy Chiu, Vice President, High Volume Website Design, IBM
Corporation
Open to the public. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
$10 fee. (Payable by cash or check day of program. No charge to
Sponsors of the Center.)
Willy Chiu will share experiences in building the world's highest
volume eBusiness websites for sporting events, eCommerce, on-line
trading and on-line banking. Impact on performance from bursty web
traffic patterns as well as advanced technologies for multi-tier
architectures, caching and web page designs will be described. Actual
website data and examples will be used, including sporting sites
like the Olympics. The best practices & lessons learned were documented
by IBM in a series of white papers and are made available to the
industry. This presentation is aimed at business development and
technical leaders who have, or who anticipate, intense user demand,
whether it is Websites, such as the Olympics, Charles Schwab & Co.,
and Victoria's Secrets or sites that have high quality-of-service
end-user expectations.
THE EXPERT
Willy Chiu is currently Vice President, High Volume Web Sites, for
IBM's Software Group, and is located at the IBM Center for Java
Technology, Cupertino, California. In this position, Dr. Chiu has
created a focal point organization for High Volume Web Site technologies,
including capabilities for customer engagements, prototyping and
performance evaluation of web sites, and development of specialized
tools for analyzing web site performance. Dr. Chiu has been with
IBM for over 25 years, and has held many technical and management
positions. He joined IBM at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center
at Yorktown Heights, New York, in 1974.
REGISTRATION
Registration is not necessary, but highly recommended due to limited
seating.
Send your name, title, company name, and email address to:
Venilde Jeronimo
Director of Programs
mailto:venilde@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).
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