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*************************************** WEBCAST INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: "What’s Coming Down the Road in Open Standards: Strategies & Solutions for the New Economy"
***POST-PROGRAM SUMMARY: CHALLENGE-THE-EXPERT: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2001 "Challenges & Issues for Mega Web Site Development" By Dr. Willy Chiu, Vice President, High Volume Website Design, IBM Corporation ***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2001 By Ms. Ann M. Miller, Research Scientist & Mr. Boris Otto, Project Manager, Fraunhofer Institut fuer Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation (Institute for Industrial Engineering) ***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2001 One-one-One Interviews sought with Silicon Valley Thought Leaders/Visionaries for a Study by Geomarkets and Mitsubishi Research Institute ***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2001 By Mr. Bruce Nash, Director, QoEtient eBusiness Management Group, Fujitsu Software ***INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2001 Provided especially to Center’s community by one of its Knowledge Network Partners: High Performance Resources (HPR) ***THINK TANK SESSION: TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2001 "P2P in the Enterprise: The Next Generation of Pervasive Technology" *************************************** WEBCAST INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: "What’s Coming Down the Road in Open Standards: Strategies & Solutions for the New Economy" To view the archive version of the webcast visit: http://webevents.broadcast.com/worldinetctr/011701 *************************************** "Challenges & Issues for Mega Web Site Development" By Dr. Willy Chiu, Vice President, High Volume Website Design, IBM Corporation Willy Chiu, Vice President, High Volume Web Sites for IBM's Software Group, discussed the challenges and best practices of building mega web sites at the Center last Wednesday. In his current role, Dr. Chiu has created a focal point organization for High Volume Web site technologies, including customer engagement capabilities, site prototyping and performance evaluation, and tool development for analyzing site performance. Dr. Chiu stressed to the audience that when developing a mega site (planned for more than 20,000 concurrent users) to follow a development cycle of first evaluating its infrastructure, determining the workload patterns, and then designing, building and testing. He stressed the importance of optimizing the system's scalability. Bursty traffic loads are common among the top eBusiness sites, and "these traffic spikes can be deadly" to a non-scalable system, he explained. The Center would like to thank Dr. Chiu for lending his expertise and for and the knowledge exchange with the audience participants. For more information on building mega web sites, four white papers are available from IBM (http://www.ibm.com/devloperworks/library/hvws) on the following topics: 1. Design for Scalability A full write-up of Dr. Chiu’s talk will be available on the Center’s website. For further information, contact the Center’s Director of Communications: Susan Barich *************************************** By Ms. Ann M. Miller, Research Scientist & Mr. Boris Otto, Project Manager, Fraunhofer Institut fuer Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation (Institute for Industrial Engineering) The Pub Talk will address solutions to eBusiness systems. Fraunhofer IAO established the Interpret project to address two challenges of eBusiness systems. The first challenge addresses the integration of different applications. Internet-based B2B applications need to be capable of leveraging the advantages of a redundancy free, high quality business information as provided by common enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Many standardization initiatives has emerged over the last several years. However, integration is still the most significant cost factor in IT projects. The second challenge is the increased expectation users have on how product information is presented via the Internet. Today, it is not enough to provide a customer only with a short description and technical information. Customers expect detailed product information, advice on product requirements, and enhanced product presentation. Within the Interpret Project, different market scenarios are being developed to address these challenges. One scenario covers the integration of an SAP R/3 system with a VRML shop application. Users can walk through different rooms and view 3D product presentations. Detailed product information is displayed and the data is extracted from an SAP R/3 system in realtime. ABOUT ANN M. MILLER AND BORIS OTTO Ann Miller is a research scientist, specializing in marketing and project management for multimedia and eBusiness at Fraunhofer IAO. She is currently involved in several national and international research projects in the field of multimedia information, virtual reality and information technologies. Prior to her position at Fraunhofer, she was employed at High Technology Associates as a consultant for european high-tech SMEs entering the US Market. Boris Otto began his professional career in 1998 at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a consultant for process improvement in the automotive industry. For an international automotive company he designed procurement processes that were depoloyed in Europe. In 2000, he joined Fraunhofer IAO as project manager for electronic business assignments. One of his projects is the development of a product classification system for an electronic marketplace in the automation industry. At Fraunhofer IAO Boris Otto is also working on his doctorate degree in the area of inter-organizational workflow. ABOUT FRAUNHOFER IAO (Institute for Industrial Engineering) Fraunhofer (www.iao.fhg.de) is one of Europe's leading service organisations in the field of applied research, development and consulting. With 48 institutes and a staff of more than 9500, it co-operates closely with industry in order to achieve a rapid and effective transfer of research results into industrial practice and products. Fraunhofer IAO focuses on technology management and the application of information and communication technologies. The Business Unit eBuisness has an interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, engineers, psychologists and media designers with a strong background in advanced system development methods and tools for eCommerce, user interface design, and evaluation and multimedia applications. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Ms. Ann M. Miller *************************************** One-one-One Interviews sought with Silicon Valley Thought Leaders/Visionaries for a Study by Geomarkets and Mitsubishi Research Institute Geomarkets, a locally-based globalization research firm, is interested in interviewing thought leaders and visionaries associated with the Center for an opportunity to participate in a study that addresses the current and future direction of U.S. Internet and Networking technology. On behalf of the Center, we hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to contribute your knowledge to this study. Those who participate will have access to the study. Purpose of Study: This study is part 3 being conducted for NTT to further define the outlook for Japan that involves conversations with Silicon Valley "insiders." Analysis and organization is being provided by Geomarkets (http://www.geomarkets.com) and Mitsubishi Research Institute (http://www.mri.co.jp/E/index.html). Format: One-on-one interviews that last approximately 1 hour. Date/Place: Friday, March 9 starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Center. (Alternate days are available.) Why Participate: Share knowledge! Also, NTT will share the results of Part I of this study which involves an analysis of 400+ recently funded U.S. Internet/Networking startups. To Participate: Contact Mr. Tom Spargo, President of Geomarkets at mailto:tom@geomarkets.com to schedule an appointment. *************************************** By Mr. Bruce Nash, Director, QoEtient eBusiness Management Group, Fujitsu Software Bruce Nash will introduce Fujitsu's strategy for eBusiness Systems and Network Management. eBusiness has relied heavily on ad hoc tools and adaptations of existing management systems to keep systems running, but the demands of customer Quality of Experience and partner Quality of Service make more complete services an urgent necessity. Fujitsu Software's QoEtient provides a single platform for insuring the security, availability, and high performance of an eBusiness. ABOUT BRUCE NASH Bruce Nash joined Fujitsu Software in 1996 as Product Manager for Enterprise Management Products. He has led the eBusiness Management Group since its formation in November, 1999. Bruce's former roles have included a brief career as a Rubik's Cube solver, a mathematics student at Bristol University, a contributor to the JPEG and MPEG proposals (mostly by way of asking questions and making coffee) for the Image Technologies Group at IBM's Yorktown Research Center, manager of the internship program for IBM (UK) Ltd. and development manager for the storage management component of OS/2 Warp Server. Bruce moved from the UK to Palo Alto in 1996. ABOUT FUJITSU SOFTWARE CORPORATION (FS) Established in 1991, Fujitsu Software Corporation (FS) (http://www.fs.fujitsu.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702), a $49 billion leading provider of comprehensive information technology and network solutions for the global marketplace. FS products include workflow, enterprise management products, help desk applications, application development tools, groupware and knowledge management products. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Bruce Nash *************************************** Provided especially to Center’s community by one of its Knowledge Network Partners: High Performance Resources (HPR) By invitation-only. No fee. Limited to 50 participants. Information below for possible participation. Panel from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Reception from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. High Performance Resources, a Knowledge Network Partner of the Center, is offering members of its community the opportunity to attend an invitation-only Panel. Executive-level panelists from pre-IPO and public companies will address their experiences in building and maintaining a high level executive team. After panel presentations, audience participants will interact with the panelists to address key issues and concerns. A light reception will follow for networking. PANEL & INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION FOCUS ON FOLLOWING KEY AREAS Moderator: Mr. Don Presson, Chief Executive Officer, High Performance Resources (HPR) * Design of the Senior Management Team: What are the important considerations now as compared/contrasted to five years ago? WHO SHOULD ATTEND * Executives who need to implement leadership change to react to the current economy and need to identify a solution. ABOUT HIGH PERFORMANCE RESOURCES (HPR) High Performance Resources (http://www.hpresources.com) is an Executive Search and Consulting Firm. HPR evaluates and builds management teams using value drivers which link Human Capital to Shareholder Value. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION Send your name, title, email address, telephone number, short bio, and executive summary of company to: Kristin Nobles *************************************** 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. By invitation only. See below for possible participation. The Center’s upcoming invitation-only Think Tank Session will focus on P2P in the enterprise. Twenty-five technologists and strategists will brainstorm, among other issues, the type of demands expected from enterprise users as well as new business opportunities in P2P computing. To spark discussion and knowledge exchange, presentations will be given, among others, by: Mr. Stephen Burbeck, Software Group Emerging Technology, IBM Corporation POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION If you are a strategist or a visionary currently in the P2P space who has burning ideas to share with the others, please send your name, title, email, telephone number, bio, and company executive summary for possible participation to: Venilde Jeronimo
*************************************** ***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 or to unsubscribe to this newsletter, contact Sara K. Dean, the Center's Program Manager (mailto:sdean@worldinternetcenter.com). |