****************** AT THE CENTER ******************
************* The electronic newsletter of the ***********
*********** Silicon Valley World Internet
Center **********
*************** Tuesday, October 16, 2001 *************
The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Sponsors for
their continuing support:
EXECUTIVE SPONSORS
* Amdocs, Inchttp://www.amdocs.com
* Cable & Wirelesshttp://www.cw.com
* Deutsche Telekomhttp://www.dtag.de/english/index.htm
* Fujitsuhttp://www.fujitsu.com
* IBM Corporationhttp://www.ibm.com
* SAPhttp://www.mysap.com
* Sun Microsystemshttp://www.sun.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 Web site.
ALL PROGRAMS ARE HELD AT THE CENTER UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
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***SYMPOSIUM: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2001
"Realtime Location Systems (RTLS) & Supply Chain Management in the
Auto Industry"
Invitation-only. 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
***SYMPOSIUM: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2001
"Realtime Location Systems (RTLS) & Supply Chain Management in the
Defense/Aerospace Industries"
Invitation-only. 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
***PUB: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2001
"The Collaborative Nature of the UDDI Initiative & SAP Involvement"
By Mr. Claus von Riegen, XML Standards Architect, SAP AG
Open to the Public. No fee. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.
***IBM HALF-DAY FREE WEB SERVICES SEMINAR IN SAN FRANCISCO:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2001
"IBM developerWorks Web Services Developer Briefings"
Open to the public. No Fee. 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Register at: http://www6.software.ibm.com/reg/devworks/webservdb01-i
NOTE: Not a Center program or held at the Center.
Check dates below for other locations.
***INVITATION: PARTY WITH IBM DEVELOPERWORKS IN SAN FRANCISCO:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2001
"IBM developerWorks 2nd year Anniversary Celebration and Networking
Event"
Open to the Public. No fee. 7:00 - 10:30 p.m.
Gordon Biersch Brewing Co, San Francisco.
Further information below. Register at: http://www6.software.ibm.com/reg/developerworks/events-i?S_PKG=event07
NOTE: Not a Center program or held at the Center.
***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
Open to the Public. $20 fee, payable in cash or check day of program.
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Registration & networking.
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.: Presentation and Q&A/interactive discussion with
audience participants.
REGISTRATION HIGHLY RECOMMENDED due to limited seating. Registration
information below.
Location: Vintage Room, Stanford Barn, Palo Alto. (Behind
the California Cafe and below the Center at the Stanford Barn.)
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***SYMPOSIUM: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2001
"Realtime Location Systems (RTLS) & Supply Chain Management in the
Auto Industry"
Invitation-only. 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
This Symposium is the first of a two-part Symposium Series on
the usage of Realtime Location Systems (RTLS) and Supply Chain Management
(SCM).
Invited 12-15 participants will have the opportunity to interact
with one another and discuss the following:
* What are the benefits and challenges of RTLS for SCM
in the auto industry?
* What is the perceived expected return on investment (ROI)
for RTLS in supply chain for this industry?
* Which parts of the supply chain will benefit most and which
not at all?
* How will RTLS impact the ?traditional? supply chain?
* How is RTLS being perceived in private marketplaces?
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Dr. Venilde Jeronimo
Director of Programs
Em: mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
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***SYMPOSIUM: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2001
"Realtime Location Systems (RTLS) & Supply Chain Management in the
Defense/Aerospace Industries"
Invitation-only. 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
This Symposium is the second of a two-part Symposium Series on
the usage of Realtime Location Systems (RTLS) and Supply Chain Management
(SCM).
Invited participants will have the opportunity to interact with
one another and discuss the following:
* What are the benefits and challenges of RTLS for SCM
in the defense/aerospace industries?
* What is the perceived expected return on investment (ROI)
for RTLS in supply chain for this industry?
* Which parts of the supply chain will benefit most and which
not at all?
* How will RTLS impact the ?traditional? supply chain?
* How is RTLS being perceived in private marketplaces?
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Dr. Venilde Jeronimo
Director of Programs
Em: mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
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***PUB: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2001
"The Collaborative Nature of the UDDI Initiative & SAP Involvement"
By Mr. Claus von Riegen, XML Standards Architect, SAP AG
Open to the Public. No fee. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.
At this Pub Talk, Mr. von Riegen will discuss the UDDI (Universal
Description, Discovery and Integration) initiative and SAP's involvement.
As announced on October 4th, SAP plans to become an operator for
the UDDI Business Directory. SAP will build, run and maintain a
global UDDI node. Existing operators include IBM, Microsoft and
Hewlett-Packard. Both SAP and IBM are current Executive Sponsors
of the Center. This type of collaborative initiative is what the
spirit of the Internet Economy is all about!
Come learn more about the UDDI Initiative, billed as the first
true Yellow Pages for the Web, which seeks to make it easier for
businesses to provide information about their products and services
on the Web as well as locate partners and customers. In addition
to learning more about SAP's role as an operator, come hear how
SAP will let its customers register for the UDDI registry through
its SAP Service Marketplace, integrating information from back-office
systems into the registry.
ABOUT CLAUS VON RIEGEN
Mr. Claus von Riegen is the XML Standards Architect for SAP AG.
He plays a major role in the definition of SAP's strategy for XML
standards and was active participant of both ebXML and the Open
Applications Group. Currently, he serves as Editor for the UDDI
Data Structure Reference. Before focusing on XML, Mr. Von Riegen
worked on many projects in application development, including data
and object modeling, workflow management, interface design and distributed
systems management. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the
Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.
ABOUT UDDI
To read more about the UDDI initiative between SAP, IBM, Microsoft
and Hewlett-Packard, visit: http://www.uddi.org
To read a short article about SAP's recent involvement in UDDI,
visit: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/10/04/011004hnsapuddi.xml
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***IBM HALF-DAY FREE WEB SERVICES SEMINAR IN SAN FRANCISCO: TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 30, 2001
"IBM developerWorks Web Services Developer Briefings"
Open to the public. No Fee. 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Register at: http://www6.software.ibm.com/reg/devworks/webservdb01-i
NOTE: Not a Center program or held at the Center.
Check dates below for other locations.
IBM, one of the Center's Executive Sponsors, invite those associated
with the Center to attend its upcoming half-day seminar on Web service
in San Francisco on Tuesday, October 30th. As part of the Center's
community, we hope you will be able to take advantage of this unique
opportunity.
IBM developerWorks Web Services Developer Briefings
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
* The Web services Framework - Technology standards roadmap
for Web services under consideration by W3C and others
* SOAP -- Developing and deploying SOAP-enabled Web services
* UDDI -- Developing and implementing UDDI registries
* UDDI4J -- Extending current applications to support UDDI
Registry using the UDDI4J Toolkit
* IBM Web services Workbench -- Extending existing applications
as Web services
* Customer Reference Implementation -- How customers are
implementing Web services today.
Attend this half-day technical briefing to learn the latest about
Web services from IBM. IBM has been playing a leadership role in
developing many of the critical Web services standards such as SOAP,
UDDI, and WSDL and is among the first to market with tools and products
that help developers build Web services solutions. This half-day,
intensive seminar will provide developers, product and program managers,
and software architects with an opportunity to learn about key Web
services technologies, how these technologies are evolving and being
implemented by IBM customers today using IBM's Web services offerings,
the standards initiatives behind some of these technologies and
their future roadmap.
Attendees will learn to develop and post SOAP-based services,
implement UDDI registries and post services to them, and use the
IBM WebSphere Studio to extend Java components as Web services using
WSDL. Attending the seminar is a must for those who are seeking
to enhance their skills with the latest industry trends. Additionally,
each participant will receive IBM Software products that support
Web services, development tools, helpful tutorials, and insightful
articles.
Free Developer Toolbox!
The IBM DeveloperToolbox worth thousands of dollars will be raffled
off at the end of every session! You must be present to win. The
IBM DeveloperToolbox Enterprise Level is a complete set of 228 CDs
in a leather binder, which includes technologies like WebSphere,
MQSeries, DB2, Lotus Domino, VisualAge for Java and more! It also
has more than 1,000 development tools, products and technical info
currently available covering 16 platforms. More information on the
IBM DeveloperToolbox:
http://www.developer.ibm.com/devcon/titlepg.htm
PREREQUISITES
Attendees are expected to be familiar with HTML, Java, XML basics,
and basic networking concepts.
SCHEDULE OF SEMINAR DATES
Chicago, IL, October 22, 2001, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
New York City, October 24, 2001, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Bethesda, MD, October 25, 2001, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Seattle, WA, October 26, 2001, 8:30am - 12:00pm
San Francisco, CA, October 30, 2001, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Raleigh, NC, October 31, 2001, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Orange County, CA, November 2, 2001, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Toronto, Ontario, November 12, 2001, 1:00pm - 4:30pm Austin, TX,
November 12, 2001, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Montreal, Quebec, November 13, 2001, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
For more information about the seminars, their locations, schedule
as well as to register, please visit:
http://www6.software.ibm.com/reg/devworks/webservdb01-i
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***INVITATION: PARTY WITH IBM DEVELOPERWORKS IN SAN FRANCISCO: TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 30, 2001
"IBM developerWorks 2nd year Anniversary Celebration and Networking
Event"
Open to the Public. No fee. 7:00 - 10:30 p.m.
Gordon Biersch Brewing Co, San Francisco. Further
information below.
Register at: http://www6.software.ibm.com/reg/developerworks/events-i?S_PKG=event07
NOTE: Not a Center program or held at the Center.
Join IBM for the developerWorks 2nd year Anniversary Celebration
and Networking Event in San Francisco on the evening of October
30th. There is no charge for this informative, fun event.
LOCATION
Gordon Biersch Brewing Co.
2 Harrison Street (at Embarcadero)
San Francisco, California
T: 415.243.8246
ATTENTION DEVELOPERS
Are you developing Web services solutions? Thinking about it?
Having played a leadership role in the development of many of the
critical emerging Web services standards such as SOAP, UDDI, and
WSDL few companies are better qualified to give you the latest insights
than IBM.
Mr. ROD SMITH, the Vice President of Emerging Technology
for IBM's Software Group, will discuss leading-edge Web services
technologies. Topics include: How Web services tools are evolving,
the standards initiatives behind these technologies and where they're
heading.
Dr. JAWAHAR MALHOTRA, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
of local Web services technology company interKeel, will do a live
demo of their Web services brokering and management solution, which
is built on the IBM WebSphere 4.0 platform.
Afterwards, help developerWorks celebrate two years of bringing
resources and relevant information to the developer community.
REGISTRATION & FURTHER INFORMATION
The event is free of charge. Space is limited. Register at: http://www6.software.ibm.com/reg/developerworks/events-i?S_PKG=event07
The event is brought to you by ibm.com/developerWorks, IBM's resource
for developers offering tools, code and education for open standards-based
development. developerWorks covers product and technology information
related to Java, Linux, XML, Web services and emerging technologies.
Connect with your fellow developers for a free night of education,
entertainment, food and drink.
As part of the celebration, enter to win a copy of the IBM DeveloperToolbox
worth $1,499! This leather bound set of 228 CDs includes technologies
like WebSphere, MQSeries, DB2, Lotus Domino, VisualAge for Java
and more. It also has over 1,000 development tools, products and
technical information that covers 16 platforms. For more information
on the IBM DeveloperToolbox, go to:
http://www.developer.ibm.com/devcon/titlepg.htm
You will also have a chance to win a copy of the IBM WebSphere
Studio Advanced Edition 4.0, valued at approximately $2,000. Remember:
You must be present to win.
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***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
Open to the Public. $20 fee, payable in cash or check day of program.
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Registration & networking
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.: Presentation and Q&A/interactive discussion with
audience participants.
REGISTRATION HIGHLY RECOMMENDED due to limited seating. Registration
information below.
Location: Vintage Room, Stanford Barn, Palo Alto. (Behind
the California Cafe and below the Center at the Stanford Barn.)
The technology exists. So why do so many businesses crash and
burn when it comes to launching successful eBusiness strategies?
Why do flashy Web sites send customers to a 1-800 number that can
be accessed only during "normal" business hours? Why do executives
who market toys and games refuse to listen to their own children?
According to IBM's Internet guru, Mr. John R. Patrick, it's all
about attitude!!
Our inability to harness the full power of the Internet has much
less to do with the technology itself than with the cultural and
psychological barriers that straitjacket our thinking about it.
In his book, "Net Attitude," he reveals the strategies and more
important, the mindset, that will allow you and your company to
flourish in the age of connectivity. Drawing from a wide range of
examples from the worlds of business, technology, politics, education,
and popular culture, during the first hour of this program, Mr.
Patrick will explore the profound implications of adopting an Internet
attitude and how it will transform you and your business. Audience
participants will be able to interact with Mr. Patrick during the
second hour in a facilitated, knowledge exchange.
Mr. Patrick's book, "Net Attitude," can be pre-ordered through
Amazon.com.
ABOUT JOHN M. PATRICK
Mr. John M. Patrick is Vice President of Internet technology at
IBM Corporation. As IBM's chief Internet technology officer, he
leads the company's efforts for the next generation of the Internet.
Mr. Patrick is also closely involved in IBM's aggressive backing
of the red-hot Linux movement. However, if you read between the
lines of Patrick's official job description -- or have heard him
deliver cutting-edge remarks at conferences throughout the world
or read one of the many articles he's been featured in -- you'll
see that John's unofficial title is Internet visionary. It is one
of the reasons why Business 2.0 recently named him as one of the
industry's most intriguing minds, and why Network World called him
one of the 25 most powerful people in networking.
Mr. Patrick was a founding member and is now the chairman of the
Global Internet Project, a founding member of the World Wide Web
Consortium at MIT in 1994, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers, and a member of the Internet Society
and the ACM. He is an advisor to several new Internet companies,
including Lou Dobbs' and Sally Ride's Space.com and Mary Furlong's
ThirdAge Media. He is also an advisor to IntraLinks and Neoteny,
a new incubator in Japan.
While at IBM, Mr. Patrick has created a number of innovative programs
including the alphaWorks Web site, which is IBM's on-line research
and development laboratory for advanced Internet technology, and
IBM's successful "Get Connected" program to expand the use of the
Internet both within the company and to serve as a model for other
companies. Mr. Patrick joined IBM in 1967 and spent the first half
of his career in various sales, marketing and management positions.
He was a pioneer and developer of IBM's leasing business at IBM
Credit Corporation, today the largest computer leasing company in
the world. He was subsequently the chief financial officer of various
business units of IBM and was also vice president of operations
for IBM's Computer Integrated Manufacturing Business. In 1992, Mr.
Patrick became vice president of marketing for Personal Systems
and was responsible for creating the successful ThinkPad brand.
He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University
and an M.S. in Management from the University of South Florida.
He also has a law degree (LL.B.) from LaSalle University, which
he earned during his military service. An individual who leads by
example, you can access further information about Mr. Patrick and
his activities through his innovative personal web site: http://www.ibm.com/patrick.
REGISTRATION
Registration is not necessary but highly recommended due to limited
seating. To register, send the following information: name, title,
company, email address, and phone number to:
Ms. Glenda Garcia
Operations Assistant
Em: mailto:garcia@worldinternetcenter.com
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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***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).
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