AT THE CENTER
The electronic newsletter of the
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
The Silicon
Valley World Internet Center thanks its Sponsors for their continuing
support:
EXECUTIVE
SPONSORS
Amdocs, Inc. Cable & Wireless
Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu IBM Corporation
SAP Sun Microsystems
KNOWLEDGE
NETWORK PARTNERS
Halleck IC Growth, Inc.
Internet Wire
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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.
IBM ANNOUNCEMENT
IBM DEVELOPERWORKS LIVE! TECHNICAL DEVELOPER CONFERENCE: MAY 7 -
10, 2002
Moscone Center, San Francisco
For further information: (http://www.ibm.com/events/ibmdeveloperworkslive/r/expwd1).
CABLE
& WIRELESS ANNOUNCEMENT: JANUARY 2002
Cable & Wireless eMessaging Solutions.
For more information:
(http://www.cw.com/th_03.asp?ID=ems_us).
PUB
TALK: THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2002
"Application Routing with NetZyme
Software Infrastructure"
By Mrs. Maria Nilva, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer;
Mr. Leonid Nilva, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer,
Creative Science Systems, Inc., &
By Mr. Patrick Gilmartin, AKA Ventures
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
VISITORS
AT THE CENTER'S PUB: THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2002
Dignitaries from Aarhus, Denmark are attending this week's
Pub Talk during their visit to Silicon Valley.
For further information, see below.
PUB
TALK: THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2002
"For Better or Worse...PowerPoint
is the Language of Business: Some Tips on Using It to Your Advantage"
By Mr. Ross Halleck, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
&
Mr. Wayne Wright, Associate Creative Director, Halleck
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
PUB
TALK: THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2002
"Data Integration: The Gateway
to Life Science Data and 'In-Silico' Drug Discovery"
By Mr. Jeff Edwards, President & Chief Operating
Officer, geneticXchange
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
IBM ANNOUNCEMENT IBM DEVELOPERWORKS LIVE!
TECHNICAL DEVELOPER CONFERENCE: MAY 7 - 10, 2002
Moscone Center, San Francisco
For further information: (http://www.ibm.com/events/ibmdeveloperworkslive/r/expwd1).
CONFERENCE
INFORMATION
IBM developerWorks Live!, the Technical Developer Conference,
is being held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco May 7 - 10,
2002.
IBM developerWorks
Live! combines IBM's three most successful conferences:
WebSphere 2001
Lotus DevCon
Solutions 2001: The IBM Technical Developer Conference
At IBM developerWorks
Live!, you will attend one conference instead of three and still
benefit from the breadth of learning experiences you have previously
enjoyed. This saves you time and money in 2002.
This conference
will be a forum for IT executives and Web developers who are increasingly
becoming the decision makers within their organizations. With over
400 hours of technical sessions, hands-on labs, "Meet the Developers,"
birds-of-a-feather sessions, and expert speakers in the general
sessions, you will be provided with the tools you need to lead the
next generation of development.
There are over
200 sessions listed on the Agenda Builder. You may browse the information
as a guest, or using the ID and password received at registration
time, you may build your own personalized agenda for the conference.
http://developerworks.cybercentral.com/ibm0502/web/login.jsp
Also, while
you're at IBM developerWorks Live!, visit the Solutions Center --
a showcase of IBM e-Business technology and Business Partner solutions
and services. This outstanding information hub will provide you
the unique opportunity to see and touch the latest technology. We'll
also have system, Web, and solutions experts on hand, so you can
discuss issues important to you, one-on-one, and get the answers
you need. A list of sponsors and exhibitors can be found on the
conference Web site.
CONFERENCE
ENTERTAINMENT
And just for fun - developers Go Live! In a special
performance just for conference attendees, Smash Mouth is coming
home to the Bay Area where they got their start. It's the ultimate
San Francisco happening! Smash Mouth will perform all of their greatest
hits from their albums "Smash Mouth," "Astro Lounge," and "Fush
Yu Mang;" plus their award-winning hit, "I'm a Believer" from the
movie "Shrek."
CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION: SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO CENTER'S ONLINE COMMUNITY
There is a discount available to members of the Center's
online community. IBM invites you to register at the low price of
only $695.00 for the conference; $600 off the full conference price
of $1,295. (When you register, choose Option 2, "Enroll using a
pre-enrollment Code" and enter PW1C to indicate that you've been
offered this discount.) Register online today at: http://www.ibm.com/events/ibmdeveloperworkslive/r/expwd1
Come join us
in May!
CABLE & WIRELESS
ANNOUNCEMENT: JANUARY 2002
Cable & Wireless eMessaging Solutions.
For more information: (http://www.cw.com/th_03.asp?ID=ems_us).
Cable & Wireless,
an Executive Sponsor of the Center, would like for your business
to run more efficiently with eMessaging Solutions provided by Cable
& Wireless.
Communicate
more effectively via eMail - keep in touch with customers, prospects,
shareholders or any other community with Cable & Wireless eMessaging
Solutions. Cable & Wireless has the capacity to handle your largest
eMail broadcasts by providing personalization tools to create messages
that build a one-to-one relationship with your audience as well
as having the accountability of the industry's most comprehensive
delivery reports, allowing maximum reach with minimum expense.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING:
http://www.cw.com/th_03.asp?ID=ems_us
PUB TALK: THURSDAY,
APRIL 11, 2002
"Application Routing with NetZyme Software Infrastructure"
By Mrs. Maria Nilva, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer,
Mr. Leonid Nilva, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer,
Creative Science Systems, Inc.; &
By Mr. Patrick Gilmartin, AKA Ventures
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
At this Pub,
come here about Creative Science Systems' integration infrastructure
platform. Application routing lets multiple distributed and mobile
clients (PCs, laptops, PDAs, and cell phones) access the functionality
of monolithic applications in realtime. Unlike content routing,
application routing enables bi-directional access to dynamic data
not just to HTML or XML text. NetZyme software infrastructure is
totally agnostic (protocol, platform, and programming language independent),
allowing the platform to be used 1) in between NetZyme clients and
servers, 2) in the context of Web Services, and 3) within MQ Series
and TIB/RV clouds. NetZyme software infrastructure includes: mobile-access,
message-oriented, and object-oriented middleware.
ABOUT
MARIA NILVA
Maria Nilva is an economist with over 10 years of experience
in corporate governance, regulation, and syndicated infrastructure
financing of high-tech sectors in the United States, the European
Union, and Eastern Europe for organizations such as European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development, Economic Intelligence Unit,
US Federal Reserve, KPMG, Slovenian Ministry of Finance, and the
World Bank. Mrs. Nilva holds a MA and MBA in economics, has authored
numerous economic reports, and has been honored with such awards
as "Outstanding Woman of the 21st Century" and "Woman of the Year
2000."
ABOUT
LEONID NILVA
Leonid Nilva has more than 25 years of experience in
all phases of software engineering and nine years in executive management.
His expertise includes Internet/Intranet-related technologies and
middleware (including CORBA), distributed systems, machine-printed
(OCR) and handwritten character recognition, and document imaging.
He also has expertise in pattern recognition, image and signal processing,
natural language processing, and knowledge systems. Mr. Nilva has
several patents and publications to his credit and holds an MS in
computer science and applied mathematics.
ABOUT
PATRICK GILMARTIN
Patrick Gilmartin, both an enterprise technology user
and consultant, specializes in the area of Employee Benefit Planning
resulting in direct integration with enterprise middleware and data
structures. Upon discovering NetZyme Enterprise software from Creative
Science Systems, Mr. Gilmartin has become one of the company's strongest
product supporters and spokespersons evangelizing the benefits of
NetZyme technology.
ABOUT
CREATIVE SCIENCE SYSTEMS, INC.
Creative Science Systems, Inc. (http://www.creativescience.com)
is a four and a half year old company that provides highly extensible,
totally agnostic integration infrastructure platform for application
routing across multi-client access environments with mission critical
reliability and unbeatable run-time performance.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Mrs. Maria Nilva
Chief Executive Officer
T: 408.694.0060 ext. 202
F: 408.694.0061
M: 510.329.3608
E: mailto:maria@creativescience.com
VISITORS AT THE
CENTER'S PUB: THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2002
Come interact with dignitaries from Aarhus, Denmark
who are visiting the Center's Pub this week as part of their visit
to select companies and organizations in Silicon Valley. Aarhus
is in the process of being developed as an IT-hub, specifically
in the area of software development. Several IT centers have been
established to promote IT with Microsoft being the first tenant
at the Katrinebjerg Center.
ABOUT
THE DIGNITARIES & THEIR VISIT
The dignitaries are visiting Silicon Valley to 1) learn
about the latest trends in IT, 2) make contacts on various levels,
and 3) set up connections between centers in Aarhus and organizations
in Silicon Valley.
The Danish dignitaries
at the Center include the following listed below. Please note that
the group will depart from the Pub at 5:45 p.m., so come early to
network with the group and establish possible business opportunities.
The
County of Aarhus, Denmark
Ms. Elinor Bæk Thomsen, Head of Section,
Department of Industrial Development
Mr. Jeppe Spure Nielsen, Project Manager, Department of Industrial
Development
Mr. Brian Sørensen, Project Manager, Department of
Industrial Development
Municipality
of Aarhus
Mr. Michael O. Bruun, Director, Department of
Business & Industri
Mr. Peter D. Rasmussen, Consultant, Department of Business
& Industri
Private
Industry
Mr. Hans Møller, Managing Director, Aarhus
Business Incubation Center A/S
Mr. Søren Løth, Chief Executive, Investment
Location Region Aarhus Denmark
Mr. Bente L. Sørensen, Network Coordinator, The Alexandra
Institut A/S
Mr. Hans Peter Hansen Rønning, Financiel Manager,
IT-Academy
Royal
Danish Consulate General, Los Angeles
Mr. Mogens Olsen, Technology Attaché
ABOUT
AARHUS, DENMARK
Aarhus is the second largest city in Denmark and has the
Country's second largest university. The region has experienced
a rapid growth in IT-related business, and the County has therefore
created an IT-Council leading to the establishment of a regional
IT-Forum, which has been tasked with coordinating the cooperation
between the private and the public sector in all of Aarhus County.
PUB TALK: THURSDAY,
APRIL 18, 2002
"For Better or Worse...PowerPoint is the Language of Business:
Some Tips on Using It to Your Advantage"
By Mr. Ross Halleck, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
&
Mr. Wayne Wright, Associate Creative Director, Halleck
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
PowerPoint has
become the de facto presentation software in the global business
environment. It is the vehicle used to communicate, educate, and
sell. Ironically, its ubiquity and enhanced features have not elevated
the quality of presentations and, hence, the results that people
could achieve. Poor presentations are responsible for opportunities
lost, brand equity eroded, and money wasted.
At this Pub
Talk, Halleck will illustrate some of the do's and don'ts that impact
the effectiveness of your PowerPoint presentations. Come learn how
to get the best out of this application and the wonders it could
do for your business success.
ABOUT
ROSS HALLECK
Ross Halleck, Chief Executive Officer, founded Halleck in
January of 1980 as one of the preeminent creative service firms
in Silicon Valley. Since its inception, Mr. Halleck has translated
corporate marketing objectives into highly effective communications
solutions. In 1993, Mr. Halleck integrated the World Wide Web into
its mix of marketing support services. This included pioneering
the branding of Web sites, developing site architecture, and the
strategic implementation of the technology to accomplish marketing
objectives. Halleck's first client in this arena was Netscape. Mr.
Halleck's strategic thinking, design excellence, and unique implementation
of technology earned him B to B Magazine's Top 100 Award for 2001.
He currently sits on the Advisory Boards of the Silicon Valley World
Internet Center and Diamondhead Ventures.
ABOUT
WAYNE WRIGHT
Wayne Wright, Associate Creative Director, is a native of
Silicon Valley who brings a combination of creative thinking and
exceptional technology skills to Halleck. He has been with Halleck
for 7 years, garnering numerous national awards for design and corporate
identity. A committed problem solver, Mr. Wright holds degrees in
both psychology and graphic design.
ABOUT
HALLECK
Halleck (http://www.halleck.com)
is a pre-eminent provider of brand communications services that
leverages all touchpoints to build more consistent, more personal,
and more profitable brand relationships with its clients. Halleck
is on the cutting-edge of providing its clients with sophisticated
marketing techniques, strategies, and technologies. Halleck is one
of the first creative service agencies to integrate relationship
marketing strategies into its business model.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Mr. Ross Halleck
Chief Executive Officer
Halleck
700 Welch Road, Suite 310
Palo Alto, CA 94304
T: 650.325.0707
F: 650.325.0738
E: mailto:ross@halleck.com
PUB TALK: THURSDAY,
APRIL 25, 2002
"Data Integration: The Gateway to Life Science Data and 'In-Silico'
Drug Discovery"
By Mr. Jeff Edwards, President & Chief Operating
Officer, geneticXchange
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
The bottleneck
in drug discovery has shifted from data collection to data integration
and analysis. In fact, poor data integration is seen as a key factor
reducing R&D productivity. Trying to solve the life science
data integration problem using traditional IT approaches is like
trying to fit a square peg into a round hole -- it doesnt
work. At this Pub, come learn how geneticXchange's K1 System is
providing a revolutionary way to solve this problem, enabling rapid
access to - and integration of - complex, dispersed scientific data.
The business results are accelerated time to market, reduced risk,
and elimination of a long-standing barrier to the drug discovery
process for biotech and pharmaceutical companies.
ABOUT
JEFF EDWARDS
Jeff Edwards is President and Chief Operating Officer of
geneticXchange, the leading provider of data integration solutions
for the biotech industry. Mr. Edwards has over 20 years of experience
in operations, sales, and marketing in the high-tech industry. He
began his career at IBM and has held executive positions with StorageTek
and with Hitachi Data Systems, where he built a $100 million business
unit as Vice President/General Manager. In addition, executives
from Fortune 500 companies such as Computer Associates and AT&T
have engaged Mr. Edwards to design various IT-based business models.
He holds a BA in business administration with graduate studies at
Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management
in international marketing.
ABOUT
GENETICXCHANGE
Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, geneticXchange
(http://www.geneticXchange.com)
provides the only open system data integration platform to help
accelerate the drug discovery process. geneticXchange's powerful
K1 System software product provides rapid, real-time access to,
and integration of, complex dispersed scientific data. World leaders
such as the Genome Institute of Singapore and Genomics Collaborative,
Inc. leverage the K1 System to help realize the promise of 'in-silico'
drug discovery.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Ms. Melanie Flanigan
Vice President, Marketing
geneticXchange
T: 650.321.9573 ext. 407
E: mailto:mflanigan@geneticxchange.com
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 Senior Director, Client Services (mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com).
For inquiries
about upcoming Center programs, send an email to mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
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 http://www.halleck.com
IC Growth, Inc. http://www.icgrowth.com
Internet Wire http://www.internetwire.com
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