AT THE CENTER
The electronic newsletter of the
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Tuesday, August 13, 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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CENTER
ANNOUNCEMENT: NO PUB TALKS FROM AUG. 29 SEP. 26, 2002
There will be NO Thursday Pub Talks from August
29 September 26.
Further information below.
CABLE
& WIRELESS ANNOUNCEMENTS
"Cable & Wireless Achieves Gold Re-certification From Cisco
Systems"
For further information (http://www1.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=mc_549july3102).
"Cable
& Wireless Expands Product And Service Offerings With New Business
Continuity & Recovery Services"
For further information (http://www1.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=mc_548july2902).
CHALLENGE-THE-EXPERT:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2002
"Collaborative Commerce: Strategies, Architectures & Implementation
Roadmaps"
By Dr. Rod Heisterberg, Managing Partner, Rod Heisterberg
Associates
Registration and Networking: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Presentation and Interactive Discussion: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Open to the Public. No Fee. Pre-registration recommended due to
limited seating.
PUB
TALK: THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2002
"Sustaining Telecom Innovation With New Partnership Engines"
By Mr. Gabriel Sidhom, Vice President, Business Development
& Alliances, France Telecom Research & Development, LLC
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
PUB
TALK: THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002
"The Tablet PC Initiative And What It Means"
By Mr. Tom Bernhard, Director, New Technology and Applications,
Fujitsu PC Corporation
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
CENTER ANNOUNCEMENT:
NO PUB TALKS FROM AUG. 29 SEP. 26, 2002
There will be NO Thursday Pub Talks from August 29
September 26.
There will be
NO PUB TALKS on the following dates:
Thursday,
August 29
Thursday, September 5
Thursday, September 12
Thursday, September 19
Thursday, September 26
Pub Talks will
resume in October. More information on the fall Pub Talk schedule
will be in upcoming issues of the Center's newsletter.
CABLE & WIRELESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
"Cable & Wireless Achieves Gold Re-certification From Cisco
Systems"
For further information (http://www1.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=mc_549july3102).
"Cable
& Wireless Expands Product And Service Offerings With New Business
Continuity & Recovery Services"
For further information (http://www1.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=mc_548july2902).
Cable &
Wireless, an executive sponsor of the Center, would like to show
two recent announcements with the Centers online community:
1) "Cable
& Wireless Achieves Gold Re-certification From Cisco Systems"
For further information (http://www1.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=mc_549july3102).
Cable &
Wireless has achieved Gold Re-Certification from Cisco Systems,
Inc. for its expertise in selling, implementing, and supporting
Cisco network solutions as part of the Cisco partner program. "The
purpose of our Certification Program is to build channel partner
expertise," said Nick Watson, Director of Operations, Unified
Channels organization, Cisco Systems UK & Ireland. "Gold
Re-Certification status provides strong recognition of Cable &
Wireless' ongoing commitment to delivering superior network knowledge
and customer service." The Re-Certification follows Cable &
Wireless' success at the Cisco EMEA Awards 2001, where it was named
'Global Service Provider and Reseller of the Year.'
2) "Cable
& Wireless Expands Product And Service Offerings With New Business
Continuity & Recovery Services"
For further information (http://www1.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=mc_548july2902).
Cable &
Wireless has introduced a suite of new Business Continuity &
Recovery Services that will be delivered by its Web hosting business
in the U.S., Exodus, a Cable & Wireless Service. The new services
offer a combination of consulting and dedicated infrastructure services
that enable organizations to avoid downtime of their mission critical
applications in any event -- planned or unplanned. These new solutions
standardize the most frequently requested services making deployment
more efficient and cost effective for customers.
CHALLENGE-THE-EXPERT: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
14, 2002
"Collaborative Commerce: Strategies, Architectures & Implementation
Roadmaps"
By Dr. Rod Heisterberg, Managing Partner, Rod Heisterberg
Associates
Registration and Networking: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Presentation and Interactive Discussion: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Open to the Public. No Fee. Pre-registration recommended due to
limited seating.
At this Challenge-The-Expert,
come interact and "challenge" Rod Heisterberg on Collaborative
Commerce (cCommerce) as he identifies it as the key strategy in
the next stage of eBusiness.
cCommerce business
practices enable trading partners to create, manage, and use data
in a shared environment to design, build, and support products throughout
their lifecycle, working separately to leverage core competencies
in a value chain to form a virtual enterprise. Sustainable competitive
advantage may be realized by adoption of cCommerce concepts and
critical success factors as well as a strategic planning methodology
that incorporates the use of a balanced scorecard with supply chain
management metrics to affect an adaptive planning process for value
chain optimization.
Leading enterprises
have created a business case to realize the cCommerce value proposition
by promoting the critical success factors to deploy Internet technologies
for internal and external data sharing; provide loosely coupled
application interoperability via Integration Hubs across the value
chain; focus on core competencies for collaborative business practices;
and build virtual enterprises on trusted value chains to redefine
competitive advantage.
The following
key issues for the development of the next generation eBusiness
strategies will be addressed and opened for "challenge"
for an interactive discussion during the second hour of the program:
What
is Collaborative Commerce and Why Should I Care?
Conducting Strategic Planning for cCommerce
Developing cCommerce Business/Applications/Technical Architectures
Building Interactive Incremental Implementation Roadmaps
for cCommerce
Leveraging Value Chain Management: Lessons Learned and Next
Steps
ABOUT
ROD HEISTERBERG
Rod
Heisterberg guides firms moving into Collaborative Commerce with
his experience in software product management, enterprise systems
integration, and IT management perspectives. Before founding Rod
Heisterberg Associates, he was the Director of IT Management Consulting
for Gartner Group in San Jose. His engagements spanned consulting
and research projects that focused on strategic planning for cCommerce,
including the formation, implementation, and operation of businesses
as virtual enterprises using a private trading exchange enabled
by Extranet. Dr. Heisterberg has been employed by or consulted for
numerous Global 500 companies, including British Aerospace, Ford,
General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Mitsubishi, Procter & Gamble,
Sunbeam, and US Steel. He has served as the US industry advisor
to NATO for eBusiness and industrial logistics. Dr. Heisterberg
holds bachelors and masters degrees, as well as a Ph.D. from Purdue
University where he studied industrial engineering, computer science,
and business administration. He is a registered professional engineer
and an internationally-recognized speaker and writer. Currently,
he is authoring the cCommerce section of The Internet Encyclopedia
to be published by John Wiley & Sons.
ABOUT
ROD HEISTERBERG ASSOCIATES
Rod
Heisterberg Associates (RHA) represents a global network of seasoned
veterans in the fields of business management and IT who provide
leadership for cCommerce strategies that enterprise software vendors
and end users can leverage to achieve a sustainable competitive
advantage. The RHA portfolio of international management consulting
offerings features cCommerce strategic planning and readiness assessment,
architecture development and sourcing, and implementation roadmap
advisory services which include executive team coaching and IT trends
seminars.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
Pre-registration is not required, but highly recommended
due to limited seating. Confirm attendance by sending your name,
title, company name, and telephone number to:
Ms. Claire Kahrobaie
Manager, Client Services
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
T: 650.462.9800
E: kahrobaie@worldinternetcenter.com
PUB TALK: THURSDAY,
AUGUST 15, 2002
"Sustaining Telecom Innovation With New Partnership Engines"
By Mr. Gabriel Sidhom, Vice President, Business Development
& Alliances, France Telecom Research & Development, LLC
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
Technological
options facing a company today are multiplying faster than available
resources to evaluate them. Convergence is creating technological
combinatorial forms difficult to discern and even more difficult
to measure in terms of potential risks and opportunities. Added
to this is the current season of inclement financial weather, which
is radically shrinking companies, planning horizons to quarters
if not months. At this Pub, Gabriel Sidhom will discuss how France
Telecom R&D is facing these challenges while maintaining the
cadence of innovation necessary for a telecommunications firm to
succeed in keeping relevant and fresh the value proposition it brings
to its clients. Specifically, he will focus on the changing role
of partnership management as one of the engines necessary for generating
sustained innovation.
ABOUT
GABRIEL SIDHOM
Gabriel Sidhom was named Vice President, Business Development
& Alliances for France Telecom Research & Development, LLC
in April 2001. In this capacity, he is responsible for defining
the company's business strategy; developing new markets and contracts;
directing the company's technology, business scouting, and research
engagements; managing research and development partnerships with
companies, universities, associations, and institutions; and managing
the company's product management group. In addition, Mr. Sidhom
is responsible for developing and managing the company's broadband
competency group. Previously, he held the position of Vice President
for France Telecom's business wholesale services. In this role,
he defined the strategy for the wholesale activity, developed and
marketed the wholesale offer, and established and managed commercial
relations with fixed, wireless and internet resellers and operators
in France and internationally. Mr. Sidhom also represented France
Telecom on several international alliance steering committees. Prior
to joining France Telecom, he held various positions with GTE Corporation.
Mr. Sidhom holds a BA in monetary economics & political science
from Occidental College and a MA in industrial organization &
financial markets from the University of California, Los Angeles.
He is a former board member of the American Marketing Association
in New York.
ABOUT
FRANCE TELECOM R&D, LLC
France
Telecom (http://www.francetelecom.com)
is one of the world's leading telecommunications carriers with over
107 million customers on five continents (220 countries) and consolidated
operating revenues of 22.5 billion Euros for the first half of 2002.
Through its major international brands -- including Orange, Wanadoo,
Equant, and GlobeCast -- France Telecom provides businesses, consumers,
and other carriers with a complete portfolio of solutions that spans
local, long-distance and international telephony, wireless, Internet,
multimedia, data, broadcast, and cable TV services.
Innovation is
a fundamental priority for France Telecom. France Telecom R&D
is the source of design and development for about 80 percent of
the products and services marketed by France Telecom. The organization
pursues three concurrent objectives: 1) continually improve existing
services and networks through the initiatives of project teams over
three to twelve months; 2) create foundations for the impossible
through the efforts of work groups with 12-to-36-month horizons
to develop new technologies and platforms; and 3) imagine the unthinkable
in radically new domains through brainstorming workshops and by
anticipating future uses. Since 1997, France Telecom R&D's laboratory
in South San Francisco provides the France Telecom group with innovative
technologies in Internet, enterprise services, multimedia, and Wireless
through its access to US markets and execution of its six primary
roles of technology & business model analysis and evaluation,
software and hardware testing and evaluation, participation in industry
forums and standard bodies, integration of innovative technologies
into France Telecom's offers, and prototype development &. commercial
"visioning" of new technologies. Key to these efforts
has been a commitment to ongoing development of a wide range of
partnerships with both large and start-up companies as well as alliances
such as Liberty (of which France Telecom was a founding member),
extensive work with universities (Stanford, MIT, UC Santa Barbara
& Santa Clara University), and ongoing contacts with venture
capitalists, including due diligence support.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Mr. Gabriel Sidhom
Vice President, Business Development & Alliances
France Telecom Research & Development, LLC
801 Gateway Blvd, Suite 500
South San Francisco, CA 94080
T: 650.875.1504
F: 650.875.1505
E: mailto:Gabriel.sidhom@rd.francetelecom.com
PUB TALK: THURSDAY,
AUGUST 22, 2002
"The Tablet PC Initiative And What It Means"
By Mr. Tom Bernhard, Director, New Technology and Applications,
Fujitsu PC Corporation
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
At this Pub
Talk, come hear Tom Bernhard discuss the Tablet PC and this new
technology. In November of this year, Microsoft will launch Windows
XP Tablet PC Edition, a new operating system designed specifically
for pen-based computing. Some of the questions being discussed as
a result of this launch include:
What
functionality will this new OS offer?
How will this OS and the new systems it ships on affect the
PC market?
What are the target markets for these new devices?
Who are the players in this "new" market?
ABOUT
TOM BERNHARD
Tom
Bernhard boasts 20 years of experience in the technology and computer
industries. He has been with Fujitsu PC Corporation for four years:
first as a Senior Product Manager; then Director, Product Marketing
for Pen Tablets; and now as Director, New Technology and Applications.
His responsibilities have included specifying and overseeing the
successful launch of several pen tablet computer systems, developing
product road maps for multiple product lines, identifying essential
new technologies, and serving as company spokesman for the pen tablet
product line. In 2000, Mr. Bernhard received the Fujitsu Achiever
Award for Marketing. Prior to Fujitsu PC, Mr. Bernhard was Product
Manager, Desktop Systems for Unisys Corporation where he specified
and launched numerous desktop computer systems and developed product
road maps. Before Unisys, Mr. Bernhard was Product Manager, Hardware/Software
for Action Computer Supplies. Mr. Bernhard is a member of the Mobile
Advisory Councils Board of Directors. He holds both BS and
MS degrees in business administration from California State University,
Hayward.
ABOUT
FUJITSU PC CORPORATION
Headquartered
in Santa Clara, California, Fujitsu PC Corporation (http://www.fujitsupc.com)
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited and the leading
provider of ultra-mobile computing solutions. Fujitsu PC Corporation
delivers high-performance mobile computing solutions for the North
American market, including a wide range of LifeBook notebooks and
Stylistic® pen tablet PCs. Fujitsu PC Corporation emphasizes
leading-edge technology, exceptional product quality, user comfort
and productivity, and outstanding customer service as primary competitive
advantages. For more information on Fujitsu PC Corporations
complete line of mobile computing solutions, visit their Website
or call 1-877-FPC-DIRECT.
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 or obtaining additional information
about current Center programs and services should contact Dr. Venilde
Jeronimo, the Center's Senior Director, Client Services (mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com).
For inquiries
about upcoming Center programs, send an email to mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
For further
information on the Center's Sponsors and Knowledge Network Partners,
visit their Web sites:
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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community, click on this link: http://center.infopoint.com/join.php
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