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AT THE CENTER
The electronic newsletter of the
Silicon Valley World Internet Center

Tuesday, July 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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CENTER ANNOUNCEMENT: CENTER SEEKS CRM EXPERT OR ANALYST
Further information below.

CABLE & WIRELESS ANNOUNCEMENT
"Reliability Extends Far Beyond The Network"
For further information (http://www.cw.com/reliable).

PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2002
"Threading The Needle At 100 MPH: Dynamic Business Steering & Financial Management"
By Mr. Doug Barton, Vice President of Marketing, Closedloop Solutions, Inc.
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00 p.m.

EXECUTIVE SEMINAR: WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2002
"Survival Strategies: Converging Resources To Create & Retain Customer Value"
By Mr. Niles Morton, Vice President of Indirect Channels, Cable & Wireless &
By Mr. Rick Ellinger, Venture Partner, Osprey Ventures, LP
Invitation-only. 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Reception follows. Limit: 40 participants.

EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2002
"Convergence: Strategic Alliances With Proven Results"
By Mr. Robin Morgan, Vice President of Global Enterprise Markets, Cable & Wireless
& Mr. Scott Boyd, Systems Engineer Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Open to the Public. 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Pre-registration Recommended.

PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2002
"The Newest Faces At Cable & Wireless: Exodus & Digital Island"
By Mr. David Greene, Vice President, Market Development, Exodus, A Cable & Wireless Service
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00 p.m.

WORKING GROUP SESSION: WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2002
"Decision Making In The Realtime Enterprise"
Fourth Session of a Working Group on "Dynamic Information Integration"
Led by Dr. Rodney J. Heisterberg, Managing Partner, Rod Heisterberg Associates
Invitation-only. 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.

PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2002
"Let's Talk About Voice!"
By Mr. Kyle Kim, Director of Voice Solutions, Voice Center, SAP Labs, Inc.
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00 p.m.


CENTER ANNOUNCEMENT: CENTER SEEKS CRM EXPERT OR ANALYST
Further information below.

The Center is seeking a seasoned customer relationship management (CRM) expert or analyst who understands the U.S. market and has insights on the market’s future direction. This CRM thought leader would interact with and give a briefing at the Center on Tuesday, July 16 to a CEO of one of the largest system integrators in Asia.

For those interested and for further information, please send a short bio to:

Dr. Venilde Jeronimo
Senior Director, Client Services
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
T: 650.462.9800
E: mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com


CABLE & WIRELESS ANNOUNCEMENT
"Reliability Extends Far Beyond The Network"
For further information (http://www.cw.com/reliable).

Cable & Wireless was recently voted "Most Financially Stable Operator In Class" by Communications Week International. Reliability extends far beyond its network. Cable & Wireless' focus is to deliver high quality IP hosting and Web services to businesses in the US, Europe, and Asia across its wholly-owned global Tier 1 IP backbone. With more and more businesses facing financial difficulties, companies are looking for more than reliable networks -- they are looking for credible suppliers who have a depth of experience to support the continuity of their business. Cable & Wireless has been in business for over 130 years. During this time, they have seen many companies enter and exit the telecommunications market -- from dot coms to multinationals. 50% of the Fortune e-50 and 70% of the Fortune 500 currently rely on Cable & Wireless. To find out how Cable & Wireless can help your business, visit (http://www.cw.com/reliable).


PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2002
"Threading The Needle At 100 MPH: Dynamic Business Steering & Financial Management"
By Mr. Doug Barton, Vice President of Marketing, Closedloop Solutions, Inc.
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00 p.m.

Today, organizations and top managers must manage financial performance in times of continuous and tumultuous change. The penalty for failing to meet near term performance objectives is often a crushing cycle of falling investor, customer, and employee confidence that jeopardizes the very survival of the enterprise. Conventional corporate financial budgeting, planning, forecasting techniques, and systems have failed to respond to the higher capabilities required for companies to react to unplanned variations in performance. Dramatically improving the forward visibility of the enterprise and collapsing the time it takes to realign will separate the winners from the losers. At this Pub Talk, Mr. Barton will examine the Internet-powered platform capabilities that will close the ever-broadening business capabilities gap, including:

• Business manager self-serve, activity-level forecasting
• Incremental change capture; real-time recompile
• Top-down steering workflow
• Pipeline and plan consumption logic
• Dynamic process control

The business impact is a superior ability to cope with uncertainty and change to protect and improve operating margins, thus achieving performance objectives through the dynamic alignment of scarce enterprise resources with market-based opportunities.

ABOUT DOUG BARTON
Doug Barton is Vice President of Marketing, responsible for establishing and executing Closedloop's marketing strategy. He recently served as Senior Director for Enterprise Performance Management applications at Hyperion Solutions. Prior to Hyperion, Mr. Barton was responsible for enterprise financial management development with Arbor Software and Executive Vice President for Alcar, the leading provider of shareholder value analysis solutions, where he led product strategy, management, and alliances. Prior to Alcar, Mr. Barton was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with Price Waterhouse.

A CPA, Mr. Barton holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Wisconsin.

ABOUT CLOSEDLOOP SOLUTIONS
Closedloop Solutions, Inc. (http://www.closedloop.com) offers a suite of enterprise applications for "Dynamic Financial Control." This next generation platform is a new experience in collaborative budgeting, planning, and business steering that dramatically improves the speed, efficiency, and managerial relevance of these forward-looking business processes. Closedloop Solutions has been named a "leader" and the "most visionary" by AMR Research and Giga Information Group respectively. Closedloop's enterprise customers include Brio Software, JDS Uniphase, Symantec Corporation, Wind River Systems, and other leading corporations. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Closedloop Solutions has additional offices in Austin, Boston, and Chicago.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Mr. Doug Barton
Vice President of Marketing
Closedloop Solutions, Inc.
1001 Marshall Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
T: 650.780 5723
F: 650.780 5898
E: mailto:dbarton@closedloop.com


EXECUTIVE SEMINAR: WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2002
"Survival Strategies: Converging Resources To Create & Retain Customer Value"
By Mr. Niles Morton, Vice President of Indirect Channels, Cable & Wireless &
By Mr. Rick Ellinger, Venture Partner, Osprey Ventures, LP
Invitation-only. 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Reception follows. Limit: 40 participants.

This Seminar is tailored to value added resellers (VAR), systems or network integrators, solutions providers, and other selected participants (see below) who are interested in partnering with Cable & Wireless in the areas of IP networking, Web Services, and convergent technologies.

The first part of the Executive Seminar provides participants with an overview on how enterprise networks are evolving towards the widespread deployment of IP, how solutions from Cable & Wireless are specifically designed to simplify and facilitate the IP networking migration, and an introduction into C&W's Solutions Provider Program. During the second half, participants engage in an interactive discussion with Niles Morton and Rick Ellinger.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
Learn about C&W's Solutions Provider Program directly from Cable & Wireless.
Interact directly with C&W to discuss a possible partnership.
Increase knowledge on the widespread deployment of IP, the factors driving convergence, and resulting benefits of convergence from industry experts.
Participants able to network with one another at the post-Seminar reception over light hors d'oeuvres and wine.

ABOUT CABLE & WIRELESS' SOLUTIONS PROVIDER PROGRAM
Cable & Wireless is leading the evolution of business communications. As Internet technology advances and incorporates innovations like Web Services and MPLS based networking, systems integrators and network consultants must help their clients decipher which new services will provide the return on investment they desire. Cable & Wireless is expanding its focus both domestically and internationally through its propositions in IP networking, hosting, and managed data services.

Cable and Wireless Solution Partner Program offers:
A lucrative compensation plan.
Assistance with business planning and management.
An extensive product portfolio.
Provisioning, billing, and customer support services.
Marketing toolkits with easy-to-access on-line resources.
If you are a value added reseller (VAR), systems or network integrator, or solutions provider and would like to learn more about how Cable & Wireless intends to drive growth through partners, visit: http://www.cw.com/partners/us

BENEFITS OF PARTNERING WITH CABLE & WIRELESS
Strength: Cable & Wireless draws on its 130-year history and financial strength to bring new propositions to the business market. With a renewed focus on IP networking solutions, Cable & Wireless provides its partners with an opportunity to help clients migrate communications to the latest IP innovations like VOIP over its new MPLS backbone.

Support: Dedicated partner channel resources and tools.

Commitment: Additional revenue opportunities with products and services that complement your core services.

PARTNER REQUIREMENTS
Those who may be considered for participation include representatives from the following types of companies (definitions below):

Convergent VAR
System/Network Integrators
Network Solution Provider/Networking Technologies Solution Providers
VOIP Integrators
IP Telephony (AVVID)
Web Integrators
IT Consultancies
VAR 500
Vertical Market VARs

Fulfill the following requirements:
Cisco Certified (including AVVID Certification)
Older than 2 years (not in start-up phase).
Focused on selling LAN/WAN solutions with minimum 25% WAN
60% or more revenue comes from 500+ employees.
A national or regional solution provider organization. (Ideally, match or complement C&W's network.)
Strong technical sales support and marketing support to sales staff.
50+ employees total.
VAR's minimum annual revenue: $5-30 million.
Customers are medium-large companies with 250+seats minimum.
IP/Hosting primary focus.
Back office capabilities to take on billing and first-line customer support.

DEFINITIONS OF PARTNER PROFILES
Convergent VARs: Organizations that provide services around information technology including convergence solutions. Rather than specializing in hardware or software sales, these companies derive the majority of their revenues from services billed on a recurring basis.
System / Network Integrators: Combination of professional services and expertise in hardware, software, and communications technologies. Maintains full financial and performance responsibilities for the entire project from design to post-implementation stages.
Network Solution Provider / Networking Technologies Solution Providers: Organizations that specializes in network and system design installation, but do not have strong focus on software customization, application software, or software support.
Web Integrators and IT Consultancies: Those that focus on multiple IP solutions sales.
Vertical market VARs: Such as those focusing on financial services customers.
VAR 500: Organizations listed by VAR Business magazine that sell to Fortune 500 clients and offer full integration capabilities.

Please note that the following types of organizations do not qualify for partnerships with Cable & Wireless at this time:
Sell mainly to the state or federal government.
Sell mainly hardware.
Are in the start up phase.
Focus only on the small- to medium-sized business market sector.
Voice agents.

ABOUT THE SEMINAR PRESENTERS
NILES MORTON
Niles Morton is Vice President of Indirect Channels at Cable & Wireless, the global telecommunications company and the world's largest Web hosting company. Mr. Morton has nearly 16 years of experience in marketing and sales in the telecommunications industry. During the past two years, he has been behind the company's marketing and sales programs aimed at increasing its indirect sales channel in the United States. Through Mr. Morton's efforts, Cable & Wireless has created one of the industry's highest rated indirect channel programs in terms of solution provider satisfaction.

RICK ELLINGER
Rick Ellinger is a Venture Partner at Osprey Ventures, a $92 million fund which invests primarily in early- and expansion-stage companies in the business and consumer technology marketplace. In this capacity, Mr. Ellinger serves as interim Chief Executive Officer and board member for venture-funded companies, among other roles. He also provides expertise on strategic business and corporate development for firms in the following areas: optical communications and components; wireless devices and networks; networking equipment and security; business process automation software and network implementations; embedded client-end and realtime software for Internet use; and PDAs, cell phones, and integrated solution electronic products. Mr. Ellinger's past experience includes General Manager, Agilent Metro Networks Business Unit; President, Madge Networks; Director, Worldwide Communications, Hewlett-Packard Labs; Vice President Engineering & Manufacturing, ASKnet; and a member of the MFS Datanet (MCI WorldCom) Special Programs. Mr. Ellinger is an advisor to the Office of Technology Assessment for the U.S. Congress, Pacific Bell, Cellular One, Levi-Strauss, and the state of California's Office of Emergency Services. He is the founder and board member of the Wireless communications alliance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION & POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION:
This is an invitation-only program. Those interested in possible participation and meet the requirements listed, please send your name, title, company, company Web site, email address, and telephone number to:

Ms. Claire Kahrobaie
Manager, Client Services
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
T: 650.462.9800
E: mailto:kahrobaie@worldinternetcenter.com


EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2002
"Convergence: Strategic Alliances With Proven Results"
By Mr. Robin Morgan, Vice President of Global Enterprise Markets, Cable & Wireless
& Mr. Scott Boyd, Systems Engineer Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc.
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Open to the Public. Pre-registration Recommended.

Cable & Wireless has built a strategic relationship with Cisco that will accelerate the development of global IP convergence solutions. These solutions will enable customers to converge separate data and voice networks over a single IP infrastructure, giving businesses the ability to reduce both its capital expenditures and operational costs while building a robust platform to support advanced applications. As a result of this alliance, Cable & Wireless will be the first provider to offer end-to-end LAN/WAN IP communications solutions for business applications.

At this Executive Briefing, you will be able to engage in an interactive dialogue with Cable & Wireless and Cisco to learn more about the following:

• What makes this strategic alliance so successful and the benefits to your company?
• Global IP Convergence Solutions jointly developed by Cable & Wireless and Cisco.
• Customer testimonials and case studies.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
• Interact directly with Cable & Wireless and Cisco to discuss their strategic alliance.
• Learn how Cable & Wireless and Cisco global IP convergence solutions can benefit your business.
• Network with Cable & Wireless and Cisco executives and engineers at the post-Executive Briefing over light hors d'oeuvres and wine at the Center's weekly Thursday Pub.

ABOUT CABLE & WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
• Cable & Wireless offers a fully managed LAN service with enhanced services, including IP telephony, wireless, multicasting, and Internet access.
• Cable & Wireless also provides a fully managed IPVPN QoS service that allows customers to prioritize IP traffic across their networks.

Together, these solutions make up the Cable & Wireless convergence portfolio and enable customers to converge separate data and voice networks over a single IP infrastructure that offer the following benefits:

1) Cost Savings
-- Reduces the total cost of ownership by consolidating data and voice over a single IP network.
-- Managed service, allows businesses to further reduce capital investment and management overheads.
-- Reduces operating costs by moving to VoIP -- routing internal calls over IPVPN and PSTN breakout.

2) New and Better Means of Communication
-- Creates a seamless network for employees, customers, and partners with instant access to each other and information -- a single global communications supply chain.
-- New applications such as IP contact centers, unified messaging, and multicasting that create more efficiencies.

3) Flexibility
-- Our flexible solutions address existing legacy network infrastructure and the ability to adopt new IP-based solutions.

4) Scalability

5) Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE BRIEFING PRESENTERS
ABOUT ROBIN MORGAN
Robin Morgan is Vice President of Global Enterprise Markets at Cable & Wireless and is responsible for the sales and development of global solutions for Cable & Wireless' global enterprise customers. This $550 million-dollar business includes a full range of desktop solutions including converged solutions, managed LAN infrastructure, content delivery, Web hosting, and IP contact centers. Mr. Morgan is also responsible for the Western region of the enterprise field organization. Prior to running the Global Solutions teams, he was responsible for the enterprise sales organization focused on high tech enterprises.

Since joining Cable & Wireless in 1994, Mr. Morgan has served in a number of managerial capacities, including leading the global support teams for major Cable & Wireless customers, such as Bank of America, CitiGroup, Standard Chartered Bank, and Garban Intercapital. As Business Director for Standard Chartered, Mr. Morgan was responsible for a $100 million outsource contract that today provides one of Asia's largest trading portals, focusing on automated letters of credit.

Mr. Morgan is also responsible for the training and development strategy for Cable & Wireless' U.S. enterprise sales group. Prior to joining Cable & Wireless, Mr. Morgan was Director of Sales at Sterry Communications (a European solutions provider), responsible for major accounts sales of its complete range of products and services. Mr. Morgan, a Mechanical Engineer from Crawley Technical Institute, previously played professional rugby for the London NEC Harlequins.

ABOUT SCOTT BOYD
Scott Boyd is Systems Engineer Manager at Cisco Systems, Inc. and has over nine years of experience in the networking industry. Mr. Boyd has worked with service providers both on the direct side and resale side for over five years. He spent three years at Cabletron/Enterasys, followed by a year and a half at Nortel Networks. Mr. Boyd has been with Cisco for four years. Mr. Boyd is also a prominent member of the IP Telephony Task Force within Cisco.

FURTHER INFORMATION & ATTENDANCE CONFIRMATION
Pre-registration is not required, but highly recommended due to limited seating. Confirm attendance by sending your name, title, company name, and telephone number by Monday, July 15, 2002 to:

Ms. Claire Kahrobaie
Manager, Client Services
T: 650.462.9800
E: mailto:kahrobaie@worldinternetcenter.com


PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2002
"The Newest Faces At Cable & Wireless: Exodus & Digital Island"
By Mr. David Greene, Vice President, Market Development, Exodus, a Cable & Wireless Service
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00 p.m.

So what happens when the leaders in Web hosting and content delivery join forces with the world's original global telecommunications company? The result: Cable & Wireless -- a new leader in Internet services is created. This Pub talk introduction to the new Exodus -- a Cable & Wireless Service -- includes a look at the expanded portfolio of Exodus and Digital Island Internet Services and Exodus' approach to offering custom, flexible solutions to each customer. Come hear the latest developments and why this is the optimal time to be in the Internet Services business!

ABOUT DAVID GREENE
David Greene is Vice President, Market Development for Exodus, a Cable & Wireless service, with responsibility for solution and vertical industry marketing, sales development, and strategic alliances. Mr. Greene joined Exodus in October 2001 as a member of the team chartered to restructure and restore the business. Prior to Exodus, Mr. Greene was Vice President of Marketing at HiFive.net, an early provider of management and monitoring services. This followed a twelve-year career in marketing, training, and IT with Hewlett-Packard, including Worldwide Marketing Manager for the HP OpenView business unit. Mr. Greene holds degrees in Computer Science and Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley.

ABOUT CABLE & WIRELESS
Cable & Wireless (http://www.cw.com) is a major global telecommunications business with revenue of over £5.9 billion (US$8.6 billion) in the year to 31 March 2002 and customers in 70 countries. The company consists of two core and complementary divisions: Cable & Wireless Regional and Cable & Wireless Global. Cable & Wireless Regional offers a full range of telecommunications services in 33 countries around the world. Cable & Wireless Global's focus for future growth is on IP (Internet protocol) and data services and solutions for business customers. It has developed advanced IP networks and value-added services in the US, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region in support of this strategy. With its financial strength and the capability of its global IP infrastructure, Cable & Wireless holds a unique position in terms of global coverage and services to business customers.


WORKING GROUP SESSION: WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2002
"Decision Making In The Realtime Enterprise"
Fourth Session of a Working Group on "Dynamic Information Integration"
Led by Dr. Rodney J. Heisterberg, Managing Partner, Rod Heisterberg Associates
3:00 - 5:30 p.m. Invitation-only.
As a result of a series of programs fall 2001, the Center is hosting a Working Group during 2002 on "Dynamic Information Integration." A group of 10-12 continuing, invitation-only participants will analyze and discuss various aspects of dynamic information integration over the next several months, including:

• The role and importance of explicit models
• How to achieve a working feedback loop
• Existing technologies and components
• Relevant standards

FOURTH WORKING GROUP SESSION
The Center is very pleased that the fourth Working Group Session will be facilitated by Rodney J. Heisterberg, a well-known supply chain expert and former participant at Center programs. Dr. Heisterberg was formerly a Director at Gartner Consulting where he led engagements for eBusiness transformation strategy and applications architecture development.

Dr. Heisterberg will discuss Collaborative Commerce (cCommerce) as a strategy for the next stage of eBusiness evolution. 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 their core competencies together in a value chain that forms a virtual enterprise. Sustainable competitive advantage may be realized by adoption of cCommerce strategies and business models.

Today, forward looking enterprises are seeking to achieve the benefits of cCommerce by leveraging the Internet as an enabling technology in order to transform their core business management decision making practices. These realtime enterprise value propositions are based on managing information rather than inventory. The business case for cCommerce is predicated on information technology (IT) investments to facilitate collaborative business practices with shared data and visibility information that will improve decision effectiveness.

Supply chain operations that involve actions outside the enterprise's four walls require monitoring and measuring trading partner performance as never before, in part, due to virtual enterprise integration of the core competencies across the value chain. In order to realize this new capability, enterprises must re-engineer their decision making processes in such a manner so that they are able to adapt to the dynamics needed to synchronize supply with demand. Decision makers must be able to evaluate performance across the virtual enterprise using common metrics in order to make effective decisions for guiding value chain strategies, directing logistics tactics, and managing operational activities in a timely manner. As cCommerce evolves as the mainstream eBusiness strategy for effective value chain management, the re-engineering of management decision-making processes becomes the critical success factor for enterprise profitability and growth in the 21st century.

The following questions -- among others -- will be discussed, over wine and light hors d'oeuvres:

• What is the business case for re-engineering the strategic, tactical, and operational management decision-making process?
• How will the appropriate metrics be identified and shared among trading partners to manage their value chain processes?
• How will virtual enterprise information integration drive enabling technologies for real time decision support systems?
• Which Web Services deployments have a stronger value proposition for private trading exchange solutions versus public B2B marketplace offerings?

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
This program is invitation-only. Those interested in possible participation with a background relevant for this Session, please send your name, title, email, telephone number, and bio to the following:

Dr. Venilde Jeronimo
Senior Director, Client Services
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
T: 650.462.9800
E: mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com


PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2002
"Let's Talk About Voice!"
By Mr. Kyle Kim, Director of Voice Solutions, Voice Center, SAP Labs, Inc.
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 about the exciting new voice applications being developed at SAP. The Voice Center, established in January 2001, is comprised of industry-leading technology, application, and business development experts in what is one of the most visible initiatives at SAP. Mr. Kim's discussion will include how SAP utilizes existing speech recognition technologies and open standards, such as VoiceXML, to develop a broad range of voice-enabled SAP solutions that will benefit a variety of industries, including manufacturing, utilities, and retail. By incorporating self-service voice solutions into the enterprise, companies will be able to increase their customer service satisfaction ratings while reducing costs significantly.

ABOUT KYLE KIM
Kyle Kim is Director of Voice Solutions at SAP, the leading provider of eBusiness solutions, where he is responsible for the technology, application, and business groups in what is becoming one of the most visible initiatives at SAP. Mr. Kim has led multi-disciplinary teams in both Fortune 50 and entrepreneurial companies and has extensive experience in successfully leveraging emerging technologies into profitable product lines. He holds an undergraduate degree in communications and computer science, and received an MBA from the University of Southern California.

ABOUT THE VOICE CENTER
The mission of the Voice Center is to establish SAP (http://www.sap.com) as the leader in the deployment of voice-enabled access to enterprise systems. The Voice Center offers SAP product and sales groups the technology and strategic resources they need to develop solutions that maximize customer value.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rene Rodriguez
Business Development Manager
SAP Labs, Inc.
3475 Deer Creek Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
T: 650.849.4000
E: rené.rodriguez@sap.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 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


To join our community, click on this link: http://center.infopoint.com/join.php

 

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