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

Tuesday, July 30, 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 ••

Check out the Center's Web site: http://www.worldinternetcenter.com

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.

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


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

PUB TALK: THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2002
"Biz Ink's Buzz On Business"
By Mr. Dennis Taylor, Managing Editor; Mr. Steve Tanner, Technology & Lifestyles Reporter; Ms. Rhonda Ascierto, Technology Reporter; & Mr. Kevin Ferguson, Technology & Finance Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Ink
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00 p.m.

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.


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, AUGUST 1, 2002
"Biz Ink's Buzz On Business"
By Mr. Dennis Taylor, Managing Editor; Mr. Steve Tanner, Technology & Lifestyles Reporter; Ms. Rhonda Ascierto, Technology Reporter; & Mr. Kevin Ferguson, Technology & Finance Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Ink
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00 p.m.

Members of the editorial team from the weekly publication, Silicon Valley Business Ink, share their point of view on business during the second quarter of 2002, with a look ahead to the third quarter. Where is the economy headed? How have corporate ethics and the up-and-down stock market affected local technology companies? What is the current business climate in Silicon Valley? At this Pub Talk, hear their answers to these key questions from the perspective of journalists who cover technology, finance, and lifestyles. This will be an informal discussion with members from the editorial team.

ABOUT DENNIS TAYLOR
Dennis Taylor, Managing Editor for Silicon Valley Business Ink, has been a reporter for 15 years. He has reported on venture capital, securities, and technology in the valley for the past four years. Before that, he worked for a group of dailies in south Santa Clara Valley where he held the posts of sports editor, business editor, and night managing editor of Gavilan Newspapers, Inc. Mr. Taylor has won two California Newspaper Publishers Association awards and a Peninsula Press Club award for his reporting. He joined Silicon Valley Biz Ink in July 2000.

ABOUT STEVE TANNER
Steve Tanner, Technology & Lifestyles Reporter for Silicon Valley Business Ink, began his journalism career in July 1999 as an Assistant Editor and Associate Editor with Menlo Park-based newspaper Click Weekly. After Click Weekly switched gears to become a lifestyle magazine, Mr. Tanner left and wrote freelance stories for SFGate.com, Business 2.0, and Streaming Media Magazine, adding to his broad knowledge of the technology industry.

ABOUT RHONDA ASCIERTO
Rhonda Ascierto, Technology Reporter for Silicon Valley Business Ink, received her bachelor's degree in English with a major in journalism from Curtin University in Western Australia. She began her career as a corporate writer for technology companies in Perth, moving to Sydney in 1998 to be a journalist for the country's leading trade magazine, Australian Electronics Engineering. Since then, Ms. Ascierto has reported for Electronics Times in London and was the European correspondent for the U.S. industry newspaper, Electronic Buyers' News.

ABOUT KEVIN FERGUSON
Kevin Ferguson, Technology & Finance Reporter for Silicon Valley Business Ink, earned a degree in broadcast journalism from Long Beach State University in 1995, while working as a news reporter for a Los Angeles-area radio station. He moved to Las Vegas in 1997 and became a print journalist, covering technology and the casino industries for the weekly and daily newspapers.

ABOUT SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS INK
Silicon Valley Business Ink (http://www.svbizink.com) is an award-winning weekly publication, focusing on technology, real estate, finance, and lifestyles. Based in San Jose and published since September of 2000, Biz Ink covers the entire nine-county Bay Area. The Association of Area Business Publications (AABP) recently awarded Biz Ink its Gold Award of Excellence in the category "Best Newspaper: Large Tabloids." Biz Ink also received the AABP Gold Award for "Best Scoop: Large Tabloids." The publication has also received a first place award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) for "Best Breaking News Among Weekly Publications for 2001."


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


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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