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AT THE CENTER
The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Sponsors for their continuing support: EXECUTIVE
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NETWORK PARTNERS 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 ***************************** PUB
TALK: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2002
"How Content Delivery Services Can Boost Website Performances" For further information (http://www.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=story_281002_performance). "Cable & Wireless Enables Global Efficiencies for the Pearson Group" For further information (http://www.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=story_171002_pearson).
PUB TALK: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
7, 2002 Web Services have already become the new standard for building highly interoperable and dynamic information systems. Enterprises such as Elsevier Science and 2Wire are basing their next generation infrastructures on Web Service protocols such as SOAP and WSDL that run on their existing Web infrastructures. At this Pub Talk, Frank Cohen, Founder of PushToTest, will discuss building reliable and scalable Web Services. He will show how enterprise choices for Web Service infrastructure are critical to deploying well performing, highly reliable, and scalable systems. Mr. Cohen will demonstrate how PushToTest's free open-source TestMaker tool solves problems facing software developers, QA analysts, and IT managers every day and how PushToTest is succeeding with a business plan based on open-source technology. ABOUT FRANK COHEN Frank Cohen is the "go to" guy when enterprises need to test and solve problems in complex interoperating information systems, especially Web Services. Mr. Cohen is Founder of PushToTest, a test automation solutions business and author of several books on testing and designing information systems. For the past 20 years, he has led some of the software industry's most successful products, including Norton Utilities for the Macintosh, Stacker, and SoftWindows. His career accomplishments include: writing operating systems for microcomputers; helping establish video games as an industry; helping to launch the Norton Utilities franchise; leading Apple's efforts into middleware and Internet technologies; and, most recently, serving as Principle Architect for the Sun Community Server, Inclusion.net (OTC: IINC), and TuneUp.com. He serves as an active member and past board member of the Software Developers Forum, the leading computer software industry association in the Silicon Valley and is a member of the Technology Council for the Silicon Valley World Internet Center. For a more complete bio, visit (http://www.PushToTest.com/ptt/bio.html). ABOUT PUSHTOTEST PushToTest (http://www.PushToTest.com) maintains TestMaker, a free open-source utility for building intelligent test agents to check Web Services for scalability, performance, and functionality. PushToTest Global Services customizes TestMaker to an enterprise's specific needs, conducts scalability and performance tests, and trains enterprise developers, QA analysts, and IT managers on how to use the test environment. This unique business approach delivers inexpensive solutions, expert insight, and immediate results. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION For further information, please contact: Mr. Frank Cohen **************************** CABLE & WIRELESS ANNOUNCEMENTS "How Content Delivery Services Can Boost Website Performance" For further information (http://www.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=story_281002_performance). "Cable & Wireless Enables Global Efficiencies for the Pearson Group" For further information (http://www.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=story_171002_pearson). Cable & Wireless, an Executive Sponsor of the Center, would like to share two recent announcements with the Center's online community: 1) "How Content Delivery Services Can Boost Website Performance" For further information (http://www.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=story_281002_performance). Corporate Websites are becoming increasingly important customer 'touchpoints' as the use of the Internet and eCommerce grows, says a new online seminar featuring Gartner Research Director Mr. Rob Batchelder. Technologies such as content delivery networks are therefore crucial to an organization's effort to support its brand and manage the customer experience. Services such as Cable & Wireless Content Delivery enable customers to store and deliver Web content from servers that are 'closer' to users. The Web pages that the user wants to view load faster - leading to faster, more reliable, and more consistent service which can impact user satisfaction and customer loyalty. This is achieved by storing copies of a customer's content on Cable & Wireless' network of servers deployed at the 'edge' of the Internet and around the world. Requests made to the customer's origin server for pages are redirected to these edge servers, meaning traffic does not have to travel over as many Internet backbones and the customer's content is served more quickly. And, because content is stored across the Cable & Wireless network and delivered from edge servers, the load on the customer's origin servers is reduced, enabling them to better cope with surges in demand. To register for a free seminar and white paper, visit (http://www.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=story_281002_performance). 2) "Cable & Wireless Enables Global Efficiencies for the Pearson Group" For further information (http://www.cw.com/template_05.jsp?ID=story_171002_pearson). International media group Pearson needed to rationalize its disparate web infrastructure. The company needed a single global service provider that could meet a comprehensive set of requirements across all of its business units and geographies. Cable & Wireless was one of only a few contenders that could meet these criteria. It provided a global solution which helped Pearson reduce costs, improve reliability, and set a group-wide standard. ***************************** For further information on the Center's Sponsors and Knowledge Network Partners, visit their Websites: EXECUTIVE
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