AT THE CENTER
The electronic newsletter of the
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Tuesday, January 7, 2003
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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CABLE
& WIRELESS ANNOUNCEMENTS
"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).
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
6, 2003
"Due Diligence in Selecting a VPN Provider to Maximize the Impact
to Your Business"
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Invitation Only. No Charge.
See Below for Possible Participation.
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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.
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EXECUTIVE
BRIEFING:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2003
"Due Diligence in Selecting a VPN Provider
to Maximize the Impact to Your Business"
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Invitation Only. No Charge.
The Silicon Valley World Internet Center is offering this invitation-only
Executive Briefing on behalf of one of its Executive Sponsors, Cable
& Wireless, and in collaboration with Nortel Networks.
This Briefing will help you understand the factors affecting your
decision to deploy a Virtual Private Network (VPN) for the benefit
of your company, partners, suppliers, and customers. The Briefing
will include presentations by Senior Industry Analyst, Jim Slaby
from Giga Information Group, and David Lowe, Director of IP Network
Services for Cable & Wireless' US division. Additionally, the Briefing
will bring top representatives from Nortel Networks to discuss best-of-breed
technologies around VPNs.
Businesses undergoing changes, either due to market pressures,
acquisitions or geographical expansion, continually need to evaluate
next steps and alternatives for their corporate networks. In doing
so, IT departments need to meet the current business challenges
of increasing network security, reducing costs and providing access
to remote workers.
During this interactive session, learn from industry leaders and
discuss business challenges with your peers. Additionally, you will
have the opportunity to meet, one-on-one, with Cable & Wireless
experts to discuss your company's specific challenges and to identify
the building blocks for a successful solution to your communication
needs.
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
This Briefing is geared specifically to the business needs of
large, multi-national companies with multiple sites that require
internetworking and have remote/traveling workers who need to access
their corporate network securely. This session is pertinent to IT
directors, managers of information systems and executives managing
security and IT needs. There is no charge for participation; however,
registration is required as space is limited.
ABOUT JIM SLABY, SENIOR INDUSTRY ANALYST,
GIGA INFORMATION GROUP
Jim Slaby covers wide area network (WAN) and metropolitan area
network (MAN) technologies and services, including routers, virtual
private network (VPN) equipment, and carrier optical access and
switching equipment. He closely follows the activities of major
vendors and telecom service providers in this space, including Cisco,
Nortel, Nokia, Lucent, Juniper, Ciena, AT&T, WorldCom, Global One
and Verizon. A frequent speaker at seminars and industry events,
Mr. Slaby is regularly quoted on networking issues in business and
technology journals such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times,
Business Week, Reuters, USA Today, Upside, CIO, Information Week
and Network World, and has recently appeared on the Tech TV cable
network.
Mr. Slaby has more than 14 years of experience working for manufacturers
of data networking equipment. Prior to joining Giga Information
Group, he spent five years at Bay Networks (now Nortel Networks)
as an industry expert and advocate - first for the financial services
sector and later for the carrier market - where he helped specify
and design WAN product and service offerings that addressed vertical-specific
business and technology requirements. Mr. Slaby had a similar role
at Motorola ISG as its retail industry program manager following
his tenure there as a product marketing manager for network management
systems and a stint at Telematics International as a product manager
for internetworking systems.
ABOUT DAVID LOWE, DIRECTOR OF IP NETWORK
SERVICES, US NETWORK SERVICES, US DIVISION, CABLE & WIRELESS
David Lowe oversees the development, from strategic conception
through implementation, of the IP VPN portfolio. He has 15 years
experience in the telecommunications industry in various roles in
engineering, sales, and product management.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION & POSSIBLE ATTENDANCE
For further information about possible attendance, please send
your name, title, company name, telephone number, email address,
and a short bio to:
Ms. Claire Kahrobaie
Manager, Client Services
T: 650.462.9800
E: kahrobaie@worldinternetcenter.com
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For further information on the Center's Sponsors and Knowledge
Network Partners, visit their Websites:
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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