AT THE CENTER
The electronic newsletter of the
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
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KNOWLEDGE NETWORK PARTNER
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
SPECIAL RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2004
"CROWNE PLAZA CABANA PALO ALTO HOTEL ANNOUNCES
FIBER OPTIC INTERNET CAPABILITIES"
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Open to the Public. No fee to attend.
Pre-registration is required by July 23. Registration information
below.
This Special Reception will be held in the Mediterranean Ballroom
at the Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto.
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POWER PUB: TUESDAY, AUGUST
17, 2004
"AUTONOMIC DATA MANAGEMENT: ANYTIME, ANYWHERE,
ANYHOW….IS IT A REALISTIC EXPECTATION, EVEN TODAY?"
Pub Master: Mr. Collin Bruce, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing,
Solid Information Technology
5:00 p.m.: Networking & Registration
5:30 p.m.: Pub Exchange
6:30 p.m.: Networking
7:00 p.m.: Pub Closes!
Open to the Public. Fee: $15 (cash or check, payable at the door).
Pre-registration is highly encouraged. Registration information
below.
This Power Pub will be held in the Cyprus Room at the Crowne Plaza
Cabana Hotel, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto.
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SUMMARY: KLM EXECUTIVES
DISSECT EBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AT WORLD INTERNET CENTER: THURSDAY,
JULY 1, 2004
Summary below.
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SUMMARY: ARCHSTONE CONSULTING
AND WORLD INTERNET CENTER OFFER STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE SESSION ON
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT:
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2004
Invitation only. Further information below.
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KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
PARTNER SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
SPECIAL RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2004
"CROWNE PLAZA CABANA PALO ALTO HOTEL ANNOUNCES
FIBER OPTIC INTERNET CAPABILITIES"
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Open to the Public. No fee to attend.
Pre-registration is required by July 23. Registration information
below.
This Special Reception will be held in the Mediterranean Ballroom
at the Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto.
The Crowne Plaza Cabana Palo Alto, a Knowledge Network Partner of
the World Internet Center, is proud to announce that Fiber Optic
Internet is now available in the hotel. The Center is pleased to
support the Cabana Hotel as they continue to make such technological
advancements within the hospitality industry.
To enhance the hotel's complimentary high speed Internet access,
the Crowne Plaza Cabana Palo Alto has completed a Gigabit Fiber
connection to the Fiber Internet Center in Palo Alto. Fiber Internet
has several advantages over traditional metal communication lines.
This new technology will provide guests with the:
- Ability to host any high bandwidth application for any type
of meeting, such as video conferencing, video broadcasting, voice
over Internet, high bandwidth Internet access, etc.
- Ability to provide cross connection to the PAIX packet switching
center for secure Internet access to corporate networks, such
as Virtual Private Network connection
- Ability to support large number of wireless users with full
802.11b bandwidth within a conference meeting room
- Fiber service is reliable and monitored 24x7 by the Fiber Internet
Center in Palo Alto
To celebrate this Silicon Valley achievement, the Crowne Plaza
Cabana Palo Alto invites you to join them for a special cocktail
and hors d'oeuvres reception on:
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Grand Mediterranean Ballroom
To register, please call the hotel at (650) 628-0138 by Friday,
July 23.
This new improvement will promote stronger communication mediums
for hotel guests and their needs. The hotel is excited to provide
its guests one more reason why the Crowne Plaza Cabaña Palo Alto
is The Place to Meet.
DIRECTIONS TO THE CROWNE PLAZA CABANA HOTEL
Address: 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, California
General Hotel Number: 650.857.0787
From Highway 101 - North or South
- Take Highway 101 to San Antonio Road/Los Altos exit.
- Proceed on San Antonio west, approximately 2 miles.
- Turn right on El Camino Real and proceed 1/2 mile.
- Turn left at Dinah's Court stoplight into the Crowne Plaza
Cabana hotel entrance.
- Parking is available in the front and back of the hotel.
- Ask for the Mediterranean Ballroom.
From Highway 280 - North or South
- Take Highway 280 to the Page Mill Road exit.
- Proceed on Page Mill east, approximately 3 miles.
- Turn right onto El Camino Real.
- Continue for 1 mile to Dinah's Court stoplight.
- Turn right into the Crowne Plaza Cabana hotel entrance.
- Parking is available in the front and back of the hotel.
- Ask for the Mediterranean Ballroom.
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POWER PUB: TUESDAY,
AUGUST 17, 2004
"AUTONOMIC DATA MANAGEMENT: ANYTIME, ANYWHERE,
ANYHOW….IS IT A REALISTIC EXPECTATION, EVEN TODAY?"
Pub Master: Mr. Collin Bruce, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing,
Solid Information Technology
5:00 p.m.: Networking & Registration
5:30 p.m.: Pub Exchange
6:30 p.m.: Networking
7:00 p.m.: Pub Closes!
Open to the Public. Fee: $15 (cash or check, payable at the door).
Pre-registration is highly encouraged. Registration information
below.
This Power Pub will be held in the Cyprus Room at the Crowne Plaza
Cabana Hotel, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto.
We have become accustomed to picking up the telephone and always
having a dial tone, whether we are at home or on the road. Turning
on a radio and hearing a traffic report or having it pushed down
to the DVD player in our car. Switching on the TV and seeing our
favorite show or start our TiVo and watch at our leisure . . . without
all the advertising! Clicking on an icon and always getting access
to the Website we want.
Now we want more! The networks and the infrastructure that have
to manage so many diverse devices are getting more and more complex,
but are they ready for it? As bandwidth increases we expect our
applications to be richer, always available, always accurate and
accessible from any device we own, anywhere, anytime; is it all
as simple to operate as a toaster? Is the infrastructure prepared
for this? Are the applications content rich enough? Are we there
yet, or what 's stopping us from getting there? Is autonomic data
management ready for what we are asking of it?
GUIDING QUESTIONS FOR THE PUB EXCHANGE
- Data management is at the heart of today's "soft switched"
infrastructures/environments. But how do we manage them for high
availability -- 99.999% and better -- and still cover every device
from the data center with its terra bytes of data to diskless
mobile devices (your cell phone or Blackberry)?
- As I develop my distributed application, how do I keep all
parts synchronized as I move from device to device or place to
place?
- How do I recoup development time if I have to manage the infrastructure
or the fundamental processes required for a complex multi-media
application?
ABOUT COLLIN BRUCE
Collin Bruce is the Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Solid
Information Technology headquartered in Mountain View, California.
He recently joined Solid after a time back in sales for CIC where
he focused on selling to major financial institutions like Wells
Fargo, Charles Schwab, Prudential Insurance, HSBC and F500 institutions.
Prior to that, he held various executive positions at Chordiant
Software, Amdahl, SCO and Memorex.
ABOUT SOLID INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Solid Information Technology Corp (http://www.solidtech.com)
is the first provider of an Autonomic Data Management Platform that
supports the development of applications that are self-configuring,
self-healing, self-optimizing, and self-protecting.
Solid provides a data management foundation for embedded and distributed
applications that ensure that the data takes care of itself. This
dramatically reduces development time and cost, reduces time to
market, reduces total cost of system ownership, and provides a robust
and flexible foundation for the development of new products and
features.
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SUMMARY: KLM EXECUTIVES
DISSECT EBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AT WORLD INTERNET CENTER: THURSDAY,
JULY 1, 2004
Summary below.
A delegation of senior executives from KLM, the Royal Dutch Airlines
(http://www.klm.com),
including their Executive Vice President for eBusiness, met with
members of the World Internet Center community to advance their
decisions regarding eBusiness avenues to improve sales and corporate
efficiencies. With the challenge of growing their percentage of
on-line sales from 10% to 40% over the next few years, the delegation
discussed Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) with Mr. Michael McKinney,
Director at Archstone Consulting (http://www.archstoneconsulting.com),
as well as password security with representatives of MetaPass, Inc.
(http://www.metapass.com).
Mr. Henry DeBey of Delta Beta illuminated ways to leverage customer
bases through in-flight, Intranet-based related travel bookings
(http://www.deltabeta.com).
Wrapping up with a glass of wine, the delegation expressed its
interest in continuing the "innovation dialogue" with the World
Internet Center and its rich knowledge network.
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SUMMARY: ARCHSTONE
CONSULTING AND WORLD INTERNET CENTER OFFER STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE
SESSION ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT:
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2004
Summary below.
On Thursday, July 24, over sixty executives and supply chain experts
gathered at Villa Montalvo, the historic estate in Saratoga, Calif.,
for an afternoon of dialogue at the 2004 Innovators Forum on "Making
Your Supply Chain an Engine for Driving Value." In collaboration
with the World Internet Center, this session was hosted by Archstone
Consulting (http://www.archstoneconsulting.com),
a firm focused on delivering independent, strategic advice and operational
results.
Archstone Consulting's premise is that in the next five years,
companies that outperform their peers will do so through their supply
chains. The event was designed to share strategies on how to use
your supply chain as a sales and growth engine for competitive advantage.
The session showcased a stellar line up of presenters, including
the EVP of Sears, the COO of NetFlix, RadioShack, Pepsi, Levi Strauss,
and others.
More details from the afternoon's findings will be announced in
future newsletters and posted on the Center's Website.
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The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Corporate Sponsors
and Knowledge Network Partners for their continuing support:
CORPORATE
SPONSORS
SAP http://www.sap.com/
Archstone Consulting http://www.archstoneconsulting.com/
KNOWLEDGE
NETWORK PARTNERS
Halleck http://www.halleck.com
IC Growth, Inc. http://www.icgrowth.com
Market Wire http://www.marketwire.com
Incucomm http://www.incucomm.com
Xterprise http://www.xterprise.com
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