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******************* AT THE CENTER ***************** The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Executive Sponsors -- IBM Corporation, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Deutsche Telekom, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Amdocs, Inc.-- for their continuing support. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE: http://www.worldinternetcenter.com Past copies of our newsletters and directions to the Center are available on the website. ALL PROGRAMS ARE HELD AT THE CENTER UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. ***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2000 ***TALK AND DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2000 ***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2000 ***EXECUTIVE SEMINAR: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2000 ***INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2000 Marguerite Raaen will discuss the phenomenal growth of Internet-based eMarketplaces that bring sponsors and their customers together to increase their purchasing power, grow revenues and strengthen relationships. These online exchanges, which include ePurchase, sponsored by Chase Manhattan Bank; Intuit's QuickBooks Purchasing Service; First Union Corporation's small and medium-sized business exchange; and Commonfind, the first electronic marketplace designed specifically for the education market, are being rolled out to more than six million businesses with over $1 trillion in annual purchasing power. Ms. Raaen will explain Metiom ConnectTrade, a product suite that enables electronic inter-networking of buyers and suppliers that allows purchasers to order goods and services online directly from suppliers' electronic catalogues. Metiom ConnectTrade products fully support leading Internet commerce standards and are easily integrated into a buying organization's existing systems. The Metiom ConnectTrade solution powers Internet purchasing for Global 2000 corporations and large public sector entities. It also provides the foundation for eMarketplaces where buyers and sellers of all sizes and levels of technological sophistication can trade. Each Metiom-powered marketplace allows buyers to search, compare and purchase goods and services from a vast array of suppliers, create purchase orders and choose a payment method, track and control their purchasing. And…suppliers have the unique ability to manage the look, feel and content of their own catalogue. ABOUT MARGUERITE RAAEN Marguerite Raaen joined Metiom from IBM where she held various senior level management positions in sales, marketing, product development, and research. At Metiom, Dr. Raaen is responsible for directing the firm's business development efforts. As manager of IBM's Emerging Technologies department, she led a distinguished group of PhD's in exploring new technologies for IBM's top customer accounts. Her work in expert systems and intelligent agents led to several joint industry engagements for IBM. Dr. Raaen and her worldwide team in IBM's CIO's office improved IBM.com by introducing a new, self-service design for Contact IBM. The initiative, the result of data gathered from thousands of international eMails and customer trials, dramatically cut the cost of handling over 50,000 monthly customer eMails, and led to new customers for IBM in eMail management, data mining, and web self-service. Dr. Raaen holds several degrees in psychology, education, and computer science. She has authored two books and 120 papers. In 1999, she and her teammates won a patent for IBM in Natural Language Processing/Categorization technology. ABOUT METIOM Metiom, Inc. (pronounced Mee-tee-um and formerly Intelisys Electronic Commerce) (http://www.metiom.com), is a leading provider of eMarketplace solutions used by Global 2000 companies, large public sector organizations, and small businesses. The Metiom ConnectTrade(tm) suite of products is a dynamic, open e-procurement solution that connects businesses of all sizes as buyers and suppliers over the Internet to deliver the true promise of B2B eCommerce. Metiom ConnectTrade automates corporate purchasing online and is based on open standards, real-time Supplier-Managed Catalogs and Point-and-Click Purchasing. Metiom solutions deliver the easiest and fastest way to dramatically reduce the high cost of enterprise purchasing while generating new revenue streams by turning buyers into suppliers overnight. For further information on Metiom, visit their website: (http://www.metiom.com)
NOTE: THIS TALK WILL NOT HELD AT THE CENTER. The Talk will be held at Cypress Semiconductor in San Jose. For further information: Desiree Orate The rapid expansion of the Internet is dramatically changing individual lifestyles and the conduct of business throughout the world, presenting tremendous new challenges and opportunities. Mr. Masaaki Isomura will discuss how Fujitsu is positioned to help its customers succeed in this dynamic new era by focusing squarely on their needs; and by leveraging Fujitsu's technological strengths, highly reliable products and services, and global expertise in systems and services to deliver solutions that unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet. ABOUT MASAAKI ISOMURA Masaaki Isomura is the Executive Director of Strategic Planning for Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in San Jose, California. Mr. Isomura has been with Fujitsu Limited for more than 25 years. He began his career with Fujitsu as a software engineer and has been working on business strategy for the last five years. Over the last two years, Mr. Isomura has been in the United States helping Fujitsu Software Corporation develop relationships with Internet-related software-technology providers. ABOUT FUJITSU Around the world, the Fujitsu (http://www.fujitsu.com) name stands for advanced technology, quality, creativity and reliability. Fujitsu had consolidated revenues in the amount of 5.26 trillion yen ($49.6 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000. Fujitsu's pace-setting technologies, world-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and global corps of over 60,000 systems and service experts make it uniquely positioned to harness the power of the Internet to help its customers succeed. For further information: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Open to the public. Limited to 30 participants. Registration necessary. FEE OVERVIEW WHO SHOULD ATTEND ABOUT HIGH PERFORMANCE RESOURCES (HPR) REGISTRATION
*************************************** There is a limit of 60 participants Fee: $10 (payable by check or cash day of program) This Interactive Panel Discussion is a follow-up program to the Think Tank Session on voice-driven enterprise applications that took place at the Center on September 13, 2000. A distinguished panel of experts from the Think Tank Session will be discussing the deployment of voice and speech-recognition technologies and applications for the next 12-18 month markets. To register, please contact:
*************************************** 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 100-120 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 Pub. "The best reason to take off work early on Thursdays." For directions, please visit http://www.worldinternetcenter.com 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 should contact Venilde Jeronimo, the Center's Director of Programs, by email (venilde@worldinternetcenter.com).
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