At this website, you can also download the powerpoint presentations.

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"SAP’S LEARNING PORTAL"

By Ms. Emma Bonham, Business Development Manager, GBU Human Capital Management, SAP AG"

Open to the public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.

Come hear SAP, the world's leading provider of human resources and eBusiness software solutions, discuss its learning portal as part of the mySAP workspace. Emma Bonham will also discuss areas for possible partnership with eLearning content providers. Specifically, SAP has a strong interest in eLearning content providers that create or distribute online learning and/or classroom training for corporate companies in areas such as IT, business, soft skills, and other areas. Come to the Pub to learn how your company's products and services may complement those of SAP and find ground for partnership opportunities.

ABOUT EMMA BONHAM

Emma Bonham has been with SAP since 1992. Based at SAP's headquarters in Germany, she is currently the Business Development Manager in the GBU Human Capital Management, focussing on strategies and partnerships in the eLearning arena. Prior to this, Ms. Bonham was responsible for a team of technical writers working on SAP's HR products for the Asia-Pacific region. In the past, she also wrote documentation for SAP Financials.

ABOUT SAP’S LEARNING PORTAL

SAP (http://www.sap.com) intends to offer its customers a learning portal as part of the mySAP Workplace, SAP's enterprise portal. Through the learning portal, employees will be able to register for classroom training and access eLearning from external content providers as well as the company's own content. A comprehensive learning management system will enable SAP's customers to manage their corporate university and track employee progress. An employee's personalized learning needs will be sourced from the mySAP HR system and the qualifications and skills he or she achieves through learning will be transferred back to the mySAP HR system, creating a true end-to-end learning solution.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Ms. Emma Bonham

Business Development Manager

GBU Human Capital Management

SAP AG

Em: emma.bonham@sap.com

Tel: +49 6227-742983

Fax: +49 6227-752983

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"A NEW DIMENIONS OF eCOMMERCE: COMBINING ADVANTAGES OF ERP DATA MANAGEMENT WITH VR PRESENTATION TECHNOLOGIES"

By Ms. Ann M. Miller, Research Scientist & Mr. Boris Otto, Project Manager, Fraunhofer Institut fuer Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation (Institute for Industrial Engineering)

The Pub Talk will address solutions to eBusiness systems. Fraunhofer IAO established the Interpret project to address two challenges of eBusiness systems. The first challenge addresses the integration of different applications. Internet-based B2B applications need to be capable of leveraging the advantages of a redundancy free, high quality business information as provided by common enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Many standardization initiatives has emerged over the last several years. However, integration is still the most significant cost factor in IT projects. The second challenge is the increased expectation users have on how product information is presented via the Internet. Today, it is not enough to provide a customer only with a short description and technical information. Customers expect detailed product information, advice on product requirements, and enhanced product presentation. Within the Interpret Project, different market scenarios are being developed to address these challenges. One scenario covers the integration of an SAP R/3 system with a VRML shop application. Users can walk through different rooms and view 3D product presentations. Detailed product information is displayed and the data is extracted from an SAP R/3 system in realtime.

ABOUT ANN M. MILLER AND BORIS OTTO

Ann Miller is a research scientist, specializing in marketing and project management for multimedia and eBusiness at Fraunhofer IAO. She is currently involved in several national and international research projects in the field of multimedia information, virtual reality and information technologies. Prior to her position at Fraunhofer, she was employed at High Technology Associates as a consultant for european high-tech SMEs entering the US Market.

Boris Otto began his professional career in 1998 at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a consultant for process improvement in the automotive industry. For an international automotive company he designed procurement processes that were depoloyed in Europe. In 2000, he joined Fraunhofer IAO as project manager for electronic business assignments. One of his projects is the development of a product classification system for an electronic marketplace in the automation industry. At Fraunhofer IAO Boris Otto is also working on his doctorate degree in the area of inter-organizational workflow.

ABOUT FRAUNHOFER IAO (Institute for Industrial Engineering)

Fraunhofer (www.iao.fhg.de) is one of Europe's leading service organisations in the field of applied research, development and consulting. With 48 institutes and a staff of more than 9500, it co-operates closely with industry in order to achieve a rapid and effective transfer of research results into industrial practice and products. Fraunhofer IAO focuses on technology management and the application of information and communication technologies. The Business Unit eBuisness has an interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, engineers, psychologists and media designers with a strong background in advanced system development methods and tools for eCommerce, user interface design, and evaluation and multimedia applications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Ms. Ann M. Miller

Fraunhofer Institut fuer Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation

Information Engineering

Tel.: +49 (0) 711/970 2343

Fax: +49 (0) 711/970 2300

Em: Ann.Miller@iao.fhg.de

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***CHALLENGE THE EXPERT: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2001
"CHALLENGES AND ISSUES FOR MEGA - WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT"

By Dr. Willy Chiu, Vice President, High Volume Website Design, IBM Corporation

Open to the public. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

$10 fee. (Payable by cash or check day of program. No charge to Sponsors of the Center.)

Willy Chiu will share experiences in building the world's highest volume eBusiness websites for sporting events, eCommerce, on-line trading and on-line banking. Impact on performance from bursty web traffic patterns as well as advanced technologies for multi-tier architectures, caching and web page designs will be described. Actual website data and examples will be used, including sporting sites like the Olympics. The best practices & lessons learned were documented by IBM in a series of white papers and are made available to the industry.

This presentation is aimed at business development and technical leaders who have, or who anticipate, intense user demand, whether it is Websites, such as the Olympics, Charles Schwab & Co., and Victoria's Secrets or sites that have high quality-of-service end-user expectations.

THE EXPERT

Willy Chiu is currently Vice President, High Volume Web Sites, for IBM's Software Group, and is located at the IBM Center for Java Technology, Cupertino, California. In this position, Dr. Chiu has created a focal point organization for High Volume Web Site technologies, including capabilities for customer engagements, prototyping and performance evaluation of web sites, and development of specialized tools for analyzing web site performance. Dr. Chiu has been with IBM for over 25 years, and has held many technical and management positions. He joined IBM at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center at Yorktown Heights, New York, in 1974.

REGISTRATION

Registration is not necessary, but highly recommended due to limited seating. Send your name, title, company name, and email address to:

Ms. Glenda Garcia

Program Assistant

mailto:garcia@worldinternetcenter.com

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"EVOLVING eBUSINESS SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT: FUJITSU SOFTWARE’S QoEtient"

By Mr. Bruce Nash, Director, QoEtient eBusiness Management Group, Fujitsu Software

Open to the public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.

Bruce Nash will introduce Fujitsu's strategy for eBusiness Systems and Network Management. eBusinesses have relied heavily on ad hoc tools and adaptations of existing management systems to keep their systems running, but the demands of customer Quality of Experience and partner Quality of Service make more complete services an urgent necessity.  Fujitsu Software's QoEtient provides a single platform for insuring the security, availability, and high performance of an eBusiness.

ABOUT BRUCE NASH

Bruce Nash joined Fujitsu Software in 1996 as Product Manager for Enterprise Management Products.  He has led the eBusiness Management Group since its formation in November, 1999.  Bruce's former roles have included a brief career as a Rubik's Cube solver, a mathematics student at Bristol University, a contributor to the JPEG and MPEG proposals (mostly by way of asking questions and making coffee) for the Image Technologies Group at IBM's Yorktown Research Center, manager of the internship program for IBM (UK) Ltd. and development manager for the storage management component of OS/2 Warp Server.  Bruce moved from the UK to Palo Alto in 1996.

ABOUT FUJITSU SOFTWARE CORPORATION (FS)

Established in 1991, Fujitsu Software Corporation (FS) (http://www.fs.fujitsu.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702), a $49 billion leading provider of comprehensive information technology and network solutions for the global marketplace. FS products include workflow, enterprise management products, help desk applications, application development tools, groupware and knowledge management products.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Bruce Nash

Director, QoEtient eBusiness Management Group

Fujitsu Software

E: bwnash@fs.fujitsu.com

http://www.qoetient.com/

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8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. By invitation only. See information below for possible participation.

The Center is organizing an invitation-only Think Tank Session on P2P. Check upcoming newsletter for further information. For further information and possible participation, send your name, title, company, email address, telephone number, bio, and short company summary to:

Venilde Jeronimo

Director of Programs

mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com

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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. It's...

--- The best reason to take off work early on Thursdays ---

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The dress is casual and there is no fee to attend. Just bring your good ideas!

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