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AT THE CENTER
The electronic newsletter of the
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Tuesday, May 7, 2002
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 ••
Check out the
Center's Web site: http://www.worldinternetcenter.com
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.
CABLE
& WIRELESS SURVEY
Complete the Cable & Wireless Web site Survey and Receive $15 Amazon.com
Gift Certificate. Further information below.
WORKING
GROUP SESSION: WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2002
"The Challenge for Biotech: Shaping the Future of Clinical Trials"
3:00 - 5:30 p.m. Invitation-only. Information below for possible
participation.
PUB
TALK: THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2002
"SSH Secure Shell for Wireline and Wireless Environments"
By Mr. Chad Scott, Technical Support Specialist, SSH Communications
Security, Inc.
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Open to the Public. The Pub talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
DEUTSCHE
TELEKOM'S TELEKOMFORUM AT THE CENTER'S PUB: THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2002
TelekomForum, Deutsche Telekom's Business Customer Association,
at the Center's Pub.
Further information below.
PUB TALK: THURSDAY,
MAY 16, 2002
"802.11: "THE" Hotspot"
By Mr. Arturo Pereyra, Co-Founder & General Manager,
WiFi Metro
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
WORKING
GROUP SESSION: WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2002
"Business Rules in Mapping"
Third session of a Working Group on "Dynamic Information Integration"
Invitation-only. 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Information below for possible participation.
PUB TALK: THURSDAY, MAY
23, 2002
"Don't Miss The Women! You Will Miss
The Future!"
By Dr. Anita Borg, Founder & President, Institute
for Women and Technology
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
PUB TALK: THURSDAY,
MAY 30, 2002
In observance of Memorial Day, there will be no Pub Talk
on Thursday, May 30, 2002.
CENTER ANNOUNCEMENT:
CALL FOR EXPERTS IN NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOTECH, & LIFE SCIENCES
Further information below.
CABLE & WIRELESS SURVEY
Complete the Cable & Wireless Web site Survey and Receive
$15 Amazon.com Gift Certificate.
Cable and Wireless, a sponsor of the Center, is in the process
of developing a new Web site. As part of the design process, Cable
& Wireless is conducting a survey to get feedback from a limited
number of participants. As part of the Center's community, we invite
you to participate in the survey and provide valuable feedback to
one of the Center's sponsors.
The online survey takes 20 minutes to complete. As a thank you,
you will receive a gift certificate worth $15 to Amazon.com.
On behalf of Cable & Wireless and the Center, many thanks!
TO RECEIVE YOUR PASSWORD & FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION
Those who participate will receive a password and a Web site link
to conduct the survey. For further information and/or to participate
in the survey, send your name, company, title, and email to:
Ms. Claire Kahrobaie
Manager, Client Services
Silicon Valley World Internet Center mailto:kahrobaie@worldinternetcenter.com
T: 650.462.9800
WORKING
GROUP SESSION: WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2002
"The
Challenge for Biotech: Shaping the Future of Clinical Trials"
Invitation-only. 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Moderated by
Dr. C. Budd Colby, Colby Biomedical Consultants
The objective
of the Working Group session is to gather 8-10 thought leaders to
exchange knowledge on the pain points (challenges) currently faced
by biotech companies in structuring and processing clinical trials.
The solutions biotech companies are using to meet these challenges
will also be discussed as well as what critical technology solutions
are still needed.
The pace of
new drug development and rapid growth of biotech companies means
a surge in clinical trials -- the expensive and time consuming process
of testing medical drugs. Clinical trials, occurring in three overlapping
phases and last several years each, are used not only to demonstrate
the drug's efficacy, but also to determine its risks and side effects,
measure effective doses, test various methods for delivering the
drug, and even experiment with different manufacturing methods.
The right strategic business decisions and compliance with the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug and Evaluation Research
(CDER) are key to the success of clinical trials, inevitably getting
new drugs to the U.S. market. With the rapid pace of new drug development
and plethora of biotech companies, what is the impact on the structure
and process of clinical trials?
The following
questions, among others, will be discussed at this Working Group
over wine and light hors d'oeuvres:
• What
are the most felt pain points (challenges) faced by biotech companies
with structuring and processing clinical trials in:
1) Patient acquisition and case management;
2) Data acquisition, storage, retrieval, and mining; and
3) Data analysis.
• What technology solutions are biotech companies using to
address these pain points?
• What technology solutions are critically needed that to do
not currently exist?
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION
This
Working Group session is invitation-only. Individuals who are interested
in possible participation and represent biotech companies that are
involved in clinical trials, send your name, company, bio, email,
and telephone number to:
Dr. Venilde
Jeronimo
Senior Director, Client Services
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
T: 650.462.9800
Or
Ms. Claire Kahrobaie
Manager, Client Services
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
mailto:kahrobaie@worldinternetcenter.com
T: 650.462.9800
PUB TALK: THURSDAY,
MAY 9, 2002
"SSH Secure Shell for Wireline and Wireless Environments"
By Mr. Chad Scott, Technical Support Specialist, SSH Communications
Security, Inc.
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Open to the Public.
The Pub talk begins at 6:00 p.m.
At this Pub Talk, Chad Scott will address the use of the award-winning
SSH Secure Shell application in creating a secure wireline and wireless
environment. Secure Shell is used by millions of users (including
Cable & Wireless IDC, Compaq, Intel, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, and
Hitachi Systems & Services, Ltd.) in over 80 countries and is the
de facto standard for secure remote access and file transfer over
the Internet. Mr. Scott will present the need for Internet security,
especially in the wireless environment.
ABOUT CHAD SCOTT
Chad Scott is a Technical Support Specialist on the IT support team
in the United States for SSH Communications Security, Inc., providing
pre-sales support for SSH's award-winning Secure Shell software.
Prior to joining SSH, Mr. Scott worked as a consultant at Appropria,
Inc. where he managed the integration and deployment of a multi-client
VPN system. Prior to that, he held product marketing and services
engineering positions at both Kinecta Corporation and Lucent Technologies,
Inc.
ABOUT SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, INC.
SSH Communications Security, Inc. (http://www.ssh.com),
a world-leading supplier of Internet security solutions, offers
a broad range of award-winning products designed to address the
most critical security issues for businesses, financial institutions,
and governments worldwide. Both SSH Sentinel, a feature-rich remote
access VPN "smart" client, and SSH Secure Shell, the award-winning
product family, ensure secure remote access and data transfer. The
SSH Certifier product family provides a robust certification authority
for flexible and strong authentication through digital certificates
and tokens. The market-leading SSH IPSEC Express (Internet Protocol
Security) family of toolkits for OEMs and software developers enables
fast time-to-market and reduced in-house development costs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Mr. Bob Mandell
Inside Sales Manager SSH Communications Security
T: 650.251.2728
F: 650.251.2701
mailto:bmandell@ssh.com
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM'S TELEKOMFORUM
AT THE CENTER'S PUB: THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2002
TelekomForum, Deutsche Telekom's Business Customer Association,
at the Center's Pub.
Executive-level representatives from member companies of the TelekomForum,
Deutsche Telekom's Business Customer Association, will be in Silicon
Valley the week of May 6th. The TelekomForum hosts international
executive briefings twice a year. The group visited Seattle last
fall with a focus on mobility and mobile business. This spring,
the focus of the Association's visit is to get an understanding
from Silicon Valley companies on current and upcoming developments
in network security. As part of their visit, the TelekomForum will
be at the Center's Pub on May 9th. Members of the Center's community
are encouraged to attend the Pub and engage in a trans-Atlantic
knowledge exchange on network security with the member companies
of the TelekomForum.
The following executives from the TelekomForum will be in attendance
at the Center's May 9th Pub:
•Member of the Board/Senior Partner, IMAG Information Management
AG
•Managing director, RZV Rechenzentrum Volmarstein GmbH
•Senior Executive Vice President, Deutsche Telekom AG
• Vice President, Deutsche Telekom AG
• Managing Director, Offspin GmbH
• Senior executive Vice President IT Services, Alte Leipziger
Lebensversicherung AG
• KAM Deutsche Telekom, Fujitsu Siemens
• Managing Director, Rittal Corporation
• Member of Supervisory Board, MSI AG
• Managing Consultant, Detecon Consulting GmbH
• Vice President, Networks Design and Integration, FIDUCIA
AG
• Partner, McKenna Group
• Managing Director, GiP
• Member of the Board, RWTÜV AG
• Managing Director, TZU GmbH
We look forward to seeing you at the Pub and joining us in welcoming
the TelekomForum to the bay area!
PUB
TALK: THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2002
"802.11: 'THE' Hotspot"
By Mr. Arturo Pereyra, Co-Founder & General Manager,
WiFi Metro
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
At this Pub Talk, come hear about the market drivers propelling
802.11 as the hotspot and at the forefront of technology innovations
in the wireless arena. WiFi Metro will also discuss the public Internet
access value chain and its target users, followed by a demo. Come
learn how WiFi Metro is committed to helping on-the-go Internet
users stay productive, up-to-date, and informed without the hassles
of telephone cords and jacks, slow dial-up connections, or being
dependent on their work or home environments.
ABOUT ARTURO PEREYRA
Arturo Pereyra is Co-Founder and General Manager
at WiFi Metro, one the largest WISPs in the U.S. Prior to WiFi Metro,
Mr. Pereyra was Vice President of Product Development and eCommerce
for DevX, an information portal for application developers. Prior
to that, he was Director of Business Development and M&A for
a Miami-based Spanish and Portuguese Travel site with offices throughout
Latin America. Mr. Pereyra has held management positions at EY Consulting
and Booz Allen & Hamilton, specializing in high-tech strategy
for software and Internet companies. Mr. Pereyra also worked at
Oracle Corporation where he was on the Product Development team
for Oracle Payables, the cornerstone for the Oracle Family of Financial
Applications. Mr. Pereyra received his MBA from Columbia University
and a B.S. in accounting and economics from the University of California
at Berkeley.
ABOUT WIFI METRO
WiFi Metro (http://www.wifimetro.com)
is the leading wireless Internet service company in the Bay Area.
The company owns a network of Wi-Fi "hot spots" and has
a growing base of subscribers. WiFi Metro relies on hereUare Communications'
eCoinBox™ technology and back office to manage its network
and host the customer database. WiFi Metro extends computing needs
beyond the office or home. With a growing network of over 35 Bay
Area public Internet access points located in convenient and comfortable
coffee shops, restaurants, and lounges, WiFi Metro has created a
chain of "Internet Stations" where users fill up their
laptops and PDAs with data slurps, send email or documents to friends
or colleagues, or just surf the Internet.
WiFi Metro relies on the 802.11b wireless LAN standard to deliver
connection speeds that are up to 200 times faster than regular dial
up connections. With a focus on delivering public wireless Internet
access to metro markets, WiFi Metro is positioned at the forefront
of what Gartner/Dataquest believes to be the fastest growing segment
within the IT sector.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Mr. Arturo Pereyra
Co-Founder & General Manager
WiFi Metro
305 Lytton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
T: 650.289.4338
F: 650.325.9608
mailto:arturo@wifimetro.com
WORKING
GROUP SESSION: WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2002
"Business
Rules in Mapping"
Third session of a Working Group on "Dynamic Information
Integration"
Invitation-only. 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
As a result
of a series of programs last fall, the Center is hosting a Working
Group session during winter and spring 2002 on "Dynamic Information
Integration." A group of 10-12 continuing participants will
analyze and discuss various aspects of dynamic information integration
over the next several months, including:
• The role
and importance of explicit models
• How to achieve a working feedback loop
• Existing technologies and components
• Relevant standards
THIRD WORKING GROUP SESSION
The third Working Group session on May 7 will focus on "Business
Rules in Mapping." When integrating systems and data, mapping
between taxonomies often becomes necessary. However, in some cases
a static mapping of objects in one taxonomy to objects in another
taxonomy is not sufficient. Rather, the case is that business rules
have to be applied during mapping. The following illustrates this
situation. A credit check is offered as a Web Service and requires
the DUNS number and credit amount as input parameters. An ERP system
with its own way of numbering customers will be calling the credit
check service. A mapping between the customer ID of the ERP system
and the DUNS number thus becomes necessary. But this simple, static
mapping may not be enough. For example, agreements may exist that
a parent company takes over payment responsibilities for certain
subsidiaries or different forms of bank guarantees are in place,
complicating the necessary mapping.
The following
questions -- among others -- will be discussed over wine and light
hors d'oeuvres:
• Is there
a need for a generic solution to combine data mapping with business
rules? In what sort of situations is this needed?
• Do systematic approaches to this problem exist?
• How can rules be generated and maintained efficiently?
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION
This
Working Group session is invitation-only. If you have an interest
in participating in this session and represent either academia or
an enduser company dealing with such issues, send your name, company,
bio, email, and telephone number to:
Dr. Venilde
Jeronimo
Senior Director, Client Services
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
T: 650.462.9800
PUB TALK: THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002
"Don't Miss The Women! You Will Miss The Future!"
By Dr. Anita Borg, Founder & President, Institute
for Women and Technology
Open to the Public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
There are too few women creating future technology. Those who
do, do not work in an environment where other women are viewed as
interesting. Imagine if all the technology defining the future,
and all the technology that men use were imagined and created by
women. Something would be missing...half of the world's brilliance
and ideas! Today, women's brilliance is missing and half of the
technology that could be invented is lost. At this Pub Talk, learn
how at the Institute for Women and Technology, they have collected
more than 1,200 ideas from women and how they are finding ways to
change systems so that women become jazzed to contribute to the
development of ideas.
ABOUT ANITA BORG
Anita Borg has made a
significant contribution to the technical computing industry --
from fault tolerant operating systems to cache performance tools
for Internet community. In 1987, she founded Systers, which has
grown to about 2,500 women in computing in 35 countries. In 1994,
Dr. Borg founded the Grace Hopper Celebration, the only technical
conference showcasing technical women in computing. In 1997, she
founded the Institute for Women and Technology, which has been supported
by Hewlett-Packard Company, Xerox, Sun, Microsoft, Compaq, and numerous
individuals. At the Institute, her goal is simply to change the
world by bringing technical and non-technical women together to
think beyond all boxes and create outrageous new technology for
a better world. For more information on Dr. Borg, visit: (http://www.iwt.org/borg.html)
or (http://www.iwt.org/whoweare/bios/anitatrubio.html).
ABOUT THE INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGY
The Institute for Women
and Technology is changing the world for women and technology. Its
mission - to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology;
to increase the positive impact of technology on the lives of the
world's women; and to help communities, industry, education, and
government benefit from these increases - addresses technology's
increasing impact on our economic, political, social, and personal
lives.
The Institute for Women and Technology:
• Increases the world's understanding that women's perspective
and brilliance are critical for the expansion of positive technology.
• Changes the systems, not the women. Education and workplaces
need to change in ways that engage and build on women's ideas and
vision.
• Increases the visibility of women's impact on technology
to each other and beyond, thus increasing understanding of their
own and other women's brilliance.
• Draws technical and non-technical women into technology by
making the connection between technology creation and social impact.
• Provides support for women inside of technology including
networking, access to relationships and information, mentoring,
and problem solving.
The Institute offers four different programs. The Virtual Development
Center is an industry, academic, and community partnership, and
research program aimed at finding new and innovative ways to involve
women and girls in all aspects of technology. The Grace Hopper Celebration
of Women in Computing Conference is the premier event for technical
women in computing. The Systers Online Community for Women in Computing
is the first and largest such online community engaging and supporting
nearly 3,000 women in 38 countries. The Senior Women's Summit brings
together an elite set of women who have become leaders in their
fields, and includes representatives from academia, government,
and industry.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Institute for Women and
Technology
1501 Page Mill Road, MS 1105
Palo Alto, CA 94304
T: 650.236.4756
mailto:info@iwt.org
or
Mr. Eric L. Mason
Communications
Institute for Women and Technology
1501 Page Mill Road, ms 1105
Palo Alto, CA 94304
T: 650.236.4079
mailto:emason@iwt.org
PUB TALK: THURSDAY,
MAY 30, 2002
In observance of Memorial Day, there will be
no Pub Talk on Thursday, May 30.
CENTER ANNOUNCEMENT:
CALL FOR EXPERTS IN NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOTECH, & LIFE SCIENCES
The Center provides knowledge resources on the future
landscape of Internet-related markets and technologies. The Center
is in the process of structuring Interactive Panel Discussions in
the Biotech, Life Sciences, and Nanotechnology. These Panels are
being scheduled for the end of June or mid-July and will be held
from 6-8:00 p.m.
If you are an expert and represent an innovative company in one
of these areas, please send your name, company, bio, email, and
telephone number to:
Dr. Venilde Jeronimo
Senior Director, Client Services
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
T: 650.462.9800
mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
JOIN
US FOR OUR WEEKLY PUB
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 80-100 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's Pub. It's...
--- The best
reason to take off work early on Thursdays ---
For directions,
please visit http://www.worldinternetcenter.com
and click on directions.
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 or obtaining additional information
about current Center services should contact Dr. Venilde Jeronimo,
Senior Director, Client Services (mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com).
For inquiries
about upcoming Center programs, send an email to mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com
For further information on the Center's Sponsors and Knowledge
Network Partners, visit their Web sites:
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
To join our
community, click on this link: http://center.infopoint.com/join.php
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