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AT THE CENTER
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. To join our community, click on this link: http://center.infopoint.com/join.php ***************************** EXECUTIVE BRIEFING AND LAUNCH
OF NEWEST CORPORATE SPONSOR, ARCHSTONE CONSULTING: THURSDAY, MAY
13, 2004 ******** THINK TANK SESSION: TUESDAY,
MAY 25, 2004 ******** POWER PUB: THURSDAY, MAY
27, 2004 ******** SUMMARY POWER PUB:
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2004 **************************** EXECUTIVE BRIEFING AND
LAUNCH OF NEWEST CORPORATE SPONSOR, ARCHSTONE CONSULTING: THURSDAY,
MAY 13, 2004 Please join us at the World Internet Center for the launch of our newest Corporate Sponsor, Archstone Consulting, and an Executive Briefing by Mr. Eric Schlumpf, Archstone Consulting's San Francisco-based Principal and Global Manufacturing Practice Leader on "Capturing the Value of the Extended Manufacturing Model: Beyond the Extended Enterprise: NBT = EEM + SOA." Can companies conquer IT data nightmares and enable communication and collaboration? The advantages of operating in an extended enterprise model are self-evident. Contract manufacturing, and outsourced design and manufacturing are commonplace in high-tech and consumer packaged goods. However, as end-customer demands continue to grow, challenges in managing this extended enterprise model grow as well. Archstone Consulting asserts there is a right way to go about structuring the extended manufacturing model to truly realize value. Simply put, Archstone Consulting believes that, for many organizations, an SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) is the most effective way to drive EEM (Extended Enterprise Management). The relatively easy aspects of business automation -- e-procurement, back-office financials, etc. -- have already been done with stand-alone applications. Now, organizations need to adopt ways of thinking about how their IT is structured to enable greater flexibility and a more robust use of data across the organization and with trading partners. Companies are operating satisfactorily internally in some cases using enterprise solutions, but their connections to trading partners are still clumsy. Companies that operate multiple enterprise applications can sometimes find it difficult to accomplish important interactions between business units, trading partners and other third-parties. EEM and SOA together provide greater flexibility, efficiency and consistency in interactions with customers, and increased collaboration. Enterprise tools play an important role, but that role is changing. This evening's presentation, discussion and networking event will explore a holistic view of business systems from a business process, information and decision-making perspective. The discussion will be led by Archstone Consulting's San Francisco-based Principal and Global Manufacturing Practice Leader, Mr. Eric Schlumpf, and other members of his consulting team. Input from Silicon Valley companies that are grappling with these timely issues will enliven the discussion ABOUT ERIC SCHLUMPF Mr. Eric Schlumpf is Archstone Consulting's San Francisco-based Principal and Global Manufacturing Practice Leader. With more than 23 years of manufacturing, industrial service, and consulting experience, Mr. Schlumpf is a recognized leader in advanced supply chain topics. He specializes in the development of cost effective solutions that improve his clients' performance, speed to market, and working capital return on investments. Mr. Schlumpf has worked extensively with clients in the high tech, aerospace and defense and consumer products industries. Prior to joining Archstone Consulting, Mr. Schlumpf served as a partner of Deloitte Consulting, where he developed the first comprehensive collaborative commerce methodology for the firm. He has held several industry leadership positions including vice president of marketing and sales for a major industrial services firm and vice president, operations for a major oil & gas services company. ABOUT ARCHSTONE CONSULTING Archstone Consulting (http://www.archstoneconsulting.com), the Silicon Valley World Internet Center's newest corporate sponsor, has re-ignited the consulting business model, emerging as a leader with a unique approach that is providing its clients viable alternatives Archstone Consulting is an independent business strategy and operations consulting firm specializing in manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, life sciences and business and consumer services sectors. Focused on innovation, growth and value, Archstone Consulting's expertise includes product development, complex manufacturing and supply chain operations, strategic sourcing and information technology effectiveness. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, the company has offices in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. REGISTRATION INFORMATION There is no fee to attend. To pre-register for the Executive Briefing, please send your name, title, company name, telephone number and email address to: Ms. Claire Kahrobaie DIRECTIONS TO THE CROWNE PLAZA CABANA HOTEL From Highway 101 - North or South
From Highway 280 - North or South
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TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2004 The Silicon Valley World Internet Center is conducting a Think Tank Session on May 25, 2004, to understand the issues and principles involved in adapting and engineering enterprise-level software products for different cultures. This invitation-only session will focus on considerations for cross-cultural adaptation of software to Asian markets. The specific focus will be on enterprise-level software solutions including Employee Self Service applications (ESS), payroll, timesheets, and other human resource functions. This session is being sponsored by SAP Research. The objectives of this session are:
This is an invitation-only Think Tank Session limited to 20 participants. If you are an expert in the cross-cultural adaptation of enterprise-level software (including user-interface) and would like to be considered for participation in this 4-hour, afternoon session on May 25, please submit your name, title, company affiliation, and bio for consideration to: Ms. Claire Kahrobaie **Please note that the World Internet Center is not in a position to accept all interested participants. **************************** POWER PUB: THURSDAY,
MAY 27, 2004 Email is still the killer app of the Internet: more than 300 million people use email every day, tens of millions for over two hours each day. These numbers have been increasing exponentially, with no end in sight. But what's new in email? The Internet's hottest technology: search. Search-based email initiatives from Stata Labs and Google are resetting business and consumer expectations for the email experience. The results? Search-based email saves people time (sometimes hours per week) and also unlocks a wealth of information buried in email archives that is effectively inaccessible without search. Increased efficiency and productivity aren't the only hot new issues in email -- email security, RSS feeds, blogs, spam and privacy round out today's email headlines. Dr. Raymie Stata, our Pub Master for the evening, is currently the CTO and Founder of Stata Labs. He was a search pioneer at Compaq, DEC, and the Internet Archive. As the co-founder and creator of Bloomba, Dr. Stata is leading the way in creating innovative new search-based email products. At this Power Pub, join Dr. Stata to discuss the key issues and changes as email rapidly evolves:
ABOUT RAYMIE STATA Having lead parallel careers in research and entrepreneurship, Raymie Stata is a co-founder and CTO of Stata Labs, Inc. After receiving his Ph.D. in computer science from MIT in 1996, he worked at Draper Labs, Digital Equipment (the creator of Alta Vista), Compaq Computer, and the Internet Archive. Dr. Stata has done research in a variety of Internet and Java related areas, including programming methodology, specification and verification of programs, Web and Java security, and Java language implementation. He is currently an assistant professor at University of California, Santa Cruz. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Stata was a co-founder and vice president of engineering at Deploy Solutions, a producer of enterprise HR applications. He has been an active angel investor through Fundamental Capital, whose portfolio companies include Silicon Spice (communications semiconductors, acquired by Broadcom, US:BRCM, for $1.2 billion), Traxsis, Inc. (GPS, acquired by Axiom Navigation), Echo Networks (streaming music), and Vanu, Inc. (software radio). ABOUT STATA LABS, INC. Stata Labs, Inc. (http://www.statalabs.com/) develops software products that use intelligent search to help people effortlessly organize, manage and retrieve digital information and content. Its flagship product, Bloomba, is a search-based email program that addresses the key problems of email usage. Stata Labs also sells SAproxy Pro, a critically-acclaimed spam filter that works with all POP3 email programs and is optimized specifically for Bloomba. Over time, Stata Labs will develop, license and market a family of products that organize, manage and retrieve personal digital information using the patent-pending Stata Labs PCDB technology. Stata Labs is a privately-held company located in San Mateo, California. REGISTRATION INFORMATION Pre-registration is highly recommended. There is a $15 fee (cash or check only), which will be collected at the door. Please make checks payable to Silicon Valley World Internet Center. To pre-register, please send your name, title, company name, telephone number, and email address to: Ms. Claire Kahrobaie **************************** SUMMARY POWER PUB:
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2004 At the April 27 Power Pub, the Center welcomed 66 participants to the Crowne Plaza Cabana hotel to discuss the issues surrounding nano-bio-IT convergence with Pub Master Mr. Brock Hinzmann, Technology Navigator & Principal Consultant, SRI Consulting Business Intelligence. The main questions of the evening revolved around whether to use nanotechnology to extend Moore's Law or to use some nano-bio approach to create a new paradigm of information technology, and who would fund either effort. Participants envisioned small companies being better able to try new approaches than large IT companies because small companies do not have large financial commitments to Moore's Law. In addition, since no one knows which of the current research areas will evolve into major new markets, small companies are more likely to hit on successes than the big companies seeking guaranteed, multi-billion-dollar opportunities in existing markets. However, since most of truly new nanotechnology is a 10- to 15-year investment, it will be difficult to get venture capitalists to invest in this area. Small companies that take new, interdisciplinary approaches to solving current problems or making current processes less costly and/or more efficient are more likely to receive funding. Rather than "fabs and labs," it was suggested that the investment value of nanotechnology will be based on intellectual property. Although "What's the Killer App?" is always the question that never seems to get answered, the Pub participants had several ideas for nano-bio-IT products:
To view Brock Hinzmann's presentation from the April 27, 2004 Power Pub on "Nano-Bio-IT Convergence: Does Nanotechnology Offer the Truly Ultimate Bio-IT Interface?":
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