SUMMARY FROM HOLIDAY PUB: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2000

The regular Thursday Pub was transformed on December 14, 2000, into a Holiday gala with attendance by the Center's Sponsors and over 150 Pub Regulars. At 6:00 p.m., Sponsors of the Center provided their vision for the future of eBusiness with the overall consensus that that future depends on establishing strong partnerships and sound business strategies. Presenters spoke for five minutes (that's 300 seconds) each, and included, in order of appearance, SAP's Vice President & Chief Development Architect, Corporate Research, Lutz Heuser; President of Fujitsu Software Corporation, Shizuo Inagaki; retired Manager of Hewlett-Packard's International Business Center, Walt Reichert, representing HP; Carl Ackermann of Deutsche Telekom; Dan Gutheil, Western Region Vice President of Metiom; and James Steele, Vice President, Western Region, IBM Americas.

During the evening, attendees at the Pub were asked to write down their own vision for the 'killer' application for eBusiness for the next 12-18 month market. The clear winner was voice! There was a tie for second place: a) wireless and b) 'no' killer application for the coming year -- but a year of shakeout, consolidation, and market stabilization. In the spirit of knowledge exchange and distribution, the list of ideas for applications generated during the evening is below.

On behalf of the Center, we would like to thank our Sponsors, some of whom traveled great distances, for their input during the evening and most important, for their continuing support of the Center! Many of our regular Pub attendees joined us as well as many new faces. We hope you will continue to be with us, starting with the Center's first 2001 Pub on Thursday, January 18.

Wishing you all a happy and 'collaborative' Holiday Season!

LIST OF APPLICATIONS

* voice applications (10) - language/speech and voice recognition; Internet voice applications; voice recognition for navigation
* none (3) - a year of shakeout and consolidation; in survivor mode
* wireless applications (3)
* backend to backend integration (2)
* CRM (2)
* machine2machine Internet
* Information portal (not just data)
* web conferencing
* wireless standards
* universal (standard) integration architecture
* mobile messaging (2)
* security (2) - a true, easy to use security application
* video streaming (2) with broadband
* collaborating communities for B2B (2) - private exchanges or private eMarketplaces
* still email (2)
* dynamic P2P business ecologies (2)
* seamless integration of backend systems
* device-less computing
* dynamic B2B
* interactive TV guide
* sum of bits and pieces which creates new business, new
applications, and scenarios in areas where we just don't think of new applications (because we are mobile)
* financial arbitrage for Internet exchanges
* myCalendar
* CRM feedback applications, allowing greater personalization of the web
* smartcard finger puppets
* wireless communities
* universal wireless gadgets that can plug into Palm, PC, TV
* "Geo Web" websites based on physical location
* collaboration software
* music compiling
* profit stability!!
* pen computing
* ERP + CRM + eBusiness
* "pedicures"
* selling books on the Internet
* modular integration platforms
* supply chain software
* wireless convergence
* eLearning
* broadband access
* hosted games
* radio
* EAI tools
* HotLocker.com
* application management
* web support
* application service (software over Internet)
* videophone
* XML
* Interactive eCommerce
* Enterprise portal
* Rational Rose
* one2one customer response via avatars on eCommerce sites
* immediate fulfillment!
* one that generates cash!
* totally optical global IP network infrastructure
* foreign language exchange
* integration of existing applications
* one-click installer for Linux applications
* keyword-centric software