IT industry best practice ezine Sep 2003

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- The Webinar Experience
-Ent_Apps_Mkt_Review

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- Saville Row Training
- Money, money, money

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- The marketing function
- Selling IT in 2003

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e-Xpertise in Industry September2003

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In this issue . . . .

Feature Article:	The Webinar Experience: Peter Thorne takes a fresh look at this technology, and how it has advancd, since his first review in June 2000.
Hot Topic:	Enterprise Applications Market Review: Dan Roberts reviews the market for Enterprise Applications. He foresees a gloomy end to the year, but reasons for optimism in the longer term.
Book Review:	Marketing Moves by Philip Kotler, Dipak C. Jain and Suvit Maesincee presents a new framework for conducting marketing strategy and operations developed in the context of corporate strategy. Will it succeed? See the review by Mike Evans.

Quote for today
"The only value of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." - John Kenneth Galbraith.

Notice board

Smart Labels Europe 2003 Europe's largest conference on smart labels including RFID, smart packaging and beyond is being held from 29 - 30 September 2003 with Optional Workshops on 1 - 2 October. Further details from their website www.smartlabelseurope.com
or email: t.henry@idtechex.com or telephone +44 (0)1223 813 703 ask for Corinne Jennings.

CIMdata European PLM User Forum 2003 will be held 8th – 9th October, 2003 at Messe Stuttgart, in Stuttgart, Germany. The theme for the PLM User Forum is “Enabling innovation through the application of PLM". The CIMdata User Forum will be held within the same timeframe as CAT.PRO (7th–10th October) in a separate but conveniently adjacent location. CAT.PRO, the leading engineering show in Central Europe, is embracing PLM as a primary area of focus, and views the CIMdata event as a major contributor towards achieving this goal. Registration and additional details are available at http://www.cimdata.com/index.htm.

ETRE: European Technology Roundtable Exhibition
October 15-18, 2003 in Berlin, Germany. For over 12 years, ETRE has been instrumental in bringing together 800 of the brightest minds in the IT industry, and remains the perennial rendezvous for international leaders from more than 30 countries to converge and prepare for the future.

PLM Road Map 2003 D.H. Brown Associates, Inc. (DHBA) is holding its conference, Product Lifecycle Management Road Map 2003, from October 28 & 29 at The Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, Michigan. The conference theme covers Operational Innovation for Cross-Functional Collaboration.
Keynote speakers opening the conference include Chris Couch, Toyota North America's Manager of Operations Strategy, who will address Cross-Functional Business-Process Kaizen. John Waraniak, Director of DHBA's Automotive/Aerospace Advisory Board, will discuss Design for Supply: Accelerating Bill-of-Material Reuse.

Closing the conference, Lorie Buckingham, Visteon Corporation's VP and CIO, will present on Visteon's program for Aligning IT and Engineering for Transformational Change. Richard Cedar, a Manager at GE Aircraft Engines, will address The Master Model for Achieving Cross Functional Design. Andrew Brown, Delphi Corporation's Executive Director of Engineering Competency DTI/Research Labs and President of Delphi Technologies, Inc., will discuss Driving Innovation with Structured Design Methodologies.

COFES 2004
The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software will be held from April 1 - 4, 2004, in Scottsdale, Arizona. "COFES brings together some of the best minds in mechanical/manufacturing and AEC/GIS industries to discuss the future of technology for engineers, architects and consumers." said Brad Holz, President and CEO of Cyon Research Corporation. "COFES has been carefully crafted to be the ideal place for analysts, press, vendors and users to co-operate in a framework that invites intense, productive discussions on industry issues."

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