ADVISORY/Netopia's Lefkof to Participate in AT&T CEO Chat Series.Business & Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday (May 23) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHO: Alan Lefkof, President and CEO, Netopia, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTPA)
WHAT: AT&T Worldnet CEO Chat Series. Subject: How Small Businesses
Can Harness the Full Power of the Internet
WHERE: http://community.att.net
WHEN: Tuesday, May 23, 8 p.m. EDT (5 p.m. PDT)
WHY: As big-name dot.com e-tailers continue to lose ground in the
battle for e-business, brick-and-mortar businesses are expanding
through innovative, cost-effective strategies that make the most
of the Web. As a leader in DSL Internet equipment sales to small
and medium size business, Netopia is helping companies build their
Internet infrastructure, working with ISPs, ASPs, CLECs, carriers,
and other providers to help businesses harness the power of the
Internet and deploy easy-to-manage electronic storefronts. More
than 50,000 businesses have used Netopia's e-commerce Web platform
to put their business online, creating Web sites and online stores
using Netopia's customizable, turnkey, vertically targeted Web
platform that can put any business on the Web in a matter of
hours.
Come chat with Alan Lefkof, the visionary behind Netopia's comprehensive DSL/Web service infrastructure strategy, and learn how the company is revolutionizing Internet access See how to access the Internet. and e-business for small and medium size business. About Alan Lefkof Alan Lefkof became CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Netopia in 1994. His previous experience includes nine years as President and CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of GRiD Systems, a pioneer developer of laptop computers. Lefkof has a B.S. in computer science from MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. . About Netopia Netopia, Inc. develops, markets and supports Internet and electronic commerce infrastructure for small and medium size businesses. Netopia's DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary equipment and e-commerce Web platforms enable businesses to connect easily and cost-effectively to the Internet, establish and enhance their Internet presence, and conduct business and electronic commerce on the Web. Netopia's high-speed DSL routers are bringing small and medium size business into the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. and interoperates with central office equipment from Copper Mountain Networks, Lucent Technologies and Nokia. The Company maintains strategic distribution relationships with leading CLECs including Covad Communications, NorthPoint Communications NorthPoint Communications (Former NASDAQ: NPNT) was a CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier), focused on data transmission rather than voice. Its business plan involved leasing copper telephone lines from local phone companies, then selling them at wholesale prices to , Rhythms NetConnections Inc. and Jato Communications; and with hundreds of ISPs including France Telecom, Telecom Italia, Bell Atlantic, PSINet, Verio, UUNet, Earthlink Network and Concentric Network. More than 50,000 Internet businesses have used Netopia's e-commerce Web platform to create a Web presence. Netopia e-Business partners include Bloomberg.com, Citigroup's Bizzed.com, Cendant Corporation, Netscape Netcenter, Jato Communications, France Telecom, SmartAge.com, Macworld.com, and Concentric Network. Netopia, Inc. is headquartered at 2470 Mariner Square Loop, Alameda, Calif., 94501, 510/814-5100, fax 510/814-5021, www.netopia.com. |
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