Centra Software to Host Live Internet Seminar Series Featuring Top Business and Technology Experts.LEXINGTON Lexington. 1 City (1990 pop. 225,366), seat of Fayette co., N central Ky., in the heart of the bluegrass region; inc. 1832, made coextensive with Fayette co. 1974. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999-- Live Interactive Seminars Powered By New Centra CONFERENCE Web Collaboration Software See collaborative software. Available Free to All Session Participants Centra Software, the leader in live Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the business collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. , today announced dates for its upcoming Spring Business and Technology Seminar Series, delivered live over the Internet using the new, no-install Centra CONFERENCE(TM) Web software. The Spring Internet Seminar Series will kick off on April 9, 1999 with Geoffrey Geoffrey (jĕf`rē), 1158–86, duke of Brittany (1171–86); fourth son of Henry II of England. Betrothed (1166) to Constance, heiress of Brittany, he was recognized as heir to the duchy in 1169 and succeeded to it on the death of her Bock Noun 1. bock - a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring bock beer lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally , Senior Analyst with the Patricia Seybold Group presenting his findings on the important role of live Internet business collaboration for expediting critical workgroup Two or more individuals who share files and databases. Local networks (LANs) are designed to provide electronic sharing of data within workgroups. In general, products designed for workgroups support approximately 50 people, whereas departmental devices support several hundred, and processes. The 8-session series, designed for sales, marketing, training, and services executives, will explore important issues and ideas on how enterprises can survive the changing face of business, customer relationships, and global competition in the Internet era. Seminar registrants will receive the new Centra CONFERENCE Web client free of charge. Attendees can enter the "virtual room" using any Windows, Macintosh, or Solaris A multitasking, multiprocessing operating system from Sun that runs on SPARC and x86-based computers. In 2005, Sun made Solaris free and open source. Known for its robustness and scalability, Solaris provides an enterprise-wide Unix environment that can manage thousands of nodes from one desktop or browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used . Advance registration is required for attendance. For details and to register for a free seminar visit, www.centra.com/seminars/springseries.html. -0- Web Seminar Schedule April 9, 1999 Live Collaboration for Business Performance; Expediting Workgroup Processes in the Age of the Web. Geoffrey Bock, Senior Analyst and Contributing Editor, Patricia Seybold Group April 15, 1999 Managing Effective Sales People Michael Bosworth, Founder of Solution Selling(R), a virtual corporation of 70 consulting affiliates worldwide, and author of Solution Selling, Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling Markets, and co-author of Sales As A Process: Reality or Myth? April 22, 1999 Rules for Revolutionaries Guy Kawasaki, CEO of garage.com and founder of various personal computer companies. Kawasaki is a noted Forbes columnist, speaker, and former Apple Fellow, one the individuals responsible for the success of the Macintosh computer. April 28, 1999 How Silicon Valley Innovation Strategies Can Work in Your Company Christopher Meyer, Ph.D., Principal of Integral, Inc., and author of Fast Cycle Time,and Relentless Growth: How Silicon Valley Innovation Strategies Can Work in Your Company. May 4, 1999 Global Best Practices: Building Your Business with Customer-Focused Solutions Robert Heibeler, Managing Director of KnowledgeSpace(R), a new electronic knowledge service of Arthur Andersen. May 5, 1999 Learning in the Digital Age Elliott Masie, President and Founder of the MASIE Center, a technology and learning thinktank, and author of Learning in the Digital Age. May 20, 1999 Getting the Most Out of Your Investment in Product Marketing Craig Stull, Founder and President of Pragmatic Marketing, providing product marketing training and consulting to software firms by focusing on strategic, market-driven techniques. May 26, 1999 New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World Kevin Kelly, author of New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World -0- Centra 99 Supports All Live Internet Business Collaboration The no-install Centra CONFERENCE Web client is part of the Centra 99, the first "Interprise" software system to support the full range of live business collaboration formats over intranets and the Internet. The unique combination of Centra CONFERENCE and the highly collaborative, firewall-friendly Centra SYMPOSIUM symposium In ancient Greece, an aristocratic banquet at which men met to discuss philosophical and political issues and recite poetry. It began as a warrior feast. Rooms were designed specifically for the proceedings. client enables Centra 99 to span all internal and external user communities, as well as all geographic and network boundaries. Critical business processes such as 1:1 selling, product launches, and enterprise application training that may have required travel or the use of teleconference and component Web technologies are now supported in a single software-only solution. (See related Centra 99 announcement) "Centra's unique ability to attract some of today's most important thought leaders in the realm of business and technology is testament to the power of our solution," said Lisa LeBlanc, Director of Corporate Marketing for Centra Software. "These industry experts aim to shed light on important issues that will effect today's global enterprises going forward - using cutting edge technology for the live exchange of ideas between participants around the world." About Centra Software Centra was founded in 1995 by Leon Navickas, former general manager of R&D for the award-winning Notes product at Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC. Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits. Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994). . Today Centra is the leader in live Internet business collaboration software. Centra's customers are leading Fortune 1000 companies representing all industries, including as Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , Armstrong World Industries Armstrong World Industries, Inc. is an international designer and manufacturer of floors, ceilings and cabinets. Based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Armstrong operates 39 plants in 10 countries and has approximately 13,000 employees worldwide. , Clarke American, Advest, Standard Insurance and Baan. Centra has business and software partnerships with PricewaterhouseCoopers, DA Consulting, C3i, SAP, Oracle, and Siebel. Headquartered in Lexington, MA, Centra has offices in Silicon Valley, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Austin, and London. For more information and to register for these free seminars, visit www.centra.com/seminars/springseries.html. Dates and times of seminars are subject to change without notice. Advance registration is required. |
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