As companies work to increase their competitive advantage in the marketplace, the need to adapt to a changing business climate becomes critical. How companies sustain their competitive advantage through integration of Business Architecture (BA), Information Architecture (IA), and Enterprise-Wide Technical Architecture (EWTA) into an "Adaptive Enterprise Architecture" will determine whether they win or lose.

This tutorial examines how IT is evolving from ad hoc response to specific operational needs to building based on a strategic blueprint. Enterprise Architecture does not start with technology, rather, it starts with business. On the first segment of the tutorial, emphasis is placed on defining BA, IA, and EWTA and the primary relationships between these three critical layers. On the second segment of the tutorial, emphasis is placed on Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). EAI addresses the challenges of integrating diverse application systems. The tutorial will attempt to bring coherence to the many scattered business and technology directions. The tutorial will also provide an overview of Microsoft's Application Server Technologies.

Professor David Liu, is a seasoned technologist and educator with extensive high-technology experience. He is a frequent contributor to various computing/engineering societies with widely published paper on topics such as Internet, networking, multimedia, object-oriented technology, real-time control, and artificial intelligence (AI). He has chaired an international research and development consortium and frequently addresses major international conferences on a wide spectrum of technology and management topics. Professor Liu has also served as a CIO in both universities and private sectors for many years.

A Year Long Mentoring Program for Information Technology Professionals 

Goals: To Assist Chinese IT Professionals in Management to Move Up the Corporate Ladder

v      Almost all successful executives have had mentors.

v      Women, especially minority women, have taken mentoring very seriously over the past decade and have made great strides in penetrating the glass ceiling.

v      Our mentor program is not one-on-one personalized coaching.

v      Our mentor program is designed to host small group discussion to analyze common issues and barriers, and to surface matters without getting personal.

v      This program is a pilot with the idea that mentors and mentorees can jointly participate in the development of a mentor program for Chinese-Americans.

v      Our mentors all have learned many tricks of the trade and are willing to share their successes and lessons learned.

v      This program offers a unique opportunity to network for success with many mentors who have proven track records, and with highly motivated peers who can provide mutual support throughout your professional careers.

v      Our mentors specialize in Information Technology who have in-depth experience and knowledge on leadership in the fast changing environment in both the public and private sectors.

Mentors:

v      Elizabeth Bennett, Chief Information Officer, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

v      Lincoln Hu, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Digital Studio’s Division,    Sony Picture Entertainment 

v      John Hwang, General Manager, Information Technology Agency, City of Los Angeles.

v      Don Jue, Vice President of Server Consolidation, IBM Corporation

v      Peter Pao, Vice President, Sensors & Electronic Systems, Raytheon Systems Co.

v      Charlie Sie, Former Vice President of Xerox Corp.

v      Peter Sio, Information Systems Director, City of Burbank 

v      Lonnie Tang, Executive Director of Customer Services, Harbor Department, City of  Los Angels

v      Peter Wu, Vice President, Electronics Delivery Unit, Xerox Corp.

v     James S. Yu, Chief Information Officer, L.A. County-USC Medical Center

---For detailed information, contact Florence Kuo, Tel: (562)926-6820 ext. 188, Fax: (562)926-0825, e-mail: fkuo@acsi2000.com

Program Overview

         Session One

Monday, August 30, 1999 “Preparing for the Journey”

  ·      Session Two

Monday, November 8, 1999

“Choosing a Career Path and Achieving Your Goals”

  ·      Session Three

Monday, February 28, 2000

“Special Challenges in the World of Information Technology”

  ·      Session Four

Monday, May 15, 2000

“Moving Forward: Staying on Track in the New Millennium”

September 18, 99 seminar

Topic: 'Smart Ear', Twin-Bridge's latest and greatest product        presentation and demonstration. 

Seats are limited, for reservation,  please email Ms. Florence Wang Kuo at  Fkuo@acsi2000.com  

Time: Saturday, September 18, 1999, 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Location: Los Angeles Chinese Culture Services Center (CCSC)

               10507 Valley Blvd., 2nd Floor, El Monte, CA 91731

Direction: Freeway 10, Baldwin or Santa Anita Ave., exit - turn onto Valley Blvd., CCSC is located between Santa Anita and Baldwin.

Are you frustrated when you tried very hard to input Chinese characters either through a key board or a Wisdom pen? Thanks to the advanced technology, an intelligent device called 'SmartEar' will hopefully remove some of your frustrations.

TwinBridge Software Corporation will demonstrate this new device, a Chinese Speech Recognition System "SmartEar" that enables a computer to respond to the human voice in place of a keyboard or mouse. It allows you to interact with machines in the same way you interact with people -- through natural speech in mandarin. "You talk it types" - It makes your Chinese input as convenient as talking with your Chinese friends. Using the TwinBridge "SmartEar", you will be an instant master of Chinese input.  Applying IBM Via Voice speech recognition technology, SmartEar can recognize continuous Chinese (Mandarin) speech with high accuracy. The set includes a high quality headset of earphone with noise-canceling microphone. "SmartEar " will be on special sale for the seminar attendees, so, don't miss this valuable event.

Major Features:
Support traditional/simplified Chinese Windows 95/98 system in dictating traditional Chinese.
Support English and other non-Chinese Windows 95/98 systems in dictating simplified Chinese (GB).
Applying IBM ViaVoice speech recognition technology, SmartEar can recognize continuous Chinese (Mandarin) speech with high accuracy.
SmartEar provides you with nature and speedy way to input Chinese at 140 characters per minute.
With friendly interface, SmartEar not only provides Chinese speech dictation; it also serves as a full function Chinese word processor.
Enriched Chinese vocabulary including over 30,000 frequently used phrases and most of the punctuation marks.
Intelligent training module can adapt new users accent in only 50 simple sentences.
SmartEar has dynamic adjusting ability to accommodate users' accent and phrases when errors were corrected.
Adding space between Chinese characters avoids interruption to the double-byte characters when using auto-wrapping function in English Windows.
SmartEar can build multiple users speech modules for dictating multiple users with the same computer.
SmartEar is easy to use and flexible enough to support different working environment.