Our speaker will present the business reasons for deploying Internet/Intranet technologies. This can be an overlooked and misunderstood area. While technical people often don't see why management just doesn't buy into the latest and greatest technologies, management doesn't always understand the technical implications of deploying and supporting some of the latest and greatest tools, or understand their technical limits. With the recent explosion in "Net" technology these issues have become more apparent. There is a lot of confusion with Internet and Intranet and the daily list of new and available tools. This presentation will help bridge the gap between management and technical people and identify some of the best business reasons to deploy Internet and Intranet technologies.

Tim Mahaffey is a manager in Arthur Andersen's Business Consulting practice, a unit of Andersen Worldwide, the world's largest professional services provider, with more than 91,000 personnel at 381 locations in 79 countries.

Before joining Arthur Andersen, Tim worked for a world-wide telecommunications company. There he established award-winning Internet and Intranet Web pages, led the development of an enterprise-wide imaging and staffing automation application, developed and implemented IVR/telephony systems and co-authored articles on automating HR processes. He has over 12 years experience in implementing, supporting and developing distributed and telephony systems. Among other disciplines, Tim has experience in data warehousing, EIS systems, relational databases, mainframes, application development, imaging, client/server architecture and design, business process improvement and project management.

Please join us for dinner. The charge is $19 with a reservation, $21 without.

There is always a choice of beef, either chicken or fish, or vegetarian plate.

Dinner is served at 7:00 PM with a preceding social hour at 6:30 PM.

To make a reservation, contact Ed Manderfield, (310) 391-5936, and indicate your choice of entree, by Sunday before the dinner meeting. There is no charge or reservation required to attend the program.

For membership information, contact Lee Schmidt, (805) 393-6224.

January 1998 meeting

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