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Feature Story
Global Inventures to Finance Connected Home Roadmap
Global
Inventures recently announced its funding support for the Connected Home
Roadmap in partnership with the Continental Automated Buildings Association
(CABA). The Connected Home Roadmap is designed to accelerate the adoption
of smart home technologies and applications. In addition, Global Inventures
President and CEO Deepak Kamlani has been elected Chair of the Connected
Home Roadmap Steering Committee.
The objective of the Connected Home Roadmap (CHRM) is to provide technology
vendors with a roadmap for product development and market strategy by
identifying applications and enabling technologies that have significant
market potential over the next five years. The study is designed to identify
market trends and opportunities, along with technology synergies and requirements,
in the area of Connected Home applications and technologies. Through the
technology roadmap process, companies in a given sector can pool their
resources, to determine what their specific market will require for growth
within a five-year time frame.
"With the pervasive availability of broadband communications and new technologies the Connnected Home market is moving towards the integration of previously independent systems. The CHRM study will examine the interoperability between systems and how optimal communication is achieved." said Deepak Kamlani, Steering Committee Chair and CEO of Global Inventures, Inc.. "The information we identify will allow industry, governments, academic institutions and research organizations to identify resource requirements and potential investment opportunities."
Through our status as a funding organization of the CHRM study, Global Inventures is pleased to provide our clients with unique access to the project including:
- Initial influence on study areas and project direction;
- Access to more in-depth information gained throughout the project;
- Earlier access to the study results on an ongoing basis;
- A better understanding of the findings and how they will impact their company;
- The opportunity to direct the future.
Global Inventures believes that the Connected Home Roadmap, a critical piece of industry research, will aid the connected home industry in moving toward mass market adoption. The study involves consultation with all organizations in the connected home industry and addresses priority areas representing value propositions to consumers and service providers alike.
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Inventures Service Spotlight
The Virtual Business Office
To make it easy for our managed associations to scale their basic operational functions in a predictable, economical manner, Global Inventures has packaged our core services into a Virtual Business Office (VBO) offering. The day-to-day functions critical to keeping a community running are included in the VBO, with reception, office administration, membership services, and financial operations.
The Facility and General Administration team is dedicated to managing inbound and outbound communication and daily operational tasks, including typical office management activity. This team also arranges the articles of incorporation and insurance needs of the community.
The Membership Services team approximates the Corporate Secretary function; it is dedicated to maintaining the membership records of the organization including membership agreements, participants, mailing list subscriptions, and member and prospect inquiries and responses.
The General Accounting and Financial Services team executes the Corporate Treasurer function; it is responsible for the financial management of the organization, including invoicing, collections, receivables and cash flow management, financial reporting, formal accounting audits and coordination with the IRS and State tax authorities.
Global Inventures' Virtual Business Office is an integral part of the management services offered to every collaborative community member, sized to the organization's lifecycle phase, method of working, and ongoing and variable needs. Our experts work hard behind the scenes to ensure that your community is always proactive, efficient, and meets member needs.
Special Announcement
Global Inventures President to Present at 2005 Connected@Home Conference
Global Inventures President and CEO Deepak Kamlani will present at the Continental Automated Building Association's (CABA's) Connected@Home 2005 Conference & Expo. Kamlani will deliver his presentation on Tuesday, October 4 at 2:15 as part of the "Enabling Standards - Status Report and Reality Check" segment of the Networking/Connectivity Track.
The Connected@Home 2005 Conference, produced and hosted by CABA, will feature innovative connected home technologies that provide entertainment, data, voice communications and home management systems over broadband and other infrastructures.
The conference agenda includes a combination of keynote presentations and concurrent tracks with interactive panel discussions, as well as individual presentations in a plenary format.
Kamlani, also the Chair of CABA's Connected Home Roadmap, will present along with Moderator Ludo Bertsch, President, Horizon Technologies Inc., Les Baxter, President, Les Baxter Enterprises and Michael Scholles, Microsystems Business Unit Manager, Fraunhofer Institute Photonic (CENELEC).
To register for the Connected@Home 2005 Conference & Expo, please visit http://www.caba.org/connectedathome/registration.htm
News From Our Communities
Here are some of the stories from our Collaborative Communities making news in the last quarter:
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
ZigBee Alliance to Host Open House at Chicago Hyatt Regency Woodfield Hotel on September 14th
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Parlay Group Announces Board of Director Election Results and 2005 Americas Conference
Friday, September 09, 2005
Linksys Executive Joins Intel and Bell Canada for Keynotes at HomePlug Technology Conference
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Hitachi Telecom Joins Multimedia over Coax Alliance as First Associate Member
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Responding to Public Demand, OSGi Alliance provides Early Access to the upcoming OSGi Service Platform Release 4 Core Specification
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Multimedia Over Coax Alliance Becomes Platinum Sponsor For Connected@Home 2005 Conference & Expo
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
UPnP Implementers Corporation Certifies First Products in the New Printer Device Category
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
HomePlug Enters a New Phase to Fulfill Industry Vision for Connected Home
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
More Than 6000 Request ZigBee Specification
Monday, August 22, 2005
WINA President Writes Editorial
Thursday, August 18, 2005
HomePlug AV Specification Approved by Alliance Board
Monday, August 15, 2005
Wimedia Alliance MB-OFDM UWB Platform in Review by Global Standards Body
Thursday, August 11, 2005
STMicroelectronics and Sumitomo Electric Join the HomePlug Powerline Alliance
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Cox and Verizon Join Multimedia over Coax Alliance
Staff Spotlight
Inventures team continues to grow:
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Sharon Steele - Member Services Coordinator
Sharon Steele has joined the Inventures team as a Member Services Coordinator. She has 8+ years administrative/executive assistant experience and 6+ years end-user technical training experience in corporate, public, and private environments.
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Dipti Kadakia - Marketing Programs Manager
Dipti Kadakia has joined Inventures in the role of Marketing Programs Manager. Dipti has very strong credentials with over 15 years of marketing experience, of which 10 are in technology marketing. Prior to joining Inventures, Dipti held various roles in Partner Marketing, Channel Marketing and Marketing Programs Management at Ellie Mae, BEA Systems and 3COM Corporation among other companies. She has a B.A. in Communications (Advertising/Marketing) from California State University.
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Lynette Hoeft - Manager, Partner Programs
Lynette Hoeft will be stepping in to the Manager, Partner Programs role and taking on responsibilities for running our partner programs. Lynette is a senior-level events and meeting manager with over 15 years of hands-on event-management experience supported by a solid marketing, communications and management background. Prior to joining Inventures, Lynette was Director of Events for ADP in San Ramon, and Director of Marketing for LoopNet in San Francisco.
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Belinda Lucero - Events Manager
Belinda Lucero has joined Global Inventures as an Events Manager. She will be responsible for all member meetings, board of director meetings and other events of her clients. Belinda was hired by Emery Worldwide as their only event coordinator in 1995. She was promoted to the newly created position of Event Manager in 1998. In her 10 years of experience, she handled corporate events such as Customer Advisory Board meetings, sales incentive programs and senior management meetings worldwide. Belinda received her CMP (Certified Meeting Professional) designation in 2002.
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Contacting Global Inventures
help@________.org
Occasionally,
individuals who participate in groups we manage aren’t sure whom
to contact for administrative and membership issues regarding their
alliance. Although different account teams support various collaborative
communities, the shortest and surest path to support is to send an
email to help@[yourcommunity].org. All inquiries are logged in our
HelpDesk application and routed to the appropriate person – Member
Services, Web, Account Manager, Executive Director, etc. The sophisticated
HelpDesk application enables our member services coordinators to view
all messages and track the complete history of each message, to allow
them to streamline and constantly improve contact. We’re here
to support you, the members.
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