SAP Software Presentation - "Small Businesses Software Today? Achieving Immediate Gains and Long-Term Growth" - The San Francisco Bay Area Small Business Conference, September 15th, Jack London Square Conference Center, Oakland, California

eBig (www.ebig.org) monthly meeting is presented by eBig and The Small Business Conference. The ebig monthly meeting will be held on September 15th, at 6 PM, at the Jack London Inn, Oakland. The first presentation will be Sherrie Schmit of ExpressWare discussing content management integration with Business Intelligence. Pizza is provided by Silicon Networks. This will be followed by Rick Pitts, Vice President, Channel Sales & Development, MySAP All-in-One for Small & Midsize Business, SAP America, Inc. "Small Businesses Software Today? Achieving Immediate Gains and Long-Term Growth."

Oakland, CA (PRWEB) August 31, 2004 -- The East Bay I.T. (www.ebig.org) Group is the San Francisco Bay Areas and East Bay's leading technology forum. Connected to the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, and start-ups in the San Francisco East Bay, with strong ties to industry experts, major technology corporations, and local municipalities, eBig is the East Bay's premier resource for information, education, and personal networking for people seeking connections and technology resources.

Silicon Networks (www.siliconnetworks.us) is a leading Silicon Valley internet service provider, web hosting, content management, and conference management company. Silicon Networks and Silicon Events produce the San Francisco Bay Area Small Business Conference.

The San Francisco Bay Area Small Business Conference is on September 15th, 2004, at the Jack London Square Conference Center (jacklondoninn.com), in Oakland, California.

The ebig monthly meeting will be held on September 15th, at 6 PM, at the Jack London Inn, Oakland. The first presentation will be Sherrie Schmit of ExpressWare discussing content management integration with Business Intelligence. Pizza is provided by Silicon Networks. This will be followed by Rick Pitts, Vice President, Channel Sales & Development, MySAP All-in-One for Small & Midsize Business, SAP America, Inc.

Rick is presenting at the San Francisco Bay Area Small Business Conference and eBig's joint monthly meeting. This evenings exciting topic is: "Small Businesses Software Today? Achieving Immediate Gains and Long-Term Growth." With SAP and Microsoft both positioning themselves to be providers of Business Intelligence Software for Small Business, this should be an exciting presentation.

As Vice President of Small and Midsize Business Channel Sales, All-in-One, for SAP America, Inc., Rick Pitts is responsible for overseeing SAP America's SMB reseller channel sales and development for the mySAP All-In-One solution portfolio.

Prior to assuming this position in January, 2003, Pitts served as President and Chief Executive Officer for IXOS Software, Inc., a subsidiary of IXOS Software AG, an SAP software business partner, responsible for all sales, marketing, consulting, training, customer support, and operations throughout Canada, US, and Latin America. Pitts also served with SAP from 1996-1999 as Vice President, Complementary Software Program, where he had responsibility for starting and growing SAP America's initial program and business development efforts with third-party software partners.

Before joining SAP America in 1996, Pitts was Director, Enterprise Systems Marketing, for Compaq Computer Corporation. He directed a group responsible for strategic relationships with software, technology, and systems integration partners such as Microsoft, Intel, SAP, Oracle, Lotus, Novell, Sybase, Accenture, PriceWaterhouse, Lante, etc.

There is limited seating in the Atrium forum, reservations are required.
Reserve Space Now! Free to eBig members with pre-registration, tickets at the door are $75 each. eBigs conference booth is located in the Main Conference Hall, Booth, P14, for the Small Business Conference.

eBig Members can attend the San Francisco Bay Area Small Business Conference, from 8:30 AM to 6 PM, and then the eBig joint meeting at 6 PM. The eBig VIP ticket is good for the complete event, located at:

Jack London Square Conference Center
Jack London Inn
444 Embarcadero West
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 444-2032

Not a member: Free Membership Available (www.ebig.org) to qualify for free conference admission.

Silicon Events produces the San Francisco Bay Area Small Business Conference, every September. The 2004 Small Business Conference features 50 dynamic presentations, 50 Exhibitors, and a conference wide Wine and Cheese Reception at 3 PM. All eBig members are welcome to attend the San Francisco Bay Area Small Business Conference, and the eBig passport is valid for the complete event.

Conference and eBig Meeting Parking:

There is limited parking at the Jack London Inn. There is ample free parking on the street after 6 PM, Barnes and Noble has parking across the street, and there is the Jack London Parking Garage next to Yoshi's. BART is a ten minute walk from the hotel, the San Francisco Oakland ferry terminal is two blocks north of the Jack London Inn. SAVE the air, and use public transportation.

Manual link for ebig free registration: (http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=72503)

This event is produced by:

Silicon Events (www.siliconevents.org)
Jack London Inn
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 463-8900

eBig is a media sponsor of the Small Business Conference, and the sponsor for the SAP Software presentation.

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