Books
Articles
Conference Papers
and
Seminars

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PETER FINGAR

Internet World--Computerworld--CIO Magazine--Logistics Magazine
SiliconIndia--Component Strategies Magazine--CommerceNet
Object Magazine--Sunworld--FirstMonday--Application Development Trends
Technology Training Magazine--CIO Masters Series--IBAII--OBJECT Expo
Montgomery Research CRM Project--Distributed Object Computing Magazine




 -Books- 

Busines Process Management: The Third Wave Forthcoming Title: Read more.

The Real-Time Enterprise: Powering Profits with Process Automation Forthcoming Title: Read more.

“The 'Death of e' is unquestionably the birth of a new understanding of where the real new economy is headed.” The book clearly explains the new business models for value chain optimization, collaborative commerce and the critical role of enabling technologies for conducting business at the network’s edge: Web-services, peer-to-peer computing and intelligent agents as well as integrated Commerce Resource Platforms. Over 15 industry thought leaders contributed to the work, making it the most comprehensive analysis available, and a crisp synthesis for companies to chart their course to the digital economy. "A delightful find and a must read for today's companies that want to thrive in the 21st century economy." --John Seely Brown, Chief Scientist, Xerox, 
Former Director, Xerox Palo Alt Research Center, Co-author, The Social Life of Information, Harvard Business School Press. Read more...

Enterprise E-Commerce Dr. Bud Tribble, Chief Technology Officer, Sun/Netscape Alliance, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "This book provides a solid business and technology discussion of how .com changes everything in business -- and what it portends. My advice for the Internet generation of business and technology leaders is -- Just read it!"   They have -- the book has been adopted by over 50 of the highest ranked graduate and undergraduate programs, the first printing sold out in 8 weeks, and translateed into Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Korean. In its first four weeks it ranked among the top readings at J. D. Edwards and Yahoo, and reached #133 in the overall Amazon.com rankings (out of 2,000,000 titles). The book served as a basis of educational seminars and talks delivered to the Egyptian Cabinet, the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (MidEast), a professional society in Tokyo, and the Executive MBA program at Notre Dame. Read more...

The Blueprint for Business Objects Cambridge Universtiy Press and Prentice-Hall. "This is truly a synthetic work, bringing in knowledge not only from the object world, but also from business process management and organizational change. I strongly recommend it for anyone charged with implementing a reengineering program, or for that matter any major change in organizational direction." -- Thomas H. Davenport, Professor and Director, Information Management Program, University of Texas Graduate School of Business.

Next Generation Computing: Distributed Objects for Business, with Dennis Read and Jim Stikeleather, Cambridge Universtiy Press and Prentice-Hall. "The book's unconventional presentation of short, crisp papers on all the essential topics makes it a must-read for the new generation of business and technology leaders."
-- Scott McNealy, President and CEO, Sun Microsystems.

  -Articles and Proceedings-

The Integrated Value Chain: BPML and the Next Frontier
With Jeanne Baker and Howard Smith,  Internet World, July 2002.

Making Business Processes Manageable 
With Howard Smith, Co-Founder of BPMI.ORG, Internet World, April 2002.

Business Process Management Systems
With Howard Smith, Co-Founder of BPMI.ORG, Internet World, May 2002.

Web Services: Some Straight Talk 
With Software Visionary David Litwack, Internet World, June 2002.

The Integrated Services Environment: Managing Web Services 
With Pioneering CTO Steve Benefield, Internet World, May 2002.

Future Uncertain
Infocomomy (UK), April 2002.

Revolution in Process (Overview of Collaborative Commerce 2002 Conference, London
After the new economy, a far more important and fundamental revolution will follow.

internet.com Review: Death of 'e'
 
March, 2002.

Empower Your Customers:  the Driving Forces of the Real New Economy
Internet World, July 15, 2001.

Ten Myths of the New Economy
EAI Journal/ Business Integrator,  Fall, 2001.

Digital Tapestry . . .
A Monthly Business Column in Internet World....

The Real-Time Enterprise, 
July 2002
Why Every Company Must Become a Real-Time Enterprise 

The Next Fifty Years,  June 2002
There is Something Dreadfully Wrong With IT Only Pi-Calculus Can Fix

HoPE Springs EternalMay 2002 
Where There's Hype There Just Could Be HoPE

The Fourth Tier, April 2002 
Don't Close the Patent Office Just Yet

The Great Preparation,  March 2002 (click to view)
Breaking Out in a Downturned Economy

Process, Process, Process,  February 2002 
Process Collaboration is Needed for Value Chains to Work

Web Services Among Peers, January 2002 
Infrastructure for the Next Increment in the IT Revolution

Getting Back to Basics, December 2001
Use Internet Technology to Enhance Existing Relationships.

The Globalization of White Collar Work: The Real E-Revolution
, October 2001  
For better or worse, we have already crossed the threshold to the globalization of our most prized asset
--the value-adding core competencies of our enterprise.

The Little Big Man of Value Chain Innovation, September 2001  
It's easy to overlook the small fry, but trying to keep your value chain going without them 
is a losing proposition.

Both Sides of the Coin
, August 2001  
Integrate the Internet as part of your business strategy 
if you want to fully optimize your corporate value chain.

"Don't Just Transact, Collaborate"
CIO Magazine, June 2001.

Advice on Sustainable Competitive Advantage
CommunityB2B, September 2001.

Value Chain Optimization: The New Way of Competing
Supply Chain Management Review, Sept/Oct 2001
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Competing Through Value Chain Optimization
Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings, November 2001.

National Radio Tour  
b2bnetwork.com February 2000
19 radio interviews conducted across the USA

21st Century Markets: From Places to Spaces  
FirstMonday (refereed), April 2000 

Customer Care: Through the E-Commerce Looking Glass

MRIReserach / Anderson Consulting, February 2000

E-Commerce: Transforming the Supply Chain  
Logistics Magazine, April, 2000

The Value of the Value-Chain in E-Business  
Computerworld, July, 2000

Component-Based Frameworks for E-Commerce  
Communications of the ACM, October 2000
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B2B E-Commerce: The Third Wave             
SiliconIndia, March 2000

Components Crucial for E-business Development  
Applications Development Trends, March 2000

E-Commerce Business and Technology Strategies  
CommerceNet, August 1999

E-Commerce: The Third Wave  
A White Paper

The Blueprint for Open Ecommerce                  
Component Strategies magazine, November, 1998.

Enterprise Architecture for Open eCommerce  
Component Strategies magazine, February, 1999.  

Intelligent Agents: The Key to Open eCommerce  
Component Strategies magazine, April, 1999

Competing for the Future with Intelligent Agents  
with Faramarz Farhoodi, 
Distributed Object Computing magazine, October 1997.

Developing Enterprise Systemswith Intelligent Agent Technology  
Part II: November, 1997.

The Business of Distributed Object Computing  
with Jim Stikeleather and Jim Clarke, one of the most widely read articles on the business implications of emerging technology! Object Magazine, April, 1997.

Cover Story, "Business Objects," Object Magazine, January, 1997.

A CEO's Guide to eCommerce Using Object-Oriented Intelligent Agents
June 1998 Research Report. Featured by
CommerceNet Research Report #98-19, September, 1998.

"Object-Oriented Knowledge Transfer,"  
A White Paper condensing many of the ideas in
The Blueprint for Business Objects.

"The Learning Architect,"                           
Inside Technology Training, March, 1997.

"Enterprise Learning Architectures,"
Inside Technology Training, April, 1997.

"Shared Objectives,"
with Dennis Read and Robert Ettl, 
CIO Magazine,
April 1995.                           

"Reschooling the Corporation," Object EXPO, New York, August 1996.

"Distributed Objects for Business: 
Getting started with the next generation of computing," 
With Jim Stikeleather, SunWorld Online, April, 1996.

"Glossary of Object-Oriented Terminology for Business" with Mike Aube and Leslie Newberry, SunWorld Online, April, 1996.

"Structuring Computer Training for Industry," Proceedings, 8th National Computer Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1985.
"The Electronic School," Proceedings, 7th National Computer Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1984.
"Computing Training in a Geoscience Environment," Proceedings of the 5th Gulf Computer Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1985.
"Process Innovation in the Independent College: Transforming Work Through Information Technology," University of Tampa, 1993.
"The Virtual Electronic Campus: Long Range Plan." University of Tampa, 1992.
"Computer Training Lessons from the Desert Sands," Computerworld, April, 1991.
"Computing Systems Requirements of the Distribution Industries," Small Systems World, October, 1978.
"EDP Training Perspectives," Proceedings, 5th Congress on Data Processing in Europe, Vienna, Austria, 1977.
"Summary Documentation: Maybe all you need," Journal of Systems Management, April, 1977.
"The Use of APL in Modern Business Curriculums," Business Education Forum, October, 1972.
"Minimizing Operator Intervention Using System/3 Procedures," Small Systems World, November, 1973.
"DP Tools Vital to Emerging Nations," Computerworld, 1977.
"The Use of Active Transparencies for Teaching Computing Concepts," Association of Educational Data Systems Monitor, October, 1976.
"Computers Vital to the Development of the Kingdom," Arab News, Saudi Arabia, 1976.
" A Model DP Curriculum," Small Systems World, September, 1977.

-Seminars and Speaking Engagements-

Collaborative Commerce, The Next Ten Years 
Collaborative Commerce Conference, Keynote, London, February 2002.

The New Way of Competing,
Notre Dame EMBA, February 2002.

Web Services - The Hypeless Revolution,
MIT Sloan School, Cambridge, May 2002.

Business Models, Technologies and Strategies for the 21st Century,
University of Colorado MBA, University of South Florida EMBA, University of Tampa MBA, 2001 -2002.

eXtend Your Business with Web Services,
13 City Seminar Tour with SilverStream Software, November, 2001.

Hollistic Approaches for B2B Collaboration,
B2B Collaborative Commerce Conference, Keynote, London, May 2002.

The Real Time Enterprise: Business and Technology Drivers,
The Real Time Enterprise Conference, Keynote, London, June 2002.


Thriving in the Digital Economy,
American University of Cairo, May, 2001.

Digital Egypt and the New Economy,  
Address to the Egyptian Cabinet, Cairo, February 2000.

On to the Real New Economy, 
Young Presidents Organization, Cairo, October 2002.

Ahead of the Curve,
Allmerica Financial Services Technology Conference, May, 2001.

eMarketplaces: Foundation for the Digital Economy, 
2nd Saudi E-Commerce Forum, Riyadh, November 2000.

Beyond E-Commerce: On to the Digital Economy, 
Internet Business Association International, Tampa, February, 2001. 

"Component-Based Commerce: Building The Digital Economy," The 4th Annual Distributed Computing Seminar, Tokyo, March 2000.

"E-Commerce: Your Race for The Digital Economy," AITP National Conference, Tampa, April 2000.

CIO Masters Series, "Systems Architecture: The Business Imperative!," Toronto, June, 1996.
Object EXPO, New York, "Reschooling the Corporation," August 1996.
5th Gulf Computer Conference, "Computing Training in a Geoscience Environment," Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1985.
GTE Data Services, "EDP Controls Seminar," 1979.
GTE Data Services, "Information Management Seminar," 1979.
8th National Computer Conference, "Structuring Computer Training for Industry," Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1985.
7th National Computer Conference, "The Electronic School," Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1984.
5th Congress on Data Processing in Europe, "EDP Training Perspectives," Vienna, Austria, 1977.
Arabian Data Systems, "Computer Impact Seminar," Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1981.
Dallah/Avco, "Management Control of Computer Systems," Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1982.
Tampa Chamber of Commerce, "The Use of Personal Computers in Business," Tampa, 1980.
University of Petroleum & Minerals Seminar Series, "Future Communication Networks," Dhahran, 1982.

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