What may be tomorrow’s hot new companies are meeting in Silicon Valley today. The Indus Entrepreneurs, or TiE, a networking organization for entrepreneurs, is holding its TiEcon 2005 conference in Santa Clara, Calif. this week. The event is attracting technologists in areas ranging from online ERP services to enterprise security management and video game chips. Venture capitalists also are in attendance. TiE is in its own pamphlet as an organization focusing on analyis, research and economic policies of different nations, with a particular focus on South Asia. But representatives stressed the international nature of TiE. Begun by the Indian community in the United States, the 12-year-old organization now has chapters in the United States, United Kingdon, Australia, Dubai, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, India and Pakistan. The organization provides education, networking and mentoring programs. Raj Jaswa, president of the Silicon Valley chapter of TiE, emphasized the entrepreneurial spirit that has thrived in Silicon Valley but has been tough to duplicate elsewhere. “You’ve got to have this entrepreneurial ecosystem,” with people willing to work for equity in the company rather than cash, Jaswa said. The agenda for TiEcon features luminaries such as Microsoft co-founder Steve Ballmer. Some of the companies slated to for honors at the conference include: Arcsight, which provides enterprise security management; FatLens, offering an e-commerce search engine; Intaact, a provider of ERP software a service; and Wily Technology, supplying enterprise application management. Technology Industry