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HE WALDORF-ASTORIA’s
Starlight Roof was transformed into a virtual Arabian Nights fantasy with
belly dancers roaming the room while Barbara Eden, who starred as a genie
in NBC’s ‘60s series, I Dream of Jeannie, presented an
innovation in cellular phones.
Barbara introduced Benjamin
Cohen, president and CEO of International Business Solutions, who launched the latest cutting-edge
technology in advanced telephone communications, called CyberGenie.
This new PC cordless phone system
plugs into your personal computer. Because of its multi-line, multi-user
expandability, CyberGenie acts like your personal assistant to handle
calls, voice mail, faxes, and email. All you have to do is speak to it.
Amazing!
This is one assistant that will
never tell you it can’t come to work today because grandma died (again).
CyberGenie is available at
International Business Solutions (based at the Waldorf, by the way). Terry
Baker, Cygnion vice president worldwide of sales and marketing, was quite
pleased with the throng that turned out for the party, as was Mats Perrson,
CEO of Cygnion. Party co-hosts H.R.H. the Prince Michel of
Yugoslavia, socialite Marjorie Gubelman along with Cohen and
Baker were all beaming at the vast turnout for CyberGenie.
New York Police Commissioner Howard
Safir was amused by the Arabian Nights entertainment as he and wife
Carol watched the suggestive undulations of the bare bellies of the
Oriental dancers.
Safir told me this would be
his last year as head of NYPD.
“Absolutely under no
circumstances will I stay on with Mark Green,” he declared. As
public advocate, Mark Green is next in line to ascend to Gracie Mansion
when Mayor Rudy Giuliani vacates to become U.S. Senator.
A loyal trooper to the end,
Safir will leave when Rudy leaves after two terms as mayor.
Don’t expect Safir to follow
Rudy to Washington. “I’m definitely not going to Washington,” he
said. “I will go into the private sector.”
The Arabian Nights theme of
the launch party extended to the beneficiary of the evening, the
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York. Cygnion made magical wishes come
true for three youngsters whose dream to visit Disneyland will be
fulfilled.
“The foundation makes wishes
come true for children with life threatening diseases,” said 15-year-old
Lauren of Syosset, Long Island. “Three
years ago I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. I won the battle. My
wish was to go to Disneyland. The Make-A-Wish people were fantastic. All
Make-A-Wish children have been touched by an angel.”
The
angel who made tonight’s wishes come true – Benjamin Cohen – was
happy that he could make such a difference in children’s lives. 
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