Message-ID: <24121297.1075848226405.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 03:23:00 -0800 (PST) From: marie.hejka@enron.com To: george.wasaff@enron.com, beth.perlman@enron.com, steven.kean@enron.com, rick.buy@enron.com, richard.causey@enron.com, cindy.olson@enron.com, philippe.bibi@enron.com Subject: Information Management Weekly Milestones Report Cc: karina.prizont@enron.com, maureen.mcvicker@enron.com, sharron.westbrook@enron.com, peggy.mccurley@enron.com, karen.heathman@enron.com, kathy.mcmahon@enron.com, cherylene.westbrook@enron.com, andrea.yowman@enron.com, anthony.mends@enron.com, debbie.brackett@enron.com, allan.sommer@enron.com, joe.wong@enron.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bcc: karina.prizont@enron.com, maureen.mcvicker@enron.com, sharron.westbrook@enron.com, peggy.mccurley@enron.com, karen.heathman@enron.com, kathy.mcmahon@enron.com, cherylene.westbrook@enron.com, andrea.yowman@enron.com, anthony.mends@enron.com, debbie.brackett@enron.com, allan.sommer@enron.com, joe.wong@enron.com X-From: Marie Hejka X-To: George Wasaff, Beth Perlman, Steven J Kean, Rick Buy, Richard Causey, Cindy Olson, Philippe A Bibi X-cc: Karina Prizont, Maureen McVicker, Sharron Westbrook, Peggy McCurley, Karen K Heathman, Kathy McMahon, Cherylene Westbrook, Andrea Yowman, Anthony Mends, Debbie R Brackett, Allan Sommer, Joe Wong X-bcc: X-Folder: \Steven_Kean_June2001_5\Notes Folders\Knowledge management X-Origin: KEAN-S X-FileName: skean.nsf I will be circulating the report below weekly. Please let me know if you= =20 would prefer not to be on the distribution list. =20 Information Management Weekly Milestones Report =01) 1/26/01 Portal. ? Business Analyst presented IM Survey Results Report to technical team. = =20 Report shows what Business Units/Functional Units need to access from a=20 portal. ? Based on BA report, technical team is developing a prototype portal to sh= ow=20 the User Experience team for =01&look and feel=018 input. ? Monty Myers joined the task force to represent portal development efforts= =20 for EES. Challenges to access corp driven information from EES have been= =20 identified. =20 ? myhome.enron.com targeted as choice portal name. =20 ? Kathy Schultea will handle Andrea Yowman=01,s responsibilities for portal= =20 security development. Unstructured Data Management/Enterprise Search Engine tool. ? The three competing products are Autonomy, Verity and Inktomi. The=20 Software Selection Team met with Autonomy and Verity last week. Inktomi is= =20 being consulted via phone.=20 ? The SST is currently reviewing and completing the evaluation criteria=20 matrix using input from the three vendors being considered. The matrix=20 results indicate the vendors have similar offerings. We may need to pilot= =20 all three vendors. ? The SST plans to get quotes on software prices from all three vendors. G= SS=20 has been consulted. ? BP Amoco was contacted to gain their perspective on Autonomy. BP=01,s=20 application of Autonomy appears to be similar to what Enron desires. The= =20 Autonomy project has been in progress at BP since March 2000. The=20 implementation has not been smooth. Three other BP contacts were suggested= =20 for additional testimony. BP concluded Autonomy was an immature product. = =20 Every challenge encountered resulted in Autonomy bringing in consultants to= =20 develop patch solutions to resolve. On a side note, BP uses a product from= =20 Addept Software (UK) that serves the same function as what is envisioned wi= th=20 Expert Finder. More details on how this product is used will follow. =20 ? EES is looking to purchase Verity. Azurix is already using Verity. EBS= =20 has agreed to purchase/pilot Autonomy. ? Enron London had a negative experience piloting Autonomy. ? The UDM/ESE tool of choice needs to respect existing authority for=20 confidentiality. Each vendor=01,s product is being tested for confidentiali= ty=20 and security. IM Strategy Proposal. ? Steve Kean is scheduled to attend the February 7th IM Task Force Meeting.= =20 The Task Force will present the IM Strategy proposal and the recommendatio= n=20 to appoint an executive coordinator for IM ASAP. Similar to Rick Causey=01= ,s=20 sponsorship of SAP, we will request like sponsorship for IM. =20 ? Task force members are collecting examples of duplicate efforts.