Message-ID: <25847952.1075840081135.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:54:00 -0800 (PST) From: rblumberg@ajunto.com To: jeff.skilling@enron.com Subject: RE: Quick question: What eSourcing tools are available for Enron exec utives who value both gas flow ---and data flows? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "Blumberg, Richard" X-To: "'Jeff.Skilling@enron.com'" X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Jeffrey_Skilling_Dec2000\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: SKILLING-J X-FileName: jskillin.nsf Sherri, Thanks for your reply! I will follow-up with Mr. Philippe Bibi. Best regards, Richard -----Original Message----- From: Jeff.Skilling@enron.com [mailto:Jeff.Skilling@enron.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 9:50 AM To: Blumberg, Richard Subject: Re: Quick question: What eSourcing tools are available for Enron exec utives who value both gas flow ---and data flows? Dear Mr. Blumberg, On behalf of Jeff Skilling, I'm writing to let you know that he will be traveling on Thursday, December 14, and will be unable to take your call as mentioned below. Further, Mr. Philippe Bibi, Enron Chief Technology Officer, is the appropriate person to contact within Enron regarding your products. I have forwarded this information to Mr. Bibi, and you may contact him directly. His e-mail address is philippe.a.bibi@enron.com. Regards, Sherri Sera Assistant to Jeff Skilling 713.853.5984 713.646.8381 (fax) sherri.sera@enron.com "Blumberg, Richard" on 12/12/2000 06:23:13 PM To: "'jeff.skilling@enron.com'" cc: "Carter, Mike" Subject: Quick question: What eSourcing tools are available for Enron exec utives who value both gas flow ---and data flows? "Ajunto is the Enron of IT Sourcing..." --- Mike Carter, CEO & Founder, Ajunto, December 12, 2000 "Skilling notes that skeptics thought Enron was crazy when it dared to make electronic ?markets in energy. His confidence comes down to his belief in Enron's market-making model. ?"We have a better business model. It's a fundamentally better business model," he repeats. ?Some $200 billion in trading activity on an E-commerce site that's less than a year old speaks ?volumes about Enron's ability to mobilize and execute on whatever it puts its mind to-however ?the company decides to describe itself." InformationWeek, 11/6/00 "As head of two Enron pipeline subsidiaries, Mike McConnell knew a lot more about gas flows ?than he did about data flows last year when he got a surprise call from Enron President and ?Chief Operating Officer Jeff Skilling. Recalls McConnell, "Jeff went into this whole thought ?process about how the Internet is changing everything. He said, 'We need to make Enron ?an e-business, and I need a guy that can run this as a business. We need to change the way ?we view technology.'?? "I thought he was a little crazy and I said, 'Jeff, I'm not a technology person ?at all,? ?'He said, 'No, seriously -- this is going to be big.' So I took over as CEO of Enron Global ?Technology," and thus became the company's de facto CIO, McConnell explains. Computerworld, 11/20/00 ?================================================================== Ajunto News: http://www.crn.com/Components/Search/Article.asp?ArticleID=20727 Lou Gerstner's 12/12 quote on e-Sourcing: ?http://www.crn.com/Sections/BreakingNews/BreakingNews.asp?ArticleID=22310 Goal: Jeff, I will call you on?Thursday, December 14, morning @??8:15 am,?CST.?If you will not be in, please leave word with?your associate?Sherri Sera?as to when you can return?my call (or e-mail)?---or a best?time to set-up an executive briefing?in?a conference room in one of Enron's three commodity trading?floor areas. ================================================================== Jeff?, Mike Carter, the CEO & Founder, of Ajunto suggested that I set-up an executive briefing withyou during our next visit to Houston.? We've studied your?"unique company with a unique set of skills that are perfectly suited for the changing economy."? We're prepare to take action.???Here are specific?ways that we can immediately impact your business based on?our case studies with the Meta Group & VerticalNet's 1.1 Million+ Buyer communities: Top IT (e-Business) Risks & Opportunities: Proactive online analysis & assessment Online & complimentary information and expertise Intelligent sourcing (information mapping) Ownership & empowerment (senior executives & staffs) Process to execute e-Business initiatives & changes e-Business sourcing and e-Strategy insights into exchanges, ?? ?wireless e-CRM, e-security, business intelligence, e-learning, etc.. We stand ready to discuss how our solutions will add value to??Enron. Regards, Richard P.S.?Jeff, I will call you on?Thursday, December 14, morning @??8:15 am,?CST.?If you will not be in, please leave word with?your associate?Sherri Sera?as to when you can return?my call (or e-mail)?---or a best?time to set-up an executive briefing?in?a conference room in one of Enron's three commodity trading?floor areas. Richard D. Blumberg Director, Strategic Alliances Ajunto, Inc. www.ajunto.com 610.205-3771 /voice 610.337.9597 /fax 610.745-4514 /cell About Ajunto, Inc. Headquartered in suburban Philadelphia, Ajunto?(A variation?on the Latin word "bringing together") is the first net market and eService designed specifically for the IT industry to expedite?the sourcing of IT applications, technologies and providers. By integrating intelligent sourcing, next generation research and community, Ajunto enables G2000 and emerging organizations to optimally map their IT needs to leading Internet solution providers though its proprietary eConfiguration Engine technology, and its innovative SourceIT? research and support services. Additionally, Ajunto's unique eService offering was created to serve as the operating system for all IT net markets enabling companies to quickly and efficiently deploy customized net markets for their own unique audiences using Ajunto's proven business process, technology and the Asera platform. Ajunto's investors include Pennsylvania Early Stage Partners (a Safeguard Scientifics affiliated fund), The Eastern Technology Fund and Unwired Ventures. For more membership information, visit?http://www.ajunto.com. Ajunto - The Engine Behind the IT Industry?. (See attached file: SourcingWP v6.pdf)