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=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.
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