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See below. Can we get some help on the IBM issues?
----- Forwarded by Steven J Kean/NA/Enron on 11/12/2000 02:36 PM ----- Erin Rice 11/10/2000 11:08 AM To: Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, Mark Palmer/Corp/Enron@ENRON cc: Courtney Votaw/NA/Enron@Enron, Mary Clark/Corp/Enron@ENRON Subject: Re: BackWeb Steve: At this point, our IT contacts are backpedalling a bit and suggesting they can overcome the TIBCO and Terminal Server problems. There are still four important issues, however: IT still cannot commit to transferring messages across domains. This means that messages initiated at Corp and intended for the entire Enron organization will not reach any business units outside the Corp domain. No messages will reach the EES organization unless IBM agrees not to use their proprietary message delivery tool, WebSphere, and will use WebLogic instead. WebLogic is required by BackWeb, although it is designed by a separate company. HR, intended to be a key user of this tool, will not use BackWeb because survey responses cannot be made anonymous. HR has already purchased a tool called CONFIRMIT that can execute anonymous surveys. Messages will not be delivered simultaneously to all users in the same domain, nor will they be delivered for two to five hours after they are sent by the message administrator. Another thing to consider is that these messages will be set to expire and disappear within a set period of time, meaning users cannot retrieve them and read them later (as they can with e-mail). This means that I could be away from the office for several days and miss a message entirely, because it would have expired and disappeared by the time I returned. The plain fact is that a few members of IT are pushing this initiative, but they lack commercial sponsorship. They are hoping Corp will foot the bill for a pilot which will allow them to fully test this tool before implementing it company-wide. Please let us know if you have additional questions. - er ----- Forwarded by Courtney Votaw/NA/Enron on 11/09/2000 12:08 PM ----- Steven J Kean 11/09/2000 11:35 AM To: Courtney Votaw/NA/Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Re: BackWeb Do we have a sense for how many we can reach, how many we can't and where they are? Are whole offices (eg Tokyo) unreachable or is it only those who have home offices? Courtney Votaw 11/08/2000 11:02 AM To: Mark Palmer/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron cc: Erin Rice/Corp/Enron@Enron Subject: BackWeb Mark and Steve- Erin Rice and I would like to meet with you to discuss the issues concerning BackWeb before we proceed. As you can see from the Design Document, they are pretty significant. Thanks, Courtney
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