CONTACTS 
0201 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 8483
020101 - Mr. Max R. Blodgett, II, P.E., L.S.
020102 - Construction Operations Division   =415 977 8480

SUBJECTS
COE Evaluation Communication Metrics
CE HQ Evaluation, Wider Use Comm Metrics
Comm Metrics Solves CESPN Staffing Problem
Intranets, Web, CESP Review
Demonstrate SDS, Communication Metrics

0807 -    ..
0808 - Summary/Objective
0809 -
080901 - Follow up ref SDS 4 2958, ref SDS 2 4444.
080902 -
080903 - Explained IBM's announcement about marking business intelligence. Max
080904 - had not seen it, and he has not received the NWO paper I submitted for
080905 - peer review.
080906 -
080907 - Submitted, ref DIT 1 2479, confirming these ideas.  I attached the
080908 - article on IBM, ref OF 3 3233, and sent as an HTML file the SDS record
080909 - that analyses that announcement. ref SDS 5 3342.  Also attached the
080910 - NWO paper to explain what "business intelligence" means.
080911 -
080912 -     [On 980403 met with Max and Tom and showed how to access records
080913 -     on the Web site. ref SDS 6 3920]
080914 -
080915 -     [On 990204 Max advised he received information from IBM on their
080916 -     business intelligence services. ref SDS 7 4719
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0812 - Discussion
0813 -
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081302 - Deliverying "Intelligence" and Decision Support via Internet
081303 -
081304 - I related discussions with Tom on Wednesday about reviewing the paper
081305 - on Communication Metrics on the Web browser, as a means to demonstrate
081306 - the using the Internet to deliver business intelligence that is fast
081307 - and easy for managers to use.
081308 -
081309 - Max said he has not seen the NWO... paper appear in his email program
081310 - either, which I sent to him on 980211. ref SDS 3 2135
081311 -
081312 - We discussed the Reuter's Newservice article on the Internet yesterday
081313 - announcing IBM's initiative to market "business intelligence," and
081314 - IBM's forecast that the market for "business intelligence" will reach
081315 - $70B by the year 2000, ref SDS 5 1247
081316 -
081317 - This elevates awareness in the market about the value added and cost
081318 - savings of Communication Metrics, as set out in the District's report
081319 - dated 970328.
081320 -
081321 - Max has not seen the article.
081322 -
081323 - I will send it along with the sending the draft of the New World
081324 - Order... paper.
081325 -
081326 - I explained that the NWO paper is prepared in HTML format so it can be
081327 - read by his Web browser.  Since Max's office has limited Internet
081328 - access, I will send this to Max's home Internet address.   He gave it
081329 - to me for this purpose.
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