dealbench 2002 louise completed assessment found variable operating costs competitive alternatives marketplace george original message kitchen louise sent monday october 08 2001 8 07 wasaff george piper greg cc richter brad pickering mark beck sally subject dealbench 2002 george pretty sure dealbench cheapest market place way others costs gss use dealbench sourcing louise original message wasaff george sent friday october 05 2001 4 40 pm piper greg cc richter brad pickering mark beck sally mesquita ross whalley greg delainey david dietrich janet lavorato john kitchen louise fallon jim mcmahon jeffrey bowen jr raymond shankman jeffrey mcconnell mike mccarty danny sherriff john causey richard subject dealbench 2002 greg know used dealbench auction platform since inception pleased results unfortunately costs associated proprietary platform make cost prohibitive enron sustain would suggest prudent approach determine aggregate demand services utilize gss contract manage third party service auction platform corp commercial business units george original message piper greg sent thursday october 04 2001 3 58 pm delainey david dietrich janet lavorato john kitchen louise fallon jim mcmahon jeffrey bowen jr raymond shankman jeffrey mcconnell mike mccarty danny sherriff john cc richter brad pickering mark beck sally wasaff george mesquita ross whalley greg subject dealbench 2002 know application enw called dealbench application allows deal rooms data rooms auctions enw done complete review application determined following 1 difficult build successful externally facing business based lines service asp format outside marketing external clients fee stopped july 2001 2 change ecommerce landscape combined auctioning technology becoming commodity makes difficult sell application associated intellectual property enw approached 22 separate companies purchase software since april outright bids 3 however auction deal room functionality used many internal business units variety reasons according expected budgets expected costs prior events vs actual results auctions deal rooms occurred enron business units realized approximately 8 million value past ena done 13 data rooms ees 2 live auctions ebs 3 live auctions corp 4 live auctions tax deal room nbpl 2 auctions addition small amount business done non enron clients therefore question going forward several business units enron take application allocated commitment services basis 2002 total estimated expense application depreciation ongoing technical commercial support etc 2 million 2002 representative business unit would get back answer soon would great application works well provided real value enron enough interest discuss whalley potentially shutting thanks greg piper chief executive officer enron net works llc _ _ _ _ _