The T3 new disk storage technology and new database server for TAGG/ERMS
database were successfully implemented last weekend. No problems have been
reported. Nagesh and Ramesh reported performance improvement of CPR and
RisktRAC. Although users have not noticed significant improvement of the
system, we believe that performance gain will be seen when system load is
high and that the new disk storage technology will provide us with better
fall-tolerance and better performance in the long run.

I want to thank everyone involved in the implementation for the good work.
Special thanks go to Michael Barber for his sacrifice of first two days of
his vacation to configure the new server and disk and for his excellent work
during the implementation. Many thanks also go to the DBAs, Alex Hsieh, Brian
Ngo, Soo-Lian Ervin and Mable Tang for their diligent work in making database
migration and performance measurement and in making sure of a smooth database
migration. I want to specifically thank Nagesh Kavi for his great efforts of
coordinating all system testing among development groups. I also want to
thank Malcolm Wells, Wilford Stevens, Terry Sanvido, Dave Commensen and Jay
Krish for their active support during the implementation. Many thanks also go
to the Ganapathy Ramesh, Jeremy Wong, Ed Calderon, Dave Wei, Senthil
Mayilsamy, Narasim Kasaru, Nayan Dattani, Ron Nolte and Mike Swain for their
hardworking in testing all applications of related systems. Special thanks
also go to Unify team for having made the implementation by the end of year
2000 possible by swapping the server and the new T3 disks with TAGG/ERMS and
for their cooperation during the implementation. Last but not least, I want
to thank Jeff Gossett, Kam Keiser, Errol Mclaughli, Michelle Bruce, Shifali
Sharma, John Swinney and Stacey White for their efforts of performing user
acceptance testing on the New Year Eve day.

Thanks

Zhiyong