The start of the hype about the enterprise information portal (EIP) concept has been credited to a report released on 16 November 1998 by two analysts from Merrill Lynch.

The corporate portal concept has antecedents in many fields, but it most resembles the Internet craze of several years ago for push technology.

Most organisations today are poorly positioned to take advantage of the recent proliferation of rich internal corporate information sources.

Success stories of KM are mounting, but the nature of problems to be overcome has changed little in the last year.

KM vendors are in agreement that the roadblocks on the path to knowledge have changed little in the last 12 months.

The Delphi Group has assembled an array of local and international speakers to launch its inaugural International Knowledge Management Summit - IKMS '99.

Interview with KPMG's chief knowledge director and IKMS 99 speaker, Shelley Oldham.

Jeff Sussman, managing director, Delphi Consulting Australia, examines the various roles played by advocates of knowledge management.

Brief look at KM team player roles

Table showing retrenchment rate of public servants by age.