Subject: Status Report From: Rex Ballard Date: June 21, 1995

Accomplishments:

Project: MarketScope Support -		Est -	Act 40 Week 20 - Ongoing

Project: MAID Stock Reports -		Est 40	Act 40	Week 0
	MAID has received their data and have been using it.

Project: Compuserve Stock Reports -		Est 40	Act 20	Week 14
	Compuserve is reviewing the PDF output manually.  There is no way to
	automate verification of the content for PDF files.

Project: First Boston -			Est 40	Act 35	Week 27 - Complete
	Smartlink is verifying their feed.  They will be ready for a full feed
	next week.

Project: Stock Reports (PDF) -	Est 30	Act 30	Week 25 - Complete

Project: Stock Reports (PS) -	Est 30	Act 30	Week 25 - Complete

Project: SNA (3270) Feeds -		Est 40	Act 34	Week 10 - Complete
	Updated Feed Driver/Transmitter programs and began testing the
	3270 version with PSI.  Now Working.

Project: Composite feed profiles -	Est 60	Act 30	  
	We need to define a mechanism for defining and associating
	profiles for PDF and Postscript.

Project: Encryption -			Est 40	Act 12	Week 2
	The PC is on order.  Rex will need access to the Internet Via
	Mosaic or Netscape to retrieve current documents.

Project: Enhanced Stock Reports -	Est 40	Act 2	Week 2
	Distribution rules need to be ironed out between the analysis
	and editorial groups.  George Knapp will be working this out.
	We need formal specifications of PDF from ADOBE.  There are
	appearantly binary characters in the content and we need to
	determine what will be needed to distribute this feature.  Since
	we will only be distributing via TCP/IP and X.25/HDLC, there should
	be no special requirement other than flagging the output as being
	ready.

Project: General Administrative -	Est -	Act 5	Week 5 - ongoing
	Phil met with Rex to discuss project status
	Rex met with Tom to discuss projects, plans, and priorities.
	Rex attended Project Manager Training Class (4/4)

Projects On Hold:

Project: Daily News Electronic Feed

	*	EPSDSP still has "Invalid Value Block" messages.

	*	Changes need to be made to the distribution to
			   allow use of VMS system locks.

	 COMMENTS/ISSUES:

	 *	I have not heard from Morgan Stanley re: X.25 testing.

	 *	There is now 1 Microcom 3270 Protocol Converter (formerly
		  used by Quick America) available as a HOT spare.




New Customers & Upgrades:
Company Name	Product Name	Format	Transmission	Notes
Compuserve	Stock Reports	PDF	TCP/IP		Receiving PDF Stock Reports - QA reviews.
Wall St. by Fax	Stock Reports	PDF,PS	TCP/IP		Receiving PDF Stock Reports. - No reported concerns
M.A.I.D.	Stock Reports	PDF	X.25		Receiving PDF Stock Reports. - No reported concerns
CS First Boston	Stock Reports	PDF	X.25		Receiving PDF Stock Reports. QA reviews.
Sandpoint	MarketScope	Gen	X.25		Conversion for page-based Marketscope to MarketScope
							via generic feed.  Using existing X.25 cricuit.
Paine Webber	MarketScope	Page	Tape		Now discussing TCP/IP.
Paine Webber	Stock Reports	PS			Ordering TCP/IP.
ILX Systems	MarketScope	Page	3270>X.25	Conversion to X.25. Line installed; waiting for application testing.
Morgan Stanley	Marketscope	Page	3270>TCP/IP	Conversion to TCP/IP being discussed.
							They are working with ISS. Will follow up next week.
Bear Stearns	Stock Reports	text	>TCP		Discussions in progress re:feed requirements.
Royal Alliance	MarketScope	text	X.25		Discussions in progress.  Three phase migration, depending on market.
UBIQ		MarketScope	text			Architecture being firmed up.  Delivery to News Machine at UBIQ.
Prudential	MarketScopeACE	text	tape		Sent test tapes.
GreyFire	Stock Reports	PS	X.25		Into Sparcstation.
Quick America	MarketScope		Off		Decommissioned at Walt Arvin's request.
Rueters		MarketScope	text	3780		Interested in doing TCP/IP
Smartphone	Marketscope	text	X.25		Up and Running
Star Data 	Marketscope	text	TCP/IP		Waiting for Line
Lehman Brothers	Marketscope	Page	3270		Line up.  Upgrade to TCP/IP in progress.
Quotron		Marketscope	Page	>TCP/IP		Ordering Line
ADP		MarketScope	Page	3780>IP		Redundant link.  Failures due to backlogs.