Chevron Chooses SchemaLogic for Corporate GIL3 Initiative

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Chevron Chooses SchemaLogic
for Corporate GIL3 Initiative
Volume 2 Number 11Excerpt from November 2007BACKChevron Chooses SchemaLogic OFfor Corporate GIL3 InitiativeFICE
SchemaLogic of Kirkland, WA, provider of business semantics agement activities. As a result of the GIL3 initiative, Chevron management software, announced that Chevron has chosen is improving governance over enterprise content, resulting in SchemaLogic Enterprise Suite as a critical software component improved regulatory compliance and information access to the for Phase 3 of the company's third-generation Global Infor- millions of documents housed in its multiple repositories.mation Link (GIL3) initiative. This strategic initiative de? nes "Given our global reach, it is critical that our employ-Chevron's overall information management strategy, global ees communicate and work together in a collaborative environ-hardware and software architecture and operating environment ment that is easy and common across the organization," said for its 56,000 employees in 180 countries. Lynn Chou, general manager, global technology and strategy, As a critical component of GIL3, Chevron is de- Chevron. "SharePoint provides us with a platform to collabo-® ®ploying Microsoft Of? ce SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 rate on document creation and management. SchemaLogic globally as its primary collaboration and content management provides the essential software to help Chevron standardize on platform for Microsoft Of? ce documents. When completed, a corporate-wide vocabulary to manage our information, which this will be one of the largest imple- is absolutely critical for regulatory com-mentations of SharePoint in the world. pliance and risk mitigation." "Microsoft has clearly hit the "As we move forward with Chev-mark with SharePoint by providing an ron on their GIL3 initiative, we are easy-to-use and ? exible platform for happy to help them provide employ-content management and collabora- ees with the ability to accurately access tion," said Jeff Dirks, president and distributed information when they CEO, SchemaLogic. "We extend the need it, helping Chevron maximize capabilities of SharePoint, enabling how it leverages its key informa-corporate employees to locate infor- tion assets on a global basis," added mation when they need it by making SchemaLogic's Jeff Dirks.sure documents are organized and de-scribed consistently across SharePoint sites." SchemaLogic provides Busi- Chevron Invests in SchemaLogicness Semantics Management (BSM) CTTV Investments LLC, the venture software for companies to manage Figure 1. SchemaLogic architecture. capital arm of Chevron Technology and connect the different vocabular- Ventures, will be investing in Schem-ies used to describe information, aLogic, adding to the company's last aligning content management and investment round announced in July search systems and allowing people to ? nd and share corpo- led by Goldman Sachs.rate know-how across the enterprise. The company's software "We are thrilled to have the ? nancial backing from provides a powerful and cost-effective approach to dealing with Chevron Technology Ventures as we continue to experience the overwhelming amount of information stored in multiple great momentum expanding our business into new markets repositories, including those of Documentum or OpenText such as the oil and gas industry," said Dirks. or Interwoven or SharePoint. In order to do this, descriptions, www.schemalogic.comtags and categorizations of information must be accurate and www.chevron.comconsistent. www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/default.mspx Critical to the success of the GIL3 project is the implementation of a File Plan model to ensure that digital information assets are described in a consistent way across the enterprise. Chevron has selected SchemaLogic as the only enterprise-scalable software for management and collabora- Chevron's Global Information tion of its corporate File Plan, integration of their managed Link InitiativeFile Plan within Microsoft SharePoint, and synchronization GIL1 - Standardized operating system plat-of the evolving business semantics across the entire global form and standard suite of applications.SharePoint environment. GIL2 - Post-merger rationalization of IT and This global File Plan ensures that documents and other inf... [download for more]