On Nov. 1998, U.S. Merril Lynch corporation brought forward the concept of EAI(Enterprise Information Portal). Afterward, the connotation and the extension had being enriched and expanded continuously.

• 1998年11月,美国美林公司(Merril Lynch)提出了企业信息门户(EIP,EnterpriseInformation Portal)的概念后,它的内涵不断被丰富,外延不断被拓展。