The ECIS SURF intranet was introduced on January 15, 2002 with the main objectives of improving teamwork effectiveness, creating a paperless office, enabling information sharing, and providing worldwide accessibility and transparent demand management. The intranet features modules for shared calendars, tasks and time management, contacts, common forms, back-to-office reports, and timesheets, with plans to integrate additional request tracking, statistical and reporting, and database integration functionality.