SaskTel Selects LGS to Provide Automated Year 2000NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY CANADIAN CORPORATE NEWS
FOR: LGS GROUP INC.
ME SYMBOL: LGS.A
SEPTEMBER 25, 1997
Conversion Services
REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN--SaskTel has been on the forefront to ensure
that the business operations will not be affected by the Year
2000. SaskTel has been actively addressing the Year 2000
situation within its computer systems and business environment
over the last several years. With the assessment and planning
phases completed, SaskTel is currently in the process of
addressing those systems that will be affected by the Year 2000.
SaskTel has selected LGS Group Inc. to provide conversion services
to ensure that mission critical systems are Year 2000 compliant.
LGS' on-site team completes detailed analysis prior to submission
to the automated factory conversion process. This process
renovates SaskTel's mainframe systems and databases for Year 2000
operation. LGS will be converting approximately 2 million lines
of code.
"As is the case with other high-technology companies, the Year
2000 issue poses a significant problem for SaskTel," said Linda
Yeo, General Manager, SaskTel Information Technology Management.
"LGS was chosen by SaskTel to assist us because of the experience
they had gained dealing with Year 2000, and because they are able
to complete the conversion in a timeframe that ensured our
customers would not be affected."
SaskTel, a provincially-owned Crown Corporation, is the leading
full-service communications company in Saskatchewan, providing
voice, data, Internet, text, and messaging services over a fully
digital network, as well as cellular, paging and FleetNet 800
service through its SaskTel Mobility Division.
LGS is a full service provider for all aspects of Year 2000
conversion: awareness, analysis and planning, conversion and
testing and deployment. LGS has been operating in Saskatchewan
for the past 12 years.
As a corporation with a national focus LGS has developed
experienced Year 2000 teams in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary,
Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City.
Rounding out LGS services, LGS has entered into an agreement with
Peritus Software Services. Peritus is a leading Year 2000
conversion technology company headquartered in Billerica, Mass.
This technology is the backbone of the LGS' Year 2000 Factory.
With its Factory and highly specialized staff of professional, LGS
is well positioned to meet present and future Year 2000 client
service demands.
LGS Group Inc. is an international information technology service
firm, headquartered in Canada and specializing in systems
integration and management consulting. LGS, whose annual sales
exceed $100 million, employs more than 1,200 professionals located
in 15 offices in Canada and Europe.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
LGS Group Inc.
Grace Strasser
Managing Director (Saskatchewan Region)
(306) 359-7808
gstrasser@lgs.ca
or
LGS Group Inc.
Andre Gauthier
Senior Executive Vice President
(514) 861-3801
andre_gauthier@lgs.ca
lgs.com
or
SaskTel
Linda Yeo
General Manager of Information
(306) 777-2320
or
CGE Communication Group
Clement C. Gagnon
(514) 987-1455
cge@cge-communication.com
or
Innovative Research Associates Inc.
Tom Dean
(212) 421-2545
innores@aol.com
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SUBJECT: NWS
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