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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues

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To: John Hunt who wrote (6740)7/19/1999 8:49:00 AM
From: John Hunt  Read Replies (4) of 9818
 
Y2K Crackdown

<< It started with a polite letter. Then things got ugly. Now the relationship is over.

Such is the story being told by an increasing number of IT managers alarmed by the Year 2000 status of their most critical business partners. With less than six months to go before the millennium bug bites, some companies are no longer just threatening or cajoling suppliers and other partners to get their computer systems into compliance -- they're cutting the cord.

Some 15 percent of companies have already suspended or terminated contracts with partners that aren't Y2K compliant, according to an InternetWeek Research survey of 250 IT managers. Another 23 percent of respondents plan to suspend relations with critical partners that don't meet compliance deadlines over the next six months ... more ... >>

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