BM Plans to Be Euro-Compliant in 2001 _________________________(news)
Link: integrationmanagement.com
In a lengthy report on the Euro currency computer programming task, a
brief note appears on IBM's plans. IBM is neither Euro-compliant nor
2000-compliant. Its concern over y2k is forcing it to delay
Euro-compliance, which indicates how important IBM takes
2000-compliance. It has decided not to meet the 1999 deadline for
Euro-compliance, which (the banks believe) will be worth billions of
dollars.
Why isn't the company that gave us the modern computer compliant? If it's
so easy to repair, why has IBM not succeeded?
The next time someone tells you, "it's been solved," print out this page and
hand it to him.
This appeared in INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT (Feb. 2).
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IBM's consulting group in London has pooled 15 to 20 analysts and
program managers to help clients with euro conversion, and they're
supported by consultants from IBM Global Services, according to
Nacamuli. Together, they serve 40 to 50 clients, mostly banks and financial
institutions and a handful of multinationals. IBM offers EMU impact
analysis, consulting on building new business requirements and strategies,
as well as stay-in-place scenarios for determining the minimum needed to
be able to survive. Once clients decide what they want to do, IBM offers
project management, a database of compliance rules, strategic consulting
and training programs.
Interestingly, IBM is putting off its own conversion to the euro until 2001,
instead it is going to continue working on the Year 2000 problem, sources
say. |
