Jeff, << Gruder, you've been one up'd >>
Vias took the quick opportunity to play on Clinton's Y2K talk thru
a press release. Get with it ALYD. Post below.
WHAT: Today, President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore
addressed the year 2000 issue at the National Academy of
Science in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, some of the United
States' leading brokers and exchanges started mock trading
this week to test how computers cope with the year 2000
computing glitch. Are the world's PCs now ready for the year
2000? Do industry networks and mainframes have enough time
to fix the date problem?
WHO: Viasoft's executives and team of year 2000 technical experts
are available for one-on-one interviews to discuss the
current trends of the year 2000 as it effects PC and
mainframe computing. Viasoft provides the industry's most
comprehensive PC and mainframe year 2000 solutions for
businesses.
WHY: The year 2000 problem can affect networks, hardware,
operating systems, software and data, and a PC's year 2000
problem is just as significant as a mainframe's two-digit
millennium problem. Specific issues facing the PC year 2000
issue:
-- There are more than a quarter billion PCs in use today;
70 percent of those are used for business. A PC's
internal system clock will also encounter problems,
because most are designed to maintain the year, month,
day and time -- not a century change.
-- Only 60 percent of companies disclosing year 2000
project information in their Securities and Exchange
Commission filings have completed the mainframe
assessment phase, the first step in preparing a
company's systems to handle dates beyond 1999.
About Viasoft
Viasoft is a leading provider of business solutions, consisting of integrated technology and specialized professional consulting services, designed to enable customers worldwide to cost-effectively manage and evolve their information technology assets. Headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., Viasoft provides sales and service through regional offices in the United States, Europe, the Asia/Pacific region, and a growing network of international subsidiaries and distributors. For more information on Viasoft's products and services, please visit the Company's World Wide Web site at www.viasoft.com.
For more information, or to arrange an interview contact: Judy Redman, 602/667-2849 at Viasoft or Allan Schoenberg, 312/240-2823 at Edelman Public Relations.
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