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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Ken who wrote (6870)7/21/1999 5:02:00 AM
From: Ken  Respond to of 9818
 
<The 6 Circles of Risk [Y2K Poses]> Excellent, technical article. For
real tech types.

But, read the Gartner Group Status graphs first- much more interesting!

year2000.com

Y2K: The 6 Circles Of Risk

6 Circles of Risk is a relatively long, detailed essay by by Jay Golter
and Paloma Hawry that illustrates the various risks y2k poses to computer
systems, businesses, and the economy.

Discussed is the sheer complexity and magnitude of the y2k threat. Here
are brief exerpts from the article. Click above link to read the rest:

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First Circle: Core Information Systems

Larger enterprises generally have developed or purchased automated
applications to process and manage their critical business information.
Traditionally, these data systems were maintained and controlled by the
company's own professional informat