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To: Bill Ounce who wrote (78)8/26/1999 9:30:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 198
 
Fewer Than Half of Major Firms Anticipate Full Year 2000 Compliance in Critical Systems by Year's End
- Three-Quarters Have Experienced a Year 2000-Related Failure
- Firming Their Grip on Year 2000 Problem Solving, More Top Managers Plan to Run Millennium Crisis Centers ...

Fewer than half of America's largest companies (48 percent) expect all of their critical systems to be prepared for the Year 2000, according to a new survey by Cap GeminiAmerica, Inc., an information technology and management consulting leader.

One in five companies (18 percent) expect that 75 percent or less of their critical systems will be "completely tested and compliant" by December 31, 1999 [...]
usa.capgemini.com
Cap Gemini - August 10, 1999



To: Bill Ounce who wrote (78)8/27/1999 4:17:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 198
 
Financial firms face fines for missing Y2K deadlines

news.com

The Securities and Exchange Commission slapped nine money management firms with heavy fines for failing to adequately report their Year 2000 readiness. [...]