CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1998--Faced with a
huge Year 2000 COBOL project and a rapidly closing window of
opportunity, the world's foremost provider of strategic research
chemicals has selected the comprehensive YEAR2000.EXE-based array of
products and services provided by NetVersant Technologies
(www.netversant.com).
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ:SIAL.O) previously decided to
carry out its Year 2000 COBOL conversion in-house, and recognized that
this can only be done with a comprehensive toolset, total vendor care,
and full integrator support as needed. Project Manager Steve Stoessel
found them all in the YEAR2000.EXE-based offering from NetVersant
Technologies.
"YEAR2000.EXE was the only product we could find within our
budget that supported both methods of cleaning up Y2K COBOL date
problems." said Stoessel. "The program also makes it very easy to see
the big picture and is extremely usable. Finally, it's very, very
fast, and that's what we need right now, with 3.5 million lines of
COBOL to be fixed in my area alone."
In addition to the YEAR2000.EXE product itself, which NetVersant
distributes, Stoessel rated the company's customer care as "stellar",
and was pleased to have Sumaria Systems, a proven systems integrator,
also on call. "I think NetVersant has put together a highly
competitive Year 2000 array. I strongly recommend their approach to
anyone trying to cover all the bases from one supplier."
A complete COBOL toolset, YEAR2000.EXE consists of an intelligent
COBOL Analyzer and Converter and related Impact Analysis and Validator
programs, as well as a date simulation module. This toolset supports
both date expansion and automated windowing simultaneously, giving
the user a true in-line choice. Conversion can be executed at speeds in
excess of 3000 lines of COBOL source code per minute.
Now it its third generation, the toolset was developed by veteran
COBOL developer 21st Century COBOL Conversions Inc., andis currently
fixing millions of lines of code per month at corporate and government
sites like the L.A. Unified School District and Louisville Water
Company. YEAR2000.EXE toolsets are available to convert ANSI COBOL for
DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT and SCO UNIX.
"We're blown away by the quality of YEAR2000.EXE as a product.
There is simply no product in its category that supports both major
date remediation methods, and it helps that you can actually afford to
equip your entire task force with the complete program," said Mike
Siewruk, CEO of NetVersant. He continued, "But at this very late stage
in the Y2K race, speed may be the pivotal factor. We've got that in
YEAR2000.EXE, combined with our Total Customer Care and Field
Integrator program."
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ:SIAL.O), headquartered in St.
Louis, Missouri, develops, manufactures, and distributes a broad
range of high quality chemicals for use in research and development,
disease diagnosis, and manufacturing. Sigma-Aldrich is located at 3050
Spruce Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 63103. Phone: 314/771-5765. For
more information, visit the web site at sial.com.
NetVersant Technologies, Inc., a privately held company
headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, specializes in supplying an
array of software tools and support to IS/IT professionals in the
corporate, government, and educational markets, specializing in site
licenses and volume license agreements. NetVersant Technologies, Inc.,
is located at 13577 Feather Sound Drive Building II, Suite 450
Clearwater, Florida, 33762. Phone: 800/274-6065; Fax: 813/299-0444;
Email: info@netversant.com. For more information, visit the web site
at netversant.com. Information can also be obtained through
Excite (NASDAQ:XCIT.O), Infoseek (NASDAQ:SEEK.O), Lycos (NASDAQ:LCOS.O), and
Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO.O).
Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft
Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT.O). SCO is a registered trademark of The Santa
Cruz Operation Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOC.O). UNIX is a registered trademark of
The Open Group. |
