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To: James Strauss who wrote (15039)	4/18/1998 12:48:00 AM
From: WR	Respond to of 31646

To All, * TAVA TECHNOLOGIES a leading provider of automation and information technology solutions to industry, today announced the signing of a licensing agreement with COLORADO MEDTECH INC. for TAVA's Plant Y2kOne products for year 2000 compliance of biomedical devices used in hospitals, clinics, and extended care facilities. Colorado MEDtech will modify the Plant Y2kOne software tool and database structure, as appropriate, to tailor it specifically to the needs of the health care market. (PR Newswire 08:04 AM ET 04/17/98) For the full text story, see infobeat.com

To: James Strauss who wrote (15039)	4/18/1998 5:57:00 AM
From: Jay Maitland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Y2k is coming regardless of what the market does... From ITAA's Year 2000 Outlook California Mulls Embedded Issues; Analyst Recommends $500 Million Budget Hike A joint hearing this week of three California Senate and Assembly Committees raised question marks if not clear answers on the state's embedded systems vulnerabilities. This was the Senate's first hearing on the issue, which featured a presentation by state CIO John Thomas Flynn. The Department of Information Technology (DOIT) will release a report on the embedded chip issue May 15 and it is expected to provide an assist to agencies making their embedded system assessments. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Senate Select Committee on Procurement, Expenditures and Information Technology summed the situation up in a few words: "We're behind." Committee Consultant Teri Burns said that while DOIT's intention to issue the report is encouraging, it is not clear that state agencies are doing much on embedded system remediation overall. She said agencies have been reporting on the Y2K status of their information systems for several months, but will not start reporting on embedded systems until September. "We've lost a year," she said. Burns also said that a state legislative analyst's report pegs additional Y2K costs for California government at $500 million. If approved, the additional funding would be added to the state's current $560 million budget. Part of the increase, Burns said, would help the state hang on to its technical workforce, which she said is being lured away by lucrative offers from the private sector. Other costs would include fixing embedded systems and responding to unanticipated problems. Jay