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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (322)	4/25/1998 6:57:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 618

ARC: Utilities Slow to React on Y2K Compliance April 14, 1998 Electric power utilities have been slow to address Year 2000 (Y2K) issues in their facilities and problems continue to emerge. Many utilities have been slow to react to automation experts' urgings that they start to test their system's Y2K compliance capabilities. The problem has become so urgent that US Securities & Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt issued a letter to power utilities last December urging them to address their Y2K issues. Some utilities, including Hawaiian Electric, Consolidated Edison, and Boston Edison, are at the forefront of Y2K-related activities in the industry. Hawaiian Electric recently tested their energy management system for Y2K compliance only to learn that the entire system froze. Luckily Hawaiian Electric has two years to solve these problems. Con Edison plans to spend more than $15 million on Y2K specialists to bring their system to compliance. Boston Edison has identified ten problem areas that are being corrected in preparation for the millennium. Utility companies worried about the future of their automation systems in the year 2000 will benefit from the Y2K Discussion List sponsored by ARC arcweb.com

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (322)	4/25/1998 7:10:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 618

SIM: 'hospital Year 2000 work' 47. Author: David C. Hall ( dhall ) Date: Apr. 13 1:27 PM 1998 A few interesting observations from doing hospital Year 2000 work: 1. One problem identified at most hospitals involves the amount of testing necessary. Usually, the MIS department lacks the necessary manpower and equipment to properly accomplish through system testing. A strong change management process usually does not exist, nor is there consideration for a staging area to take a system from testing to certification to production. 2. An individual, not the Yr2K Project Manager, should be given responsibility for organizing and overseeing the testing of all medical devices. The major problem here is the deccentralized nature of medical devices. Without a clear defintion of responsibility, devices wil get overlooked or not tested properly. 3. Very few health care institutions have developed contingency plans and those that do have them have not tested them for some time. 4. There is serious concern about the ability of the medical staff to perform manual procedures if the equipment fails due to Year 2000 problems. It is necessary for every hospital to develop emergency procedures and train medical personnel in recognizing Year 2000-induced failures, what manual procedures must be acocmplished to work around the failures, and what (if anything) can be done to reset failed equipment. If anyone would like to further discuss any of these observations, feel free to contact me at any time. Dave Hall dhall@enteract.com year2000.unt.edu