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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1896)	5/23/1998 6:44:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9818

' more than 120 client-server applications that need year 2000 work, accounting for 60% of Fidelity's total year 2000 effort...' The sudden need to attend to year 2000 problems beyond the mainframe has taken some IS managers by surprise. Managers at Fidelity Investments, for example, originally assumed most of their year 2000 work would focus on the mainframe environment, with only a few client-server applications needing correction. So when Fidelity launched its client-server 2000 project team in December 1996, the team had just two people: systems manager Julita Lisowski and a programmer/analyst. But within a year, Lisowski had identified more than 120 client-server applications that need year 2000 work, accounting for 60% of Fidelity's total year 2000 effort. Along the way, Lisowski's team has swelled to 30 people and counting, and Lisowski has been promoted to director of client-server conversions. "We're still discovering new applications," she says. The sudden need to attend to year 2000 problems beyond the mainframe has taken some IS managers by surprise. Managers at Fidelity Investments, for example, originally assumed most of their year 2000 work would focus on the mainframe environment, with only a few client-server applications needing correction. So when Fidelity launched its client-server 2000 project team in December 1996, the team had just two people: systems manager Julita Lisowski and a programmer/analyst. But within a year, Lisowski had identified more than 120 client-server applications that need year 2000 work, accounting for 60% of Fidelity's total year 2000 effort. Along the way, Lisowski's team has swelled to 30 people and counting, and Lisowski has been promoted to director of client-server conversions. "We're still discovering new applications," she says. .... techweb.com