To: Steve Sanchez who wrote (18116 ) 6/8/1998 1:52:00 PM From: Dorine Essey Respond to of 31646
Press release on Digetal and CYRANO. I thought the pricing below would be interesting reading for TAVA holders/ Dorine Digital Resells CYRANO MillenniumTest Suite To Automate Year 2000 Readiness Testing Test Suite Enables End Users to Conduct Thorough Testing of Applications Digital Now Provides Full Spectrum of Tools for Customer Y2K Readiness June 8, 1998 01:20 PM MAYNARD, Mass., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Equipment Corporation DEC today announced a worldwide reseller agreement with Cyrano, Inc. for its Year 2000 testing suite that includes MillenniumTest, DateWarp and MillenniumRecorder. Under the agreement, Digital Worldwide Services is reselling the Cyrano suite as part of a systems integration solution, or as standalone products and services. With the addition of the Cyrano testing tools, Digital now offers its customers a full spectrum of software tools for each phase of the Year 2000 readiness cycle. The Cyrano test suite enables application users to perform comprehensive Year 2000 readiness testing. It greatly reduces the need for highly skilled programming staff to replicate data and develop test scripts. CYRANO MillenniumTest provides Windows-based wizards and advanced date manipulation pull downs that help users specify date fields and automate creation of test scripts. The base CYRANO MillenniumTest package, including host software for one server and two script development seats, is available today for $52,000. MillenniumRecorder is priced at $10,000 per server and DateWarp at $10,000 for the first two servers at a site. Volume discounts are available for multiple server sites. Digital is offering services and training for the MillenniumTest suite through its Year 2000 expertise centers located throughout the world. About Digital