To: Stephen O who wrote (22008 ) 12/30/1999 8:55:00 AM From: long-gone Respond to of 116764
Y2K: A never-ending story December 28, 1999 Web posted at: 1:10 p.m. EST (1810 GMT) by InfoWorld Staff From... (IDG) -- As millions celebrate the passing of the millennium, many IT workers will find themselves hunkered down with their computers, making sure the year-2000 fixes they've implemented for their enterprise applications -- spanning everything from enterprise resource planning to word processing -- work, and disasters are averted. While the general consensus is that the doomsday predictions of a year ago are likely to prove unwarranted, there are bound to be last-minute emergencies that crop up from the unlikeliest of places. What could arguably be called the biggest application development project of all time has all but wound to a close now, and there seems to be little left but the waiting as the clock ticks down to zero. For instance, said Frank Gillett, industry analyst at Forrester Research, in Boston, although most database software has been "checked with a fine tooth comb" by vendors and customers alike, there are still potential data-related year-2000 issues that IT managers will have to cope with when the calendar turns. Essential Guide What will work Airline Medical Banking Energy Telecom Water & sewer Computers Government Road/rail signals Postal services Public transport Y2K & the World Africa Americas Asia-Pacific Europe Middle East Primer Key Dates The Bug and You "The challenge here is not the individual products, but the interplay of a number of individual products," Gillett said. In fact, year-2000 remediation work is likely to be with us for quite some time to come.(cont)cnn.com