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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bob who wrote (13711)	2/10/1999 1:00:00 PM
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Digits Corp Reveals an Automated Solution to Y2K Mainframe Problem NEW YORK, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Digits Corp. today announced that it has developed automated software which will enable IBM mainframe computers to be Y2K compliant in considerably less time than is required by normal methods. The company's two products -- DigitSolve(R) and DigitStart(R) -- both resolve the problem at the machine code level, which can be fixed in less than 5% of the time it takes to fix source code. DigitStart is directed to companies that have already fixed their programs and wish to have "insurance," while DigitSolve is directed to companies that have not completed their remediation. Robert Nagel, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of Digits Corp, revealed that Digits has demonstrated the DigitSolve product, which automatically locates a program's potential date problems at the machine code level, and automatically inserts a bridge. This bridge enables the program to correctly process dates from January 1, 2000 and beyond, so that it can operate in a Y2K environment. Dr. Nagel explained that the Digits products are especially crucial for companies that do not have remediation plans well underway. "The Digits Corp. products will enable companies using an IBM mainframe environment to render their computers Y2K compliant prior to the millenium. There is no longer enough time to complete source code remediation. The Digits programs maintain security and privacy by allowing each company to use its own qualified in-house technical staff." Digits Corp.'s products do not require source code modification because they fix a program's machine code, leaving the source code intact. The Digits system affects only that portion of the program logic that deals with dates. In the Digits' system, a bridge "connects" the crucial elements that are affected by the date change to an auxiliary section that provides additional instructions. This enables the program to continue to perform its operations and calculations correctly. The Digits products are patent pending. Dr. Nagel, inventor of the Digits software, has designed several strategic mission-critical computer systems for government and industry, including fundamental techniques employed in the DARPANET, which is the predecessor of the Internet. He was instrumental in the creation of the Reuters worldwide network for financial information, Telerate Systems, Inc. (another worldwide financial system), and designed the nuclear reactor control for the Seawolf submarine as well as several other military systems. He founded Digits Corp., a New York corporation formed in 1997, to develop products for fixing computer problems at the machine code level. SOURCE Digits Corp.