1.
Welcome and Introductions by David Johnson.
2.
AITP certificate was presented to David Clingan.
3.
Panel Discussion: Year 2000 Issues
Introduction
by David johnson
Agenda:
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Nightline
Video and 1997 Rubin Survey
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Panelists
Presentations
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Questions
and Discussions
Presentation
"Year
200 Challenge" by Madeline Denison,
NeoMedia
Technologies.
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Click
here
for slides compiled by Madeline Denison.
Presentation
by
David Clingan, Price Communications Wireless Inc.
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Y2K Project
started in 1996 at Price Communications Wireless Inc.
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Set Y2K
goals: (1) minimize impact on core business; (2) meet budget constraints
($2 million).
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Project
Life Cycle
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Assessment:
hardware, firmware, OS, layered products, database engines, source
codes, interfaces (EDI), 3rd party vendors.
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Y2K Assessment
Toolkits: COGEN 2000 -EDS, Tivoli Enterprise Software Solutions, CA-UNICENTER
2000. Reliability of the tools were determined by comparing the assessment
results from the tools with the assessment done by human beings (samples
of actual codes were used).
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Assessment
results:
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Core systems
(hardware, OS, layered products, DB engines, and external source codes
were not 100% Y2K compliant. Internal source codes and interface were 100%
Y2K compliant).
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LAN (hardware,
OS, application software were not 100% Y2K compliant. DB engines were 100%
Y2K compliant).
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WAN (Hardware
and OS were 100% Y2K compliant).
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Desktop
Services (hardware, OS, external application software were not 100% Y2K
compliant. Internal application software was 100% Y2K compliant).
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Development
of Strategies:
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Core Systems
(upgrade hardware, OS, layered products, applications, and convert external
application software codes).
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LAN (replace
servers, upgrade OS, backup software, anti-virus software, convert Pegasus
e-mail to MS Exchange, and convert MS Office Products to Office97).
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Desktop
(replace 486 with new Pentium II, upgrade windows3.1 to windows95/NT, upgrade
terminal emulation packages)
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Current
Status:
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Assessment:
100% completed.
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Blueprint/Strategy:
100% completed.
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Renovation:
75% completed
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Implementation/testing:
65% completed.
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Meeting
cost constraints (currently $1.2 million, expect $1.7 million, budget $2
million).
Discussion
Summary
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Management
issues: get budget for Y2K project approved.
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Use of
a methodology is critical to avoid disruption.
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Migration
can be another solution.
Develop
expectation about what will be changed.
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