Features & News


Tackling Y2K and JES with OS/EM

Three companies find a potential solution to their Year 2000 and Job Entry Subsystem issues with Trident Services' Operating System/Environment Manager.

The Integration Dilemma: Solving Legacy Application Compatibility

Developing an enterprisewide integration strategy is possibly the most difficult undertaking IS managers face today. But not to fear, there are choices in selecting your integration effort.

An Interview with Paul Morse

Microsoft's SNA Server Product Manager discusses SNA Server 4.0 environment -- it's role in today's enterprise and the future of the product.

SNA Server Case Study

A Y2K conversion for AS/400 Legacy Code, Automatic Data Identification and Analysis.

December Inside IBM

ThinkPad 390, e-business Apps, New G5 Servers, IBM's Netfinity ESCON Adapter, 6400 Printer Line.



Considering Enterprise Resource Planning? Consider Your Documents First

What came first: The ERP or the document? Before implementing an ERP solution, companies need to look at the impact on their business-critical documents and plan output printing strategies in order to achieve cost-effective ERP.

Making the Most of the Time That’s Left

No matter what group you claim kinship to, from the Cynics to the Cassandras, all are discovering that, no matter when a Y2K project was initiated, there are more than enough bumps in the road to go around.

Vertical Markets Behind the Eight-Ball as Y2K Compliance Moves to New Realm

The government, manufacturing, health care and other vertical markets gear up for the last year before the millennium, planning their final Y2K attack based on the latest trends.

Version Reconciliation Is Integral to Y2K Upgrade

The Fina Oil and Chemical Company finds their "Jewel in the Crown" with Princeton Softech’s Version Merger during the organization’s Year 2000 upgrade of its human resources application.

November Inside IBM

Advanced Virtual Technology, IBM’s Startup for e-Business, Transaction Server Technologies.

Managing Risks: Testing and Quality Assurance for Year 2000 Projects

A successful Year 2000 strategy is possible, provided it incorporates detailed planning, testing, and quality assurance processes and automated tools.

Nordstrom Selects Infosys To Implement Cost-Effective Y2K Solution

For fashion specialty retailer Nordstrom, Infosys Technologies Limited provides the exact offshore application development and maintenance, and at an affordable cost.

November Industry News

SERENA Acquires Optima, StreamServe SAP R/3 Certified, COBOL’s Life After Year 2000, ADPAC’s Y2K SWAT Team.

PC BIOS Chips and the Year 2000

In the IT manager’s haste to achieve Y2K compliance, he or she may overlook the issue of BIOS (basic input/output systems), which if not also fixed could result in wrong dates read by applications, bad business data, PC crashes and, ultimately, financial losses.

InfoPrint: Getting to the Center of the Problem

Think you’ve heard it all concerning Y2K? Think again. Representatives from the legal, technical and financial communities shine light on the still dark corner of Year 2000 litigation in this exclusive Round Table discussion.