11/01/1998
November 1998
In-Depth
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.
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.
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.
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.
Advanced Virtual Technology, IBM’s Startup for e-Business, Transaction Server Technologies.
A successful Year 2000 strategy is possible, provided it incorporates detailed planning, testing, and quality assurance processes and automated tools.
For fashion specialty retailer Nordstrom, Infosys Technologies Limited provides the exact offshore application development and maintenance, and at an affordable cost.
SERENA Acquires Optima, StreamServe SAP R/3 Certified, COBOL’s Life After Year 2000, ADPAC’s Y2K SWAT Team.
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.
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.
While most IT professionals are concerning themselves with preparing for the next year, an often unaddressed concern may be how well the applications will perform after their Y2K functionality has been repaired.
This article will examine the background of "mirroring," and the design challenges that accompanied the development of this remote copy solution.
Xplor International reports on the results of their recent "Technology Directions Survey," which reveals the impact of the Internet on today’s corporate business dealings.
The Legal Repercussions of Y2K
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.
What lies in the road ahead? This "look" travels from the beginning of the problem to include the growing concerns over cost and liability.