1. The Year 2000: Hardware and Software Issues Art Hendela, President Hendela System Consultants, Inc. Home of the SCANALYZER Year 2000 Solution Lyndhurst, NJ 1-888-SCANY2K WWW.SCANY2K.COM art.hendela@scany2k.com

2. What Hardware should be checked? u Mainframes - IBM, Tandem, Amdahl u Mid Range - AS/400, VAX, HP, DG u PCs - IBM Compatibles u Workstations - Sun and other UNIX boxes u Embedded Systems - PLCs - elevators, fire systems, batch controllers u Communications

3. How do you check Hardware? u Inventory your equipment u Ask your vendor for certification u Make and model number isn’t enough u Use a BIOS and RTC Checker such as PC Check u Replace hardware which can not be taken off-line for testing

4. What Software should you check? u Operating systems -MVS, VM, Unix, VMS, Novell, Windows u Custom built software - in-house or contractor developed u Third party packaged software - Spreadsheets, Accounting Packages u Databases - DB2, Oracle, Access, xBase

5. How do you check software? u Inventory your applications. u Ask your vendors for certification. u Use tools to scan and fix date problems. u Prepare testing plans. u Test the fixes in separate environment. u Monitor the fixes in the production environment.

6. Where do you get more information? u Websites: u WWW.YEAR2000.COM u WWW.Y2KLINKS.COM u WWW.SCANY2K.COM u Magazines: u Year/2000 Journal - 214-340-2147 u NJ Y2K User Group - Mike Cervine, CervineM@panasonic.com