Blackhawk Information Services Wins Follow-On Contract From Vanstar.SAN RAMON San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a based in San Ramon, announced today that Vanstar Corporation has awarded the firm a follow-on contract for completing Vanstar's conversion project that will make their computer systems year 2000 compliant a. 1. (Computers) having dates fully and properly represented, and not susceptible to failure due to the year 2000 bug. . In announcing the award of the new contract, BlackHawk President Jason Yi stated that an initial contract with Vanstar Corporation covered two phases of Vanstar's five-phase Year 2000 project: (1) an accurate, thorough accounting of the computers, applications, network infrastructure and purchased software at Vanstar, and an assessment of the effects of dates beyond 1999 on each system; and (2) to organize and plan the work of the required system conversion process. Yi added that BlackHawk consultants, in a team effort with key Vanstar technical and management personnel, had successfully achieved the first two phases. Vanstar Corporation, a leading provider of PC network integration and consulting services, took early and prudent action to ensure the proper functioning of their business systems when processing data involving dates beyond 1999. The issue being addressed by Vanstar Corporation is one with which most companies and government agencies throughout the world are being forced to confront. As the calendar approaches the year 2000, systems will more frequently break down because they cannot handle the "00" years properly, and some will not be able to handle "99". According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. David Gerber David Gerber is a television executive producer. His notable work on television to date is the made-for-TV movie, Flight 93, which earned itself an Emmy nomination. For his contributions to television, he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. , Senior Vice President of Application, Design and Development at Vanstar Corporation, BlackHawk Information Services, Inc. was selected to support their Year 2000 Project efforts based upon the match between the BlackHawk 2000 Methodology and Vanstar's Year 2000 strategic plan, and strong local year 2000 references. Gerber stated, "Our Year 2000 Project team, which includes BlackHawk consultants in key roles, has used risk analysis to drive the project planning project planning - project management . The Year 2000 project is being implemented in manageable phases to minimize business impact. The project includes conversion of the Electronic Commerce interfaces between manufacturers, suppliers and customers to ensure continuation of service beyond the year 2000." The entire project is scheduled for completion early calendar year 1999. The new contract, according to Yi, will be a continuation of the team effort with Vanstar personnel to accomplish the final three phases of the Year 2000 project: conversion, testing, and implementation of system corrective measures. BlackHawk Information Services, Inc. is a software consulting firm and an experienced Year 2000 service provider. For over 10 years BlackHawk has been providing Information Technology consulting Information technology consulting (IT consulting or business and technology services) is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives. services to Fortune 500 corporations. Senior members of the firm have 15 to 30 years of information technology experience, many of which are on Tandem and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) systems. CONTACT: Blackhawk Information Services, Inc. Susan Picker, 925/244-6701 info@blackhawkis.com http://www.blackhawkis.com/ |
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