COMPUTER ASSOCIATES DELIVERS CA DISCOVERY 2000 SOLUTION; Software And Services To Help Companies Address Century Date Change--Before It's Too Late; Free North American Seminar Series Begins Today.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 1996--The millennium date change can potentially cripple crip·ple n. One that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs. v. To cause to lose the use of a limb or limbs. an organization's ability to execute its business-critical functions. Everything from entering general ledger General Ledger A company's accounting records. This formal ledger contains all the financial accounts and statements of a business. Notes: The ledger uses two columns: one records debits, the other has offsetting credits. budgeting to supply chain planning and scheduling relies on date sensitivity to ensure tracking and processing of information. Without Year 2000 compliance, business will grind to a halt. To help organizations meet this challenge, Computer Associates today announced the CA Discovery 2000 Solution, a unique combination of software and services to help reduce the costs and resources associated with Year 2000 processing. CA's free, month-long Discovery 2000 Seminar Series begins today in 22 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. cities. "The century date problem goes way beyond the IS community," said Marc Sokol, CA vice president of advanced technologies. "If you're in any business where date calculations are crucial, this problem exists. Computers are programmed to subtract 96 from 00 instead of 1996 from 2000. This means that hospitals, for example, that track patients birth in two digits will have no way of distinguishing children born in 2005 from people born 91 years ago. "CA is well aware of the critical challenges facing our clients," said Sokol. "In fact, we have already successfully analyzed and updated hundreds of millions of lines of our own code, both in our software solutions and internal applications. Based on this experience, we have formulated the Discovery 2000 solution to help our clients through this effort." CA Discovery 2000 includes technology and services that provide a total Year 2000 solution: o CA-Impact/2000 is a new multi-platform tool that analyzes applications and details the information needed to estimate and plan the Year 2000 initiative. o CA Discovery 2000 Services provide extensive assistance in the Year 2000 initiative, including impact assessments, project planning project planning - project management , education, and conversion techniques. CA-Impact/2000 At the forefront of CA's Year 2000 initiative is CA-Impact/2000, a powerful impact analysis tool that helps organizations determine the impact and cost of converting applications for the Year 2000. CA-Impact/2000 analyzes all of an organization's COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. and CA-Easytrieve programs and generates detailed reports that identify the affected business applications. It executes on both mainframe and desktop platforms. CA Discovery 2000 Services Consulting services bundled with CA-Impact/2000 provide organizations with a phased approach to their conversion plan, enabling projects to be more manageable, productive and cost-effective. Fee-based customized services--from impact assessment through re-integration of production systems--also are available. CA Discovery 2000 Seminar Series Headed by leading industry experts and consultants, the CA Discovery 2000 Seminars provide a road map for the Year 2000 conversion through presentations, panel discussions and software demonstrations. Attendees also will learn how other organizations are addressing this issue. Seminar dates and cities: Feb. 6 Culver City Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. , Calif. Feb. 7 Irvine, Calif. Feb. 8 San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. Feb. 13 New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , St. Louis, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Feb. 14 Albany, Dallas, Seattle Feb. 15 Toronto, Denver, Vancouver Feb. 20 Princeton, Minneapolis, Atlanta Feb. 21 Boston Feb. 27 Washington, D.C., Cincinnati Feb. 28 Pittsburgh, Chicago Feb. 29 Cleveland, Indianapolis To register for the CA Discovery 2000 Seminar Series, call CA at 1-800-225-5224, visit http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web or email info@cai.com. Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include systems and database management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has 9,000 people in 130 offices in 36 countries and had revenue of $3.2 billion in calendar year 1995. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web or emailing info@cai.com. All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Computer Associates, Islandia Bob Gordon Bob Gordon may refer to:
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