Comdisco's Ready Y2K Offers Companies a Contingency Plan as Millennium Nears; New Program Offers Safety Net for Unanticipated Year 2000-Related Disasters.

ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1998--Comdisco Continuity Services today announced its Ready Y2K Program that provides business continuity support for customers that experience a disaster or business interruption related to an unexpected Year 2000 problem. The Ready Y2K Program puts preventive measures in place so should a company that has resolved the date-change problem still suffer an unforeseen Year 2000 failure, it will have a contingency plan to help recover operations.

Companies enrolled in the program submit information on their technology platforms and Year 2000 test validation plans, which Comdisco reviews for their effectiveness. Testing can be conducted internally by the customer or in conjunction with a customer-selected vendor. Additionally, as part of the program, customers must execute their Year 2000 test plan(s) by November 1, 1999, and provide audit certification to Comdisco. There is no charge for the Ready Y2K Program review.

"The Year 2000 date change is not an unanticipated problem," said Allan Graham, senior vice president, Comdisco, "and as such, is not a 'declarable' event under most disaster recovery agreements. However, for companies in the Ready Y2K Program that have demonstrated a concerted effort to resolve their Year 2000 problems and have addressed the issue with their third-party suppliers, any subsequent outage could be truly unanticipated and therefore a declarable disaster."

Customers participating in the Y2K Ready Program that encounter an unanticipated disaster related to the Year 2000 will have access to Comdisco recovery facilities and resources based on their existing business continuity contracts.

In addition to the Ready Y2K Program, Comdisco also offers Millennium Testing Services (1) to provide customers with the test environments and technology required to conduct all the necessary Year 2000 tests, including:

-- Qualification Tests - to assess the scope of the conversion project and identify where the bulk of the conversion effort lies.

-- Checkpoint Tests - that act as status checks throughout the process, allowing customers to test to ensure that code converted in an earlier phase still works when tested in conjunction with code converted at a later stage in the process.

-- Validation Tests - that allow users to test their entire system for Year 2000 compliance once the conversion is complete.

(1) Ready Y2K Program customers can choose to use Millennium Testing Services, however, other testing environments can also be used, including those created by the customer or by other vendors.

Comdisco, Inc. (NYSE:CDO), a technology services company, is one of the world's leading providers of solutions that help organizations reduce technology cost and risk. These services include asset management; business continuity; network services; and equipment leasing and remarketing. Comdisco's revenue for the 12 months ended March 31, 1998 totaled $3.0 billion. For more information, call 800-272-9792 or visit Comdisco's Web site at www.comdisco.com.

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