Computer Horizons awarded Year 2000 contract by Lutheran Brotherhood.MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1996-- Leader in Year 2000 Solutions and client to discuss vendor and user issues at Year 2000 Conference Computer Horizons Corp. announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Lutheran Brotherhood, an insurance and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. company based in Minneapolis, to assist with its Year 2000 compliance project. The contract is being delivered by Horizons Consulting Inc. (HCI (Human Computer Interaction) Refers to the design and implementation of computer systems that people interact with. It includes desktop systems as well as embedded systems in all kinds of devices. ), the solutions delivery subsidiary of Computer Horizons. More than 15 million lines of code The statements and instructions that a programmer writes when creating a program. One line of this "source code" may generate one machine instruction or several depending on the programming language. A line of code in assembly language is typically turned into one machine instruction. with 35,000 modules will be analyzed. HCI began the Discovery and Impact Analysis phases of the project in May 1996 and will complete these phases during the fourth quarter of this year. According to Ed Stang, Vice President of Lutheran Brotherhood, "We have been pleased that Computer Horizons' Signature 2000 automated toolset could handle Lutheran Brotherhood's multiple programming languages, including 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. , Assembler, IDEAL and SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. . Currently, our team is identifying a full lifecycle pilot with the intent of moving forward with remediation immediately without losing momentum." Computer Horizons Corp. also announced today that it is sponsoring a joint user presentation at an upcoming Software Productivity Group (SPG SPG - System Program Generator. A compiler-writing language. ["A System Program Generator", D. Morris et al, Computer J 13(3) (1970)]. ) Year 2000 conference. The presentation will feature Dennis Grapevine, Manager of Application Development, Lutheran Brotherhood, and Janet-Lee Hatt, Vice President of Delivery, Computer Horizons Corp. The session will be held on Friday, Sept. 13, 1996, from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. during the SPG Year 2000 Conference and Expo, Sept. 11-13, 1996, at The Fairmont Hotel in 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 . The Joint User Presentation, one of several offered at the conference, is designed to provide updates on solving the Year 2000 problem Year 2000 problem, Y2K problem, or millennium bug, in computer science, a design flaw in the hardware or software of a computer that caused erroneous results when working with dates beyond Dec. 31, 1999. from the perspective of both the service provider and the user. Various project approaches and tools will be discussed. Computer Horizons is a leader in large-scale Year 2000 conversions. Its solution, CHC's Signature 2000(TM), is a total lifecycle solution to the Year 2000 problem, which identifies, documents and manipulates all programs containing date fields and database definitions affected by the century change. Comprising proven methodologies and a proprietary software toolset, the solution uses an impact analysis approach to create a customized chronological solution. Capitalizing on Computer Horizons' 27 years of experience in the IT services field, Signature 2000 was developed in cooperation with the company's long-standing client base and can be applied to most computer platforms, software, databases or technologies. Computer Horizons Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CHRZ) is a diversified information technology services company offering solutions to its clients through an international network of 40 offices and subsidiary organizations. The company helps its clients with advanced technology solutions to complex problems in the areas of Year 2000 conversions and migrations, outsourcing, applications development, legacy systems services, client/server migration and development, network management, and centralized vendor management. Computer Horizons employs more than 3,000 people. For more information, contact David Reingold, Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Services, Computer Horizons, at 800-321-2421, or www.chccorp.com, dreingold@msn.com. CONTACT: Computer Horizons Corp. David Reingold, 201/402-7400 or Kahn Communications Group John Casey John Casey may refer to:
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