Dataguard Recovery Services to offer Year 2000 services.LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1996--Dataguard Recovery Services, Inc. announced today that the Company has commenced offering millennium consulting, conversion and testing services to users of mid-range and large computer systems in both North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe. Dataguard's millennium services are designed to enable computer users to modify their software so their data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a systems function properly after the year 2000. The so-called "millennium problem" arises from the way dates are expressed in computer programs. Computer programs commonly rely on two-digit date codes (MM-DD-YY) for calculations and decision making functions. Many of these computer programs will fail due to an inability to properly interpret dates past 1999. Computer industry analysts have estimated that computer users will expend ex·pend tr.v. ex·pend·ed, ex·pend·ing, ex·pends 1. To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on government operations. See Synonyms at spend. 2. as much as $300 - $600 billion worldwide to address the millennium problem. Dataguard's services include identification and analysis of the magnitude of a client's potential problem, conversion of software date codes, and testing the performance of the converted software at Dataguard's data centers. Dataguard will offer consulting, conversion, and testing as separate services or as part of a total solution for organizations that prefer a turnkey solution for their entire year 2000 project. "Dataguard has specialized in computer disaster recovery services for over a decade," stated Dataguard co-founder and Executive Vice President, James Buren, "so offering millennium services is a logical step. Dataguard has substantial experience in assisting companies to prepare for and advert the potentially disastrous consequences of unknown, unplanned interruptions in data processing. 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. differs only in that we know it exists and we know when it will occur. Having provided disaster recovery planning as well as outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. services, Dataguard has the expertise to assess the magnitude of a customer's millennium problem and the operational capability to implement code conversion and testing. Our methodology for Year 2000 conversions is being successfully tested in customer pilot programs." Dataguard Recovery Services operates in North America and Europe through major data center facilities in Louisville, Ky. and Paris, France. For more than a decade, Dataguard has been a leading provider of computer services Data processing (timesharing, batch processing), software development and consulting services. See service bureau, SaaS and ASP. , including alternate site facilities and outsourcing services for users of 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) and Bull mainframe computers, and contingency planning services. The Company's stock trades in the over-the-counter market over-the-counter market Trading in stocks and bonds that does not take place on stock exchanges. Such trading occurs most often in the U.S., where requirements for listing stocks on the exchanges are strict. . CONTACT: Dataguard Recovery Services, Inc., Louisville Richard W. Smith, 502/426-3434 |
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