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Less Than 25 Working Days Remain for Final Y2K Preparation.


SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1999--

ADPAC ADPAC American Dental Political Action Committee
ADPAC Automated Data Processing Application Coordinator
 Corporation, a leading solutions provider of legacy system software, today reiterated its commitment to helping companies with mainframe legacy systems prepare for the upcoming Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant.

Y2K - Year 2000
 computer problems by providing products and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.)
service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services"
.

With less than 25 working days remaining until 2000, ADPAC has Y2K experts armed with $1 million worth of ADPAC software available to provide onsite assistance to corporations with mainframe legacy systems for the next 60 days or longer.

"ADPAC is offering to put an expert onsite to help companies get through this critical transition period," said Joe Pierce, ADPAC Business Development Manager. "Our expert consultant armed with all of our software tools can be stationed in a corporate war room to help corporations evaluate and troubleshoot last minute testing efforts. They will be available for at least 60 days to assist with any problems and help guide your company into the year 2000."

While developing the comprehensive Y2K SWAT (System Wide Analysis Training) course earlier this year, ADPAC developed 34 MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space.  mainframe recovery scenarios and solutions. These 34 cases will be available for use by the ADPAC onsite consultants.

ADPAC offers a Y2K Countdown solutions program, including SVReview, a unique tool capable of verifying any Y2K conversion method. ADPAC's premiere Y2K suite enables its consultants to validate your company's Y2K conversion, including assessment, code-changing, contingency planning, and finally, an comprehensive report of the problems found from remediation efforts. ADPAC's Y2K products have been used in hundreds of sites worldwide.

About ADPAC

ADPAC Corporation, headquartered 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 , was founded in 1963 and incorporated in 1964. ComputerWorld magazine heralded the company's first product, the ADPAC Compiler, as a language superior to 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.
 or RPG (Report Program Generator) One of the first program generators designed for business reports, introduced in 1964 by IBM. In 1970, RPG II added enhancements that made it a mainstay programming language for business applications on IBM's System/3x midrange computers. . In 1994, ADPAC introduced its SystemVision product line which features YEAR 2000, an impact analysis tool for compliance with the century date change. ADPAC University, located at the corporate headquarters, provides regularly scheduled classes on all ADPAC products. Additional information on the company and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.ADPAC.com.
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