Year 2000 Wire/ Banyan Attacks Year 2000 Compliance Using Software Emancipation's Discover Y2K Solution.BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 1998-- Verifies Millions of 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. and ships first Year 2000-Compliant Product Software Emancipation Technology (SET), Inc. today announced that Banyan Systems Inc. (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 :BNYN BNYN ePresence (stock symbol; formerly known as Banyan) ) of Westboro, Massachusetts, has licensed the DISCOVER(R) solution to automate its enterprise-wide detection of Year 2000 date problem areas. Banyan has successfully verified millions lines of code, and tested its modifications. Banyan Systems, a pioneer and leader in enterprise directory and messaging products and services, selected SET's DISCOVER Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 (tm) solution to assist in their Year 2000 development activities. In the future, the DISCOVER solution may offer Banyan extended benefits beyond the century date change -- to help maintain and update source code across all product lines. "Our goal is to provide our customers with the products and services that they need for a fast, successful transition to the Year 2000, and to deliver Year 2000-compliant versions of all supported Banyan products by the middle of 1998," said Bill Warner Bill Warner (born January 24, 1881) was an American football player and coach. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971. Following his playing career, he was the head football coach at Cornell University, the University of North Carolina, Colgate , Banyan's senior vice president of product management and development. "We found DISCOVER Y2K to be appropriate for Banyan's requirements to provide a solution for Year 2000 compliance in enterprise networking The networking infrastructure in a large enterprise with multiple computer systems and networks of different types is extraordinarily complex. Due to the myriad of interfaces that are required, much of what goes on has little to do with the real data processing of the payroll and orders. software," added Warner. "Banyan is another example of well-managed companies that have purchased DISCOVER," said Donald R. Henrich II, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , SET, Inc. "These companies are focused on the critical importance of high quality software and actively making improvements in their development process. Concurrently addressing Year 2000 compliance issues rapidly and efficiently, these companies experience greater opportunities achievable only through the use of the DISCOVER technology," added Henrich. DISCOVER Y2K DISCOVER Y2K is an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for managing Year 2000 compliance projects for client/server applications. DISCOVER Y2K enables companies to complete their Year 2000 software conversion efforts for a fraction of the cost and time than would otherwise be possible. With its robust audit trail capability and its ability to offer rapid assessment and change, DISCOVER Y2K also provides a powerful insurance policy and back-up plan, post-millennium, to minimize potential Year 2000 liability. DISCOVER Y2K provides software development organizations with the technology to assess the full scope of 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. , understand the impact, execute the changes, and test the application. DISCOVER Y2K supports any conversion methodology, and addresses all four phases of the conversion: asset inventory, impact analysis, remediation, and testing. A key advantage of using DISCOVER Y2K today is the versatility of DISCOVER in automating the software development process and improving software quality well beyond the millennium date change. Pricing, Availability, and System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. DISCOVER Y2K Version 5.1 and its associated service package is available immediately with special introductory pricing for this quarter. DISCOVER Y2K supports any C and C++, Embedded SQL (Oracle) application, operates on SUN OS, Solaris, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. Irix, as well as Windows NT, and interfaces with the industry's most popular tools. About Banyan Systems Inc., Over eight million business users, including over half the Fortune 1000, depend on Banyan technology and solutions. Banyan Systems (NASDAQ:BNYN) is a pioneer and leader in providing proven, standards-based directory and messaging products for enterprise networks. Coupled with professional and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , these unique offerings provide solutions to help people communicate simply and easily across the enterprise, intranets and the Internet. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts, USA, the Company markets products and services worldwide through its direct sales force, authorized network integrators, resellers and international distributors. Banyan can be reached on the World Wide Web at http://www.banyan.com. Banyan, VINES, StreetTalk and BeyondMail are registered trademarks of Banyan Systems Incorporated. StreetTalk is a product of Banyan Systems Incorporated and not a product of McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei, Inc About SET, Inc. Released in 1995, SET, Inc., develops, markets and supports DISCOVER, a family of solutions for automating and managing the process of software development of client/server applications. For Year 2000 analysis and conversion projects composed of client/server applications, the company offers the industry's only end-to-end solution, DISCOVER Y2K. SET, Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters in Burlington, MA, regional offices throughout the U.S. and Canada, four European offices with headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, and Far East offices in Singapore and Japan. SET's cross-industry customer list includes Motorola, AT&T, Bell Atlantic, 3Com, Cisco, and Nortel among others. More information on SET, Inc. is available on the Internet at www.setech.com. DISCOVER(R), DISCOVER's Information Model(tm), and DISCOVER Y2K(tm) are registered trademarks of Software Emancipation Technology, Inc. -0- All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Software Emancipation Technology, Inc. Relly Banker, (781) 359-3374 rbanker@setech.com OR Banyan Systems Mike Farnesi, (508) 870-2138 mfarnesi@banyan.com |
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