Year 2000 Wire/NovaQuest InfoSystems Signs On As WRQ Year 2000 Express Expert.

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1998--NovaQuest InfoSystems, a national integrator and the largest computer reseller in Southern California, has signed on with WRQ's Year 2000 Express Expert program to help its customers face down the Year 2000 threat on the desktop.

WRQ's turnkey Express Expert program gives channel partners the opportunity to deliver a solution to the problem that will be consuming much of the IT budget this year and next. The Gartner Group has estimated that worldwide the cost of fixing the year 2000 problem will reach $400 billion to $600 billion. IT resources will be diverted to address this immediate threat.

"We're avalanched with requests for help with desktop Year 2000 issues," said Lee Kirby, area director of Enterprise Services for NovaQuest. "The WRQ Express Expert training program and suite of Express software management tools are just what we need to meet customer demand."

WRQ, which has been making software for enterprise customers since 1981, just shipped Express 2000 Suite, a set of tools that contains the danger of noncompliant desktops quickly and efficiently. Only now are enterprises beginning to realize the magnitude of the Year 2000 problem on the desktop. Express 2000 Suite will discover and prioritize the mission-critical PCs and software that require attention before faulty date handling disrupts the business. Once the PCs' Year 2000 problems are fixed, Express ensures ongoing compliance by controlling what software can be run.

Express Meets an Urgent Need

"We tested a lot of products before deciding to go with Express 2000 Suite," Kirby said. "Because the Year 2000 is an inflexible and fast-approaching deadline, we need tools we can implement quickly and easily. Express 2000 Suite is sound technology that implements well, allowing us to take a rapid and methodical solution to our customers."

WRQ has built Express 2000 Suite as part of its award-winning software management product line. Once the Year 2000 crisis is past, the suite will continue to be useful to enterprises that want to understand what hardware and software assets they have and how those are being used. Channel partners who have gone through the Express Expert training program will be prepared to sell complete software management solutions.

"With the WRQ Express tools, we can help with the immediate Year 2000 problem ando Express was a perfect fit for us. If you can manage the desktop, you can manage Year 2000 issues. And costs won't go through the ceiling."

NovaQuest, which haut the U.S. and has recently begun to expand internationally.

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