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Tuesday, 9:00 a.m - 10:50 a.m.
* This session sponsored by Data Dimensions
Peter de Jager
Speaker and Consultant
de Jager & Company Limited
As we mobilize the IT community towards the task of fixing the Year 2000 problem, we will move towards completion in less than an orderly fashion. This session will kick off the conference by providing a global overview of how we are preparing both the Private and Public sectors. The objective will be to focus on what still needs attention, in particular, how we are handling and communicating honestly the risks involved in "The Project That Cannot Be Late."
Tuesday, 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Ken Orr
President
The Ken Orr Institute
By the time all the bills are in, solving the "Year 2000 Problem" will be the largest, most expensive project that the IT industry has ever taken on. What started as a way to save a few bytes in the 50s and 60s has turned into a maintenance nightmare in the 90s. With less than three years to go, the IT industry is attempting to understand how to help technology-dependent organizations throughout the world make it into the 21st Century. Current estimates are that solving the Year 2000 problem will cost anywhere from $200 billion to $1.5 trillion dollars! Most experts believe that it is already too late for most organizations to save all of their computer applications. What has been a case of management denial is rapidly turning into management panic. This presentation discusses the scope and implications of the Year 2000 problem and which organizations (industries) will be most affected.
Steven Bender
Chief Software Engineer
Sycon Instruments
Although much is being made of the Millennium Bomb, with regard to information systems within the data processing realm, by sheer numbers they are dwarfed by the population of the so called 'embedded processors'. Technically, these platforms differ very little from their higher powered mainframe cousins, however, market pressures have resulted in a whole new category of computerized appliances, with 'firmware' replacing software as the mode of delivery. This presentation focuses on the subtle differences, both beneficial and potentially disastrous, that this unique technology brings to the Y2K table. Steven Bender shares his twenty years of embedded systems engineering experience, examining the state of embedded computer systems, and the impact they will have come January 1, 2000.
Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
Rich Evans
Vice President, Data Center Strategies
Meta Group
Even some of the world's most sophisticated users grossly underestimate the scale and complexity of the critical final testing stage and are now finding that it
represents half to two-thirds of the entire Y2K project budget. Full-scale integration testing of all enterprise applications and data flows (including external partners,
suppliers, distributors, and customers) will be the mitigating factor for successful compliance. Software and application interdependencies must be validated, and
performance must be assured against existing service-level agreements. This presentation covers best-of-breed Y2K testing methodologies and specific tools, "tricks
of the trade" from some of the world's most advanced Y2K projects, and other key topics, including:
Lou Marcoccio
Year 2000 Program Manager, Information Services
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation is a highly distributed global company, doing business in 105 countries and 600 sites worldwide. The corporation has more than 2000 applications, 100,000 nodes, 70,000 telephones, and several new leading-edge business solutions and distributed email services, with internal platforms using OpenVMS, UNIX, and Windows. This presentation focuses on Digital's Information Services (IT) internal efforts — methodologies, tools, and structure — to resolve the Year 2000 problems with their internal systems and for external customers. Mr. Marcoccio also provides an overview of Digital's Enterprise efforts and how they are making certain their products are problem free.
Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
Irene Dec
Vice President Corporate Information Technology
Prudential
The Year 2000 represents the largest and most costly project ever undertaken by the Information Technology Industry. To bring your organization to Year 2000 compliance and the ability to do business beyond Year 2000, you must implement the "state of art" project management strategies and concepts. "Ad-hoc" management approaches increase time and cost. The Year 2000 is a business problem which requires a technology solution. Implementing strategic "smart" concepts in your organization will position you to introduce: risk reduction, efficient expense monitoring, and concepts that offer your organization with "opportunities beyond the Year 2000". These strategies focus on the approaches and concepts that Prudential has implemented.
Sue Kozik
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Changes to code or data may be less than 30% of the overall project versus the 45-60% spent on planning and testing. Tools can reduce the cost and increase the
productivity, but the planning, management and testing is critical to meeting the non-negotiable deadlines. Sue Kozik demonstrates how you can deliver maximum
return on your company's Year 2000 investment by introducing processes that are reusable and support increased productivity and software reliability for your
legacy systems well beyond the millennium.
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