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Aetna Expands Offshore Outsourcing
Deal with Indian company will save money and cut development time.

Businesses Still Feeling Sting From Y2K Bug
An increasing number of glitches are surfacing, though most are termed insignificant.

Down To The Wire For Y2K
Companies run last-minute drills, but most are confident there will be few problems.

Post-Y2K Work Begins

New Year's Irresolution

White House Defends Y2K Outlays

The Distributed Object Challenge: Status Check
Be prepared to manage your distributed components, or they'll manage you.

Fight Looms Over Insurance Payouts For Y2K
Insurers, companies disagree no whether corporate property policies cover bug fixes.

Y2K: Not Just Another New Year's Eve
Despite optimism, vigilance is the theme of Y2K weekend.

Y2K Liability
Your remediation work may be done. It's now time to make sure you're protected legally and that you're not at the mercy of vendors.

Y2K Ain't Over Till It's Over
Although much has been done to remedy year 2000 problems, serious safety issues linger.

Bank Regulators Spend Easy On Y2K
William McDonough, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said he expects the cash reserves he and his wife had on hand for the Labor Day holiday will be enough to get them through the New Year's weekend.

Beyond The Bug
As 2000 approaches, many IT services firms are shifting their focus to E-business.

Data Test For Y2K Problem
Many companies' applications are Y2K compliant, but the data in them could be problematic.

Year 2000 On The Desktop
Mainframes have gotten most of the attention, but year 2000 glitches also threaten PCs, operating systems, and applications.

Closing Time
Have U.K. businesses done enough to ready their systems for the year 2000?

Severed Chains
Businesses are cutting the cord with suppliers that aren't year 2000 compliant.

Homestretch
With most Y2K work behind them, companies are locking down contingency plans in case problems hit.

Senate Passes Y2K Bill
Despite concessions, hurdles remain before bill can be signed into law.

Y2K: Who Pays?
Compromises may eliminate limits on year 2000 liability.

Year 2000: The Countdown Has Begun
While counting the days until January 1, 2000 you can pass the time be reading all the news stories CMP Media has published on the topic as well as year 2000 features and related links.

Microsoft Year 2000 Resource Center
This site from Microsoft is designed to offer comprehensive information about Microsoft products and how they are affected by the Year 2000.

Dr. Ed Yardeni's Economics Network
Dr. Yardeni, Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Securities, offers some good information on Y2K disclosures, as well as other interesting Y2K information.

The Year 2000 Information Center
Year 2000 alarmist Peter de Jager's Web site links to year 2000 outsourcing vendors, posts year 2000 jobs, and even hawks year 2000 watches--all while a millennium clock ticks down the minutes.

SIM Year 2000 WWW
The Society of Information Management created this site to raise awareness of the year 2000 problem and to offer assessment and date conversion guidelines.

Year 2000 Best Practices Online Conference
Sponsored by a SIM working group, this online conference aimed at year 2000 project managers, features discussions on topics such as impact assessment, planning and budgeting, conversion, implementation, and outsourcing.

Year-2000 Vendor Product Compliance
The Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC) conducted this exhaustive survey of software products and their degree of date compliance.

COTS Companies and Product Information
A list of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software vendors with date-compliant products.

Mitre Corp./Electronic Systems Center Year 2000 Homepage
This Web site describes problems and remedies for specific types of systems and offers links to other year 2000 sites.

Year 2000 Technical Audit Center
AuditServe Inc., an auditing firm, tracks year 2000 compliance and frequently updates its date conversion news.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Simple tests that determine whether specific PCs can handle the millennium change. A surprising number of models fail.

Y2Kbase
A comprehensive, independent database of Y2K compliance information for consumers.

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