Databases And Y2K

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Term Paper Title	Databases And Y2K
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Databases and Y2K
Databases and the Impact of the Approaching Millenium.

Introduction: Tremendous problems loom just around the corner for
organizations that use two-digit years (i.e. 1-9-97).  How tough could
it be to change the year from 1999 to 2000?  The "Year 2000 Problem"
cannot be fixed by simply resetting a computer's internal clock on
January 1, 2000.  Computers may be smart, but their programmers weren't
very farsighted.  In the '60s and '70s, many businesses were looking to
cut costs and because computer storage space was expensive at the time,
programmers decided to cut year dates to two digits (i.e., 1969 became
69). It doesn't sound like a major error, but computers are extremely
date-sensitive.  Computers routinely add and subtract digits in a date
to make a variety of logical calculations, ranging from travel
reservations to how much interest one has accrued on a savings
account.  The problem lies in the fact that many computers designate
century data using only two digits, 00, and will read 2000 as 1900.
And the bug affects more than just computer systems. Many manufacturers
have built products with software instructions embedded onto chips;
equipment ranging from fax machines to auto assembly lines could all be
affected by the bug.

What's the Problem?  For many organizations, the Year 2000 Problem has
become the most complex project management exercise ever undertaken.
The reasons for this are multi-factored.  For starters, we are less
than 13 months away from Year 2000 yet many organizations are just now
paying attention to it.1 There is no way to avoid the fact that our
information systems are based on a faulty standard that will cost the
worldwide computer community billions of dollars in programming effort.
This 'bug' touches on all areas of an organization, and the complexity
of analyzing and quantifying the scope of the problem, repairing and
replacing infected items, conducting adequate testing activities and
finally, implementing multiple interrelated hardware, systems and
software can be overwhelming. Compounding the difficulty is the lack of
awareness in general regarding the potential risks, and the fact that
the project is driven by a series of hard dates. In addition, many
organizations have further complicated the process by beginning their e

Databases and Y2K How might Y2K affect databases that, in turn, affect
our everyday lives?  Let's take your bank account.  As the 1999 turns
over to 2000, your bank's computer may ca...

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