Pocket Website: Year 2000
External reference information
This page provides links to publicly available reference information
relating to the Year 2000 challenge, organised geographically. Note that
many solutions vendors and the press
also provide substantial repositories of general information.
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The following sections, previously on this page, have
moved:
On-line press is indexed on another page
For a layman's informed introduction you can listen to, tune in to Alistair
Cooke's Letter
from America, 17 Aug 1998 - this is in streaming media and requires
RealPlayer (12 Nov 99: I finally found the archive site!)
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Online repositories - UK/Europe
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Top of the list is the Y2K
Support Centre from The Computer
Information Centre (CompInfo). Wide ranging links to a great deal of
information (13 Oct 97) - getting better all the time,
new sections identifying how Y2K affects a range of users, reading sources,
and a press index.(updated 15 Mar 98)
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CompInfo is also linked to the Year
2000 Support Centre, providing links to good and best Y2k practice
for corporates. Small/Medium Enterprises have their own Year
2000 Support Page (15 May 98)
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For a less technical approach try the BBC's Bugtown(27
Oct 99)
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CSSA (the Computing Services and Supply
Association) maintains a Year
2000 Information Service: a substantial repository of briefing material,
guidance for suppliers, code of conduct and links to compliance information,
tools and solution providers' sites (it moved: 25 Sep 99)
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National Computing Centre (NCC) provides
a wide ranging Y2K site
with an archive of information, downloadable briefings, advice and white
papers as well as consultancy and other services (7 Oct 98)
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The Year 2000 Problem - UK based
index and information site. Wide range of links to other sources worldwide.
Maintained by Durham Systems Management Ltd. (30 Aug 96)
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The Telecommunications Managers Association
is actively promoting Y2K awareness and has a special
section on its website with links to other relevant groups - including
the slow and limited response from the International
Telecommunications Union (13 Oct 97)
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ITWorks ("Belgium Online") has a substantial
Year
2000 repository focussed on Europe as well as UK and North America.
It includes a bookmark page referencing reports and other sites, including
discussion of European Monetary Union (28 Feb 97/4 May 99)
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ZDNet UK offers the Year
2000 survival guide with links to tools, solutions, PC MAgazine lab
tests, and briefings (13 Oct 98)
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Precise (UK) offers quite a tidy
summary of the problem as it affects the Real
Time Clock in PC hardware (23 Oct 98)
Online repositories - US/North
America
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Peter de Jager's Year 2000 Information
Center including a list of Y2K issues.
Probably the most widely reference Internet resource. (31
Jul 96)
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Ed Yardeni: Dr Ed's Economics
Network -- wide ranging and very active site also hosting the
Y2K
Action Campaign (28 Jul 98/11 Oct 1998)
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Rx2000 Solutions Institute providing
information specifically for the healthcare industry, plus a wide range
of general links (2 Oct 97)
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CIO magazine provides a Year
2000 Research Center -- links, articles and white papers plus an online
discussion forum (19 Feb 98)
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IT Association of America (ITAA) provide
a range of resources including a buyers'
guide (15 Mar 98)
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Year 2000 Support Centre - links
and resources for a wide range of users (27 Mar 98)
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Xephon offer a Year
2000 Support Kit: a collection of articles drawn from Xephon's technical
journals which examine how the Year 2000 problem affects different systems
and (usually) offer some platform-specific solutions. Free downloads in
Acrobat PDF format (14 Oct 98)
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Steve Davis Dealing
with the Year 2000 Problem useful stuff and some more entertaining
links (8 May 99)
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Dallas/Fort Worth Prep 2000 Group
Local vendor-independent group, spreading its coverage more widely (14
May 98)
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University of Toledo Year
2000 Resources (6 May 98)
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Press release from eleven international professional
organisations (US/Canada/Australia), with links to their sites (12
Oct 97)
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AuditServe Inc offering "The Worldwide
Connection for Audit, Security, Control, and Y2K Conversion Professionals"
. Range of links and information with a focus on the auditor's perspective
(13
Oct 97)
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Com.Links: "The world's leading
e-zine for Year 2000 solutions": a wide ranging archive of anecdotal and
other information; past articles deposited in the "library" (28
Feb 97)
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Mitre Corporation's Y2K resource:
a wide range of links to vendor, compliance, project and cost information
provided by the Electronic Systems Center and MITRE (27 Feb
97)
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IT 2000 from CLB Enterprises: wide
range of links (29 Mar 98)
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Year 2000 Information Center
Ontario, Canada. Wide range of links with a Canadian focus (13
Oct 97)
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Audit Serve Inc.:
information and services including seminars, articles, a discussion forum,
and other links (28 Feb 97)
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J.P. Morgan's Year
2000 Market Data Index (24 Feb 97)
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CNet's "Apocalypse"
(9
Dec 96)
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Year 2000: Fix
It Now - Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Includes Internet
Newsgroup archive of Y2K stuff (mostly jobs on offer!!) and an extensive
bibliography(30
Aug 96)
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Westergaard
Online Reports of and comments on press articles etc (US), and links
to other sites (2 Sep 96)
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Randall De Weer's Year 2000
Resource - nothing special, but offers a link to an online bibliography
of approaching 100 sources and links, mainly to press and other news items
(12
Dec 96)
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Personal, home and family preparedness are covered by Ready
for Y2K with books, videos, links (1 Dec 1998)
Online repositories - outside
Europe/North America
Analysts and Consultants
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1997-1999