Countdown Y2K: Business Survival Planning for the Year 2000 [Paperback]

Peter de Jager (Author), Richard Bergeon (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471327344 | ISBN-13: 978-0471327349 | Publication Date: November 10, 1998

"For a book written about computers, and the management of technology, and the management of the people who have to manage the technology, Countdown displays unusual clarity and logic. Not only is the array of checklists and 'ask yourself' questions effective, they are also efficient." -Bruce Chapman, President, Discovery Institute Countdown Y2K Written by the experts who first sounded the international Y2K wake-up call, this complete update of the bestseller Managing 00 gives you the need-to-know facts about the most far-reaching computer glitch of all time. You'll find easy-to-follow explanations of the entire scope of the problem from the desktop to embedded systems, from the corporate backoffice to corporate liability, and from revenue loss to infrastructure failure. Emphasizing that the Y2K problem is much more of a management issue than a technical one, this straightforward guide gives you solid advice to ensure business continuity through and beyond January 1, 2000. Peter de Jager and Richard Bergeon also provide an updated picture of Y2K government activities and Y2K remediation progress worldwide. An extensive case study provides a snapshot of a hypothetical business in the process of evaluating Year 2000 risks. This and other valuable tools will help you formulate your own end-to-end Y2K survival plan. Countdown Y2K explains:
* The background and current status of popular Y2K remedies
* Commercial Y2K tools, outsourcing opportunities, and other solution resources
* PC-based exposure and hidden dangers like the BIOS problem
* Finding and inventorying embedded systems at risk
* Testing procedures, including running a pilot program
* Training and keeping your valuable Y2K staff
* Evaluating Y2K risks from vendors and customers
* International Y2K complications, like EMU
* Legal issues and corporate liabilities
* Triage, contingency planning, and disaster recovery
Peter de Jager's Web site at www.year2000.com features current news and commentary, solution providers and staffing databases, and links to all relevant Year 2000 information.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The Y2K drama will continue to grow until we ring in the new year. The problem is real; it will affect people with older PCs, and it will affect large mainframe systems that have been cobbled together from a multitude of old programming languages that few people use and understand today. Much of the retrofitting that is going on will actually introduce new bugs into the systems because the people doing the refixes didn't write the original code. These three books will be invaluable for businesspeople and consultants to larger companies dealing with major Y2K concerns. Individuals should check out The Year 2000 Personal Computer Fix-It Guide (LJ 1/99) and Y2K: The Clock Is Ticking! (Video Reviews, LJ 1/99).
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"Is Peter de Jager a Year 2000 prophet, alarmist, or simply a realist? To me it really doesn't matter ... you've got to read this book!"-Howard Rubin, Chair. Department of Computer Science, Hunter College of the City University of NY

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (November 10, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471327344
• ISBN-13: 978-0471327349
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,700,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peter de Jager is a keynote speaker/writer/consultant on the issues relating to the issue of managing change of all shapes and sizes in all types of organizations. He has published hundreds of articles on topics ranging from Problem Solving, Creativity and Change to the impact of technology on areas such as privacy, security and business. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Futurist and Scientific American.

He is best known to IT audiences for his efforts to create responsible awareness of the Y2K issue - For which he received several awards from IT associations and Govt. Agencies.

In addition to presentations and seminars on the topics above, he's written several regular columns. These have included; Association Trends, CIPS across Canada, Enterprise, Globe & Mail online and Municipal World.

He's spoken in 37 (and counting) countries and is recognized worldwide as an exciting, humorous, provocative and engaging speaker. His audiences have included the World Economic Forum, The World Bank and The Bank for International Settlements.

His presentations and workshops are highly interactive, fun, irreverent to mistaken ideas and most distinctively - provocative. He forces the audience, by demonstrating conflicts between their stated beliefs and behaviors, to think differently about what they thought they knew.