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Volume 8, Issue 3
1 August 1999
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Case Report| August 01 1999

Year 2000 preparedness at Firstlogic: a case study Available to Purchase

Mark Lemke;
Mark Lemke
Information Technology Development Manager, Firstlogic Inc., La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA.
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Kakoli Bandyopadhyay
Kakoli Bandyopadhyay
Kakoli Bandyopadhyay is an Assistant Professor of MIS, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6100
Print ISSN: 0965-3562
© MCB UP Limited
1999
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal (1999) 8 (3): 190–195.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09653569910275391

The Year 2000 (Y2K) problem threatens the effective functioning of all Information Technology‐enabled organizations. This paper illustrates the Y2K preparedness at Firstlogic, a software company in Wisconsin, USA. At Firstlogic, products have been tested for Y2K compliance, solutions have been suggested for non‐compliant systems, resources have been allocated to modify or replace affected systems, and relevant legal issues have been addressed to protect the company from Y2K‐related lawsuits.

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Case study, Computer disaster
© MCB UP Limited
1999
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