NIST offers Y2K-compliance tools.
A new agreement between the National Institute of Standards and
Technology's (NIST) manufacturing extension partnership program
and Tava Technologies is helping small manufacturers determine
whether their computer systems are Y2K compliant.
According to NIST officials, Tava's Plant Y2KOne utility
program enables users to inexpensively inventory systems that may
be susceptible to the millennium bug and then compare them against
a Tava-created database of problems. Once areas of concern are
identified, small businesses can contact the appropriate software
or hardware manufacturer for a solution. Manufacturers can access
the Tava utility at one of NIST's 400 centers and extension
offices nationwide. Each location charges a small fee for the
service.
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NIST has also created a Web-based Y2K help center for small
businesses (http://y2khelp.nist.gov), which
provides computer programs that can evaluate potential
Y2K-compliance problems, including a program called the Y2K
Self-Help Tool that's basically a scaled down version of
Y2KOne. The other evaluation programs are FindDate, a simple
scanner that searches for dates that could cause problems; New Time
Frequency Transmitter, a service that determines if networks are
synchronized; Unravel, a system that helps you figure out why a fix
doesn't work; and GfjDates, which generates Y2K reference data
for checking program results.
For more information on Tava's utility programs, call
(800)MEP-4-MFG to find NIST's nearest manufacturing extension
partnership office. To access the Y2K help center, visit the site,
call (800)Y2K-7557 or e-mail y2khelp@nist.gov
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