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Planning and Implementing Your Year 2000 Strategy: A Handbook for IT Managers published by Computer Economics, Inc. This handbook eliminates the guesswork and the "bits and pieces" accumulation of questionable Year 2000 information. From assessing your company's exposure to risk, through actual Year 2000 conversion activities, Planning and Implementing Your Year 2000 Strategy: A Handbook for IT Managers will help you exploit the best practices in Year 2000 management, planning, implementation, control -- and technology -- to keep your organization moving safely and profitably beyond the Millennium. Who the handbook can help: CEOs, CIOs, and IT Executives who want to stay on top of complex Year 2000 issues about legal, financial and business exposures -- vital information that affects strategic direction, policies, and budgets. IT Managers and other technical managers who need expert resources and who need to know the most efficient way to speed up their Year 2000 conversion process and reduce downtime. Attorneys, Insurance Executives, Auditors, Government Officials, Consultants -- EVERYONE who needs to make decisions about Year 2000 budgets, policies, plans, allocations, risks and other business exposures. This exclusive Year 2000 Strategy Guide gives you complete current coverage - from selecting the Year 2000 Team to handling insurance, software selection, financial and litigation challenges -- in one exhaustive reference volume. Eliminate or reduce your potential financial, legal, business, and technological exposures Develop contingency plans to control risk and eliminate associated exposures Develop comprehensive, realistic projects for total Year 2000 enterprise compliance 8 Important Benefits "Fast Track" Advice to help you survive and profit 1) Identifies the scope of your critical compliance projects, and what you need to do today to be successful. 2) Describes protections and contingency plans for management actions, as well as what you should expect to invest to survive and prosper even after Year 2000 certification. 3) Alerts you to business conditions that are ripe for resource-sapping shareholder lawsuits -- you won't be taken by surprise. 4) Delivers "inside information" from peers and competitors about their Year 2000 experiences -- including the latest information from our panel of experts at the front lines of the Year 2000 conversion trenches. 5) Explains successful implementation strategies to help you streamline enterprise-wide compliance processes and procedures. 6) Uncovers "budget busters" for you -- avoid the big time wasters that return no revenue dollars. 7) Helps you choose the best outsourcing and resource solutions for your company including consultants, organizations, Websites -- find out their capabilities and what they really offer you. 8) Gives you the "big picture" of what Year 2000 compliance means to your company as well as the nitty-gritty details of what to expect when and if the job can't be done. Handbook Contents Executive Summary - an at-a-glance overview of Year 2000 legal, financial, and liability concerns. Chapter 2 - Expert Panel Recommendations Let our nationally and internationally recognized Year 2000 experts guide your company through the Year 2000 compliance maze. Technical, legal, and insurance concerns - expert perspectives you'll need to know for the Year 2000. Legal liabilities you face if you bring your Year 2000 work in-house. How software owners can put themselves in the strongest legal position. Why Year 2000 problems are not like other IT projects - key sticking points for managers to watch for. Chapter 3 - Year 2000 Status Report The two-pronged goal that can help you benefit from your Year 2000 conversion efforts. Tips on developing successful IT infrastructure investments. How your peers are dealing with their own Year 2000 update. Chapter 4 - Year 2000 Economics Why your Year 2000 compliance costs will exceed your available budget -- and what you should do now to soften the blow. How the recent Financial Accounting Standards Board Emerging Issues Task Force decision affects your bottom line. Vendor tactics for dealing with Year 2000 problems effectively. Technical alternatives to correcting date fields -- options and consequences. Chapter 5 - Year 2000 Liability The PROS and CONS of the two major Year 2000 insurance offerings. ITAA Certification for Year 2000 compliance: Will this be the protection your organization needs? Chapter 6 - Planning Year 2000 Compliance Projects Establishing an effective Year 2000 plan for your company How to organize your Year 2000 Team for maximum efficiency. Year 2000 "triage" -- a step by step checklist of what to do. Sample two-year calendar to help you jump-start your Year 2000 compliance projects. Chapter 7 - Implementing Year 2000 Compliance Projects Detailed checklists to help you organize, develop, monitor, and report your Year 2000 projects -- stay on track even through the Millennium. Outsourcing -- how to do it, traps to avoid, and key players. Chapter 8 - Year 2000 Resources Our exclusive "WWW 66" -- we've researched hundreds of resources and culled them down to 66 top-of-the-line Websites that you can refer to for extra help. Planning and Implementing Your Year 2000 Strategy: A Handbook for IT Managers is the only Year 2000 "expert" you should turn to for authoritative compliance help and management guidance. This exclusive handbook is available in individual copies and enterprise licenses are available for the larger dispersed organizations. Call Michael Erbschloe 1-800-326-8100, ext. 157 Or outside the U.S. 760-438-8100, ext 157 for further information. Price: U.S. $895.00 Click here to order http://www.exopaterra.com/forms/cei1.htm