OnMark 2000 Assess` ease of use and its timesaving ability to quickly pinpoint files and applications that require modification ahead of Y2K has led Real Africa Durolink Investment Bank to select the USKO Software supplied product to conduct a complete Y2K audit of the bank`s business and client files.
Real Africa Durolink IT manager, Carl Celestino, explains that as the bank has a small IT department with limited resources, it was essential that any Y2K product purchased needed to be user-friendly, flexible, and time efficient.
"In OnMark Assess 2000, we identified a solution tailored to our specific needs, and have already completed phase one of the exercise, with the testing on 150 of our most mission critical PC systems," he says.
Celestino adds that overall progress has been very smooth, so much so that he estimates it will take little more than a month to run through all the remaining data. However, he stresses that Real Africa Durolink intends to keep OnMark installed and running in the background on all PCs up until 2001. In this way, users can get daily feedback on the status of their systems, firstly to assess which files are being impacted, and later to validate year 2000 readiness after faults have been corrected.
Brett Pretorius of USKO Software`s Systems Solutions Division, explains that the product installed at Real Africa Durolink is part of a comprehensive suite of OnMark 2000 end-to-end solutions designed to address the Year 2000 challenge for PC desktops and client/server applications. These include OnMark 2000 Assess, Workbench and testing tools.
"The Assess module specifically scans all PC files, as well as the BIOS on a PC to determine the impact of the Year 2000 on that PC, and to identify corporate risk to a broad range of commercial and end user-developed applications.
"The module systematically identifies two-digit years and their impact on formulas and calculations in text files, user spreadsheets written in MS-Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 or Quattro Pro, and user databases written in MS-Access, Paradox, Foxpro, Clipper or Dbase," he explains.
Pretorius adds that desktop assessment is streamlined through the ability to perform analyses from a central IT location and flexible reporting helps with estimating problem size, level of risk, impact and project planning.
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