Year 2000 Issue

As we enter the new millennium (21st Century), almost all computer-based technology in every organization, companies, offices, Government Body are faced with this major issue. Commonly, many computer systems use only the last two digits of the year with the assumption that the century would always remain as 19. For example year 1998 is recorded as 98 and 1999 as 99. This assumption will fail at the turn of the century when the date digits will be '00'. Some computer systems may recognise 00 as 1900 or no date at all or some may even signify to be archived or deleted or erased. Everyone will affect, such as huge organization, Government body, school and companies. The year 2000 issue is a worldwide problem that could affected any household and business. This will include not only the generally used IT (Information Technology) system but non-IT components also influenced. If your business could have serve repercussions, with the worst being the ceasation of operation beyond year 2000. In the other hand, if your real life reliant on any of the items below, such as Computer System, security and alarm system, Facsimile machines, lifts, telephone, electronic clocks with dates, bar coding equipment, business forms included previous, safes with time controls and industrial plant equipment also will affect with year 2000 issue. In year 2000 issue, there are many ways to fix this gigantic problem. Firstly, your may repaired or replaced you computer systems and equipment; it's to making unexpected demands on cash flow or lines of credit. Secondly, your may invest a great amount of time to solve the year 2000 issue, because normal business operations will suffer. Thirdly, you may force some products or services to be terminated, because some of your suppliers may not make it to the year 2000. Before your used the above ways to against year 2000 issue, you may following the three key steps, there are you may determine the impact of the year 2000 issue on your organization, plan how the problem can be fixed and organize your resource as soon as possible to fix the problem and implement the proposed actions to all system, equipment and business processes. In conclusion, the year 2000 issue will influence the whole world and brings in much enormous trouble. So we may take ways to fix this problem, like a ways before discussing. Although we need solve this problem, but, in the other hand, to against this problem will spend a lot of money, so we need spend money in smart ways.