Y2K bug exterminated at CSULB, CSU system
By Michelle Devera
Daily Forty-Niner
Cal State Long Beach and the California
State University system have squashed the millennium bug, school officials
said Friday.
"The latest report was Nov. 5, and we were
95 percent ready," said Ken Swisher, a CSU spokesman. "Many campuses are
completely ready."
One of those campuses is CSULB.
"We are prepared," Maxson said. "We have
had consultants come to the campus to assess and determine our readiness,
and they have told us, to the best of their knowledge, the campus is 100
percent prepared."
CSULB's year-2000 preparations started
a year ago, Maxson said. Those safeguards include student records, academic
computing, heating, lights and voice mail.
The CSU also began working on its millennium
readiness early, about three years ago, Swisher said. Adjustments were
made in six areas of operations: application software and mainframe including
student information and financial reporting; server and network; desktop
systems; embedded systems; telecommunications; and academic equipment.
Although Maxson and Swisher are confident
CSULB and the CSU are Y2K compliant, contingency plans are in place. Emergency
plans such as the ones used for earthquakes or fires will serve as the
model, Swisher said.
Other CSU plans are staffing additional
personnel throughout the New Year's weekend and starting winter session
classes later.
Some campuses are setting up Web sites
and toll-free numbers so that anyone can check that university's status,
Swisher said.
At CSULB, a staff of about 12 technicians
will monitor the campus' status throughout the weekend starting Dec. 30,
Maxson said.
"I just feel perfectly comfortable that
we will have no problems," Maxson said. |
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