""We spent much of the last two years testing and verifying everything, upgrading and replacing as needed," he told On Call. Senior management came to appreciate the importance of the task and to make sure all staff understood the seriousness of the Y2K remediation effort, commissioned a custom screensaver that displayed a countdown to the fateful moment."
"The alcohol making organization prevented the IT team from taking leave for two weeks after December 31st and warned they may need to be on-site full time for the duration in case things went wrong. "They also hired consultants at ruinous cost to sit there and wear suits," Cane told On Call. "As the hour ticked closer, we were ordered by the Top Floor People to physically disconnect the network cable from the internet, to prevent little viruses from crawling down the wires and getting us.""
An IT team at a UK branch of a multinational alcohol company conducted extensive Y2K testing, upgrading and replacing systems to ensure readiness. Senior management emphasized remediation and deployed a custom screensaver that counted down to midnight. Management prohibited staff leave after December 31 and hired outside consultants, and instructed staff to physically disconnect the internet at the rollover. After the clock reached 2000 most systems appeared fine, but computers left powered on unexpectedly crashed. Rebooted machines returned with the countdown screensaver still active, requiring IT intervention to restore normal operation and reconnect safely.
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