Have you taken significant steps to address the looming Y2K situation as it affects your business? The Year 2000 is only 16 months away and there's no time to spare. Check out some of the pre-packaged Year 2000 tools now available to you. These products are a good first step in bringing your company into Y2K compliance.

IST Year 2000 Packs are integrated Year 2000 analysis tools which operate on the enterprise LAN to analyze both the structure and the content of the target file, determining date sensitivity areas. Spreadsheets, databases, and source code can all be reviewed. This program furnishes reports to show auditors the steps you took to achieve Y2K compliance. Various Packs work with different software programs, including MS Access and Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, Visual Basic, Visual C++, dBase, and Paradox, among others.

Enterprise 2000 enables the organization to manage the century date conversion using in-house personnel, service providers, or both. It also can be integrated with software "mass-change" conversion factories for even more flexibility.

Enterprise 2000 is comprised of two separately offered components: ESW2000 for "do-it-yourselfers" who only require tools for conversion, and FastPath 2000 service for others who need the assistance and security of professional advisors. FastPath 2000 seems like an appropriate option when you lack the time or skills to take care of your conversion in-house.

TestExpert Millennium is a product that works in conjunction with other conversion software. It provides inter- and intra-company interoperability testing of your Y2K conversion efforts. An audit trail allows you to trace the source of any procedures or problems and gives you proof of "due diligence" to cover your legal bases.

These products are only a small sample of the Y2K software solutions and services available to businesses and consumers.