Re: Greetings for 1998 from Nexgen! -- BPCS-L

Glenn Ericson wrote:
> 
> JMHO
> Dan while I feel this is a wonderful experience you have shared. It is
> inappropriate  for a forum that  generally prohibits advertisements.
> 
> Congratulations on your success-
>   What is the difference  between no  problems ad 11 minor issues?
>        [ which  by  itself is a fairly good story to tell]
> 
> This being the 10th might indicate that the BPCS community is slow
>  to act on Year 2000  matters.?


Just a note to say that I welcomed the comments from Nexgen.... self
serving though they may be...  
especially since this forum has not been very active.    

Bryan Chambers


> Glenn
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> At 10:45 PM 1/15/98 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> >The forum has been so slow lately that we thought there was room
> >enough to add some material that might even be a little self-serving.
> >We think its pretty big news.
> >
> >Nexgen has just taken its 10th Y2K conversion site LIVE using Focus/2000!
> >
> >LIVE means that they're running their businesses on the Nexgen
> >                                    ==================
> >century-enabled classic BPCS versions (2.0 through 5.1).
> >
> >Most importantly -- most of these sites had MAJOR modifications and
> >custom code that Nexgen's Focus/2000 tool corrected with relative ease.
> >
> >Another Successful Implementation:
> >==========================
> >Truth Hardware in Minnesota went live with their "Nexgen-powered",
> >highly-customized BPCS 3.0 system over New Year's holiday weekend.
> >
> >Consider these facts:
> >1) Truth's mammoth implementation had over 8000 objects only
> >    a fraction of which originally came from SSA
> >2) The Nexgen Y2K services project was bid at under 4 man-months
> >    and came in under budget
> >3) As of Day #3 after cutover and to-date (Day #12), there were no
> >    additional problems reported or open
> >4) In the three days after going live, a total of only -11- minor issues
> >    were reported and corrected by Nexgen all with same-day turnaround
> >5) Truth is done with their BPCS Year 2000 project.
> >
> >THIS IS THE TYPICAL CUTOVER (TO LIVE) EXPERIENCE FOR
> >NEXGEN FOCUS/2000 CUSTOMERS!!!
> >
> >The point is that if you have a modified BPCS site, no other
> >approach comes close to Nexgen's Focus/2000 for speed,
> >thoroughness, and cost-effectiveness in Y2K enablement.
> >
> >With over 115 sites implementing Focus/2000 worldwide we have a
> >world-class reference base ready to back-up our claims.
> >
> >*  Also: Call us to find out more about our new Focus/A2K product
> >   for making native Y2K corrections to AS/SET data models and
> >   programs -- this is the only complete Y2K solution for AS/SET!
> >
> >For more information, or to be put in touch with a Nexgen reference
> >please contact:
> >
> > Dan Mitchell
> > Nexgen/2K
> > e-mail:  mitchell@mail.nexgeninfo.com
> > voice:    (630) 778-2530
> >
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