However, there is room for improvement in the rules of thumb that IST employs to identify and extract suspicious elements. At the same time, IST's tools could more intelligently extract the context surrounding suspicious lines of code. If there's a chronic Y2K problem in a data stream from another business unit or another company, IST's tools merely tell an IT manager that there is a problem to be solved. Juxtacomm Technologies' package will help an organization address those problems and get through the forthcoming miserable period when much of the world will be coming to grips with the task of Y2K assessment and remediation. The Juxtacomm package has two components, whose price has yet to be announced.
Crossover is a processing tool for invoking scripts and transforming data.
Both of Juxtacomm's tools were easy to learn and use in tests. IT managers can accelerate their search for year 2000 risks by applying IST Development's polished collection of analysis tools for spreadsheet and database files. The Year 2000 Packs require considerable knowledge to interpret test results, but use of the tools is surprisingly straightforward. Beta Organizations can accommodate varying schedules for year 2000 process engineering and e-commerce interface tasks with the data transformation capabilities of this pair of tools from Juxtacomm Technologies. PC Week Labs does not give grades to beta products.