We are in the process of installing Year 2000 upgrades to the operating system, network protocols and mail utilities. This test will take place in October, 1998. UNIX Unix Systems support the University Electronic Mail, Web and News servers as well as academic research computers. The University Mail Server and Web servers are running Solaris 2.5.1. This July, these servers will be upgraded to Solaris 2.6 that has been Year 2000 certified.
Additional research is required to determine the problem and resolution for the academic machines.
The recent upgrade to the Octel voice-mail system has ensured that system is Year 2000 compliant. The main telephone switch is also Year 2000 compliant. We are still testing some relatively minor PC applications that support the telephone system but do not foresee any major issues. Cost The cost of the Year 2000 effort is being contained within scheduled system and technology infrastructure upgrades and new system implementation budgets. At this point ITS does not see any major additional expenses in administrative systems or the technical infrastructure.