By next fall, ASU East may include it. Any college that is interested in introducing SAP or J.D. Edwards into the curriculum should call John Babb or Bill Lewis. ASU has been told that the first SAP customer release shipment will be June 2001. Organizational structure, admissions and student finance services have been specific areas of development. Three vendors have responded to a RFP for a new Financial Aid package, which SAP will interface.
Negotiations are underway with two of the vendors.
Y2K - Bill Lewis distributed his testimony on the Year 2000 Technology Problem, which he presented to the Senate Special Committee on September 21. On October 1 he attended a White House Y2K Roundtable on higher education awareness. ASU's HR, payroll, financial student, telephone, voice mail and network systems have been tested as much as possible. Integration testing has also been done. All elevators have been tested.