This database is vital for the organization of past and present records for the Telecommunications Department. The current system is not Y2K compliant. A replacement system will be purchased and installed this Fall. Almost all of the in-place network devices are Y2K compliant. The University uses Plexcom and 10BaseT cards and hubs.
Plexcom products are network communications products.
As such, they transport data and do not alter the contents of the data. Consequently, these products have no effect on the dates associated with the network data and are, in effect, transparent to the data. Software for these devices is either compliant or will be upgraded by December 1999. The PIX firewall is Y2K compliant. Citrix Metaframe software for remote access is Y2K compliant.