It is proving more difficult than originally thought to identify all the network devices throughout campus. One person has been assigned to spearhead this project, however, we may need consultant help in this endeavor. Identifying Year 2000 compliance for systems with embedded processors provides a greater challenge for Boston College because of the expertise involved to assess these systems. It has been determined that additional expertise is necessary to team with Boston College personnel, to locate, check and document facilities systems and equipment that are Y2K suspect. A proposal was sent at the end of September to two vendors who specialize in this process to obtain technical specifications, connectivity and functional information needed to perform a compliance analysis and assign risk levels for campus-wide systems, research laboratories, and key equipment for 92 buildings.
Work continues in the distributed systems area.
Meetings have been set up with key personnel in academic departments that maintain research laboratories to determine requirements. Departments are responsible for upgrading, replacing, or disposing of critical systems that are non-compliant. For any systems that are disposed, the Controller's Office must be notified so that the fixed assets system can be updated accordingly. Pamela Jerskey, Rod Feak and Maureen Touhey attended the last Boston Millennium Association meeting. Boston College will host a BMA meeting in March.