Computer Vendor Information Literature
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content: Included in this 17-piece collection of computer vendor literature are examples of Y2K focused company advertising.
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content: Peregrine Systems, offered ServiceCenter 2000 Y2K Crisis Management software that provided businesses with a central point for managing, analyzing, tracking and reporting on Y2K issue remediation. This product could also be used after the Y2K crisis to document and respond to day-to-day emergencies.
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content: Nortel Networks promoted a trade-in rebate program to make upgrading network technology to Y2K compliant hardware more affordable. Not only would they buy back in part their own products, they would do the same for those of competitors. The program was advertised as a Y2K-preparedness strategy.
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content: IBM’s 31-page brochure stated “IBM e-business tools are ready for the year 2000. How ready are you?” This literature was directed toward small and medium-sized companies and described the various Y2K compliant hardware, software, and services available to them.
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content: Y2K
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Advertising
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Y2K
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content: Joan Krammer
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 2007.3054.09
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content: 2007.3054
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content: 2007.3054.09
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content: documentation
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: overall: 29.7 cm x 25 cm x 1.8 cm; 11 11/16 in x 9 27/32 in x 23/32 in