Alydaar Software Corporation Joins HP's Cure2000 Partners Program

Strategic Insights -

Alydaar Software Corporation, a leading provider of Year 2000 (Y2K) solutions, has announced its partnership with Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) through the Cure2000 Partners program. This collaboration aims to provide HP customers with expert Y2K services, including Independent Validation Verification (IVV), a critical step in ensuring software compliance with the Y2K standard. With this agreement, Alydaar will be listed as a recommended service provider for HP customers, enabling them to prepare effectively for the next millennium.

Key Takeaways:

  • Alydaar Software Corporation has joined HP's Cure2000 Partners program, a portfolio of Y2K tool and service providers with expertise in HP systems.
  • Under the agreement, HP will refer clients to Alydaar for Y2K services, including IVV, to confirm that code will successfully operate in the year 2000.
  • Alydaar's SmartAudit process is a line-by-line verification of application code for Y2K compliance, capable of verifying Y2K work with a fully automated process.
  • HP customers will be able to receive free audit estimates directly over the Internet, with Alydaar sending back an electronic estimate of the time and cost of the IVV audit project.
  • Alydaar has already remediated code for some of HP's largest customers worldwide and aims to help companies of any size complete or verify their Year 2000 work.
  • Alydaar's clients include Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Northern States Power (NSP), 3M (MMM), Nabisco (NA), DuPont (DD), Whirlpool (WHR), RJ Reynolds (RJR), and McDonnell-Douglas (MD), among others.

Statistics:

  • Alydaar is one of the only companies to date with a fully automated process for verifying Y2K work.
  • Alydaar's SmartAudit process can be performed on pre- or post-compliant applications, as well as expanded and non-expanded code.
  • With less than 400 days remaining before the Year 2000, Alydaar believes it can help companies of any size complete or verify their Year 2000 work.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, "Alydaar Software Corporation Joins HP's Cure2000 Partners Program" (Dec. 10, 1998)
  • Alydaar Software Corporation, "About Alydaar Software Corporation"
  • Alydaar Software Corporation, "HP Customers to Receive Free Audit Estimates"