MILLENNIUM BUG

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• MILLENNIUM BUG
• The situation in Italy
• Sergio Antocicco
• President ANUIT

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COMITATO ANNO 2000

• SET UP BY PRIME MINISTERS OFFICE
• 22 MEMBERS FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS
• OPERATIONAL SINCE DECEMBER 14, 1998
• REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS (FOR BOTH EURO AND YEAR
  2000)
• WEB SITE (WWW.COMITATOANNO2000.IT)
• AD CAMPAIGN (USING SAME EXPERIENCE AS FOR EURO)
• 800 HELP LINE AVAILABLE SOON (?)

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COMITATO ANNO 2000

• MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS HAVE
  OBSERVERS
• 5 WORKING GROUPS
• FINANCIAL SECTOR (BANKS, INSURANCES, ETC.)
• TRASPORTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• SECURITY
• ENERGY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY

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COMITATO ANNO 2000

• National Conference in Rome on 17-18 June 1999
• 700 attendees
• For the first time official figures were disclosed

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FINANCIAL SECTOR

• Compliance at 90 (June 1999)
• Compliance at 99 (September 1999)
• Successfull test cross-border with 18 Countries
• ATM machines (Bancomat, 36 different equipments)
  already tested
• Test for Stock Exchange in progress (end of test
  July 2)

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BANKING SECTOR

• BANK OF ITALY ORGANISED WORK SINCE 1996
• AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES TESTED
• 75 OF OPERATORS COMPLETED OPERATIONS ON
  APPLICATION SOFTWARE BY 1998
• CONTINGENCY PLANS DEFINED
• NO MAJOR PROBLEMS FORECASTED

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FINANCIAL SECTOR

• IN THEORY, LOW RISKS
• IMPORTED PROBLEMS (CUSTOMERS DO NOT PAY)
• CASH SHORTAGE IF A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE STORE
  CASH
• IMPORT OF FINANCIAL PANIC EFFECTS

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (CENTRAL)

• AIPA (AUTHORITY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE
  PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) STARTED AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
  IN 1996
• ADOPTED GARTNER GROUP METHODOLOGY
• TOTAL BUDGET 55.000.000
• COMPLIANCE FOR IT HARDWARE AT 84 (June 1999)
• AS OF FEBRUARY 22, 1999 A LARGE NUMBER OF
  OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS CAN BE SELF-DECLARED BY
  CITIZENS AND COMPANY OFFICIALS

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (LOCAL)

• 51 Regions
• 189 Mountain Communities
• 47 Universities
• 4.923 Towns
• Works in progress 47
• Already compliant 45

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (LOCAL)

• INSUFFICIENT LEVEL OF AWARENESS
• REGIONAL COMMITTEES FOR EURO AND Y2K SHOULD HELP
• SELF-DECLARATIONS DRAMATICALY REDUCE PROBLEMS
• IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO MANUALLY SOME ACTIVITIES
  (PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DO IT)

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Energy ENEL

• ENEL HAS 9 INTERNAL TASK FORCES DEVOTED TO THE
  PROBLEM
• DISTRIBUTION MEDIUM AND HIGH VOLTAGE REMOTE
  CONTROLLED SYSTEMS ARE COMPLIANT
• THE FOUR NUCLEAR PLANTS ARE NO MORE OPERATIONAL
  SINCE 1987

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Energy ENEL

• END OF WORKS JUNE 1999
• INTERNAL TESTS JULY
• END-to-END TESTS SEPTEMBER
• IF NECESSARY, DATE SHIFT BACK

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GAS ENI

• ENI GROUP HAVE A BUDGET OF 60.000.000
• SOME 150 PEOPLE INVOLVED
• 150.000 PROGRAMS
• END OF WORKS JUNE-SEPTEMBER 1999
• ADDITIONAL 300.000.000 USED FOR THE
  REPLACEMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE
  SYSTEMS
• RUSSIA HELPED BY ENI AND OTHER EUROPEAN COMPANIES

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GAS ENI

• WORKS COMPLETED AT 90
• INTERNAL TESTS JULY
• END-to-END TESTS SEPTEMBER
• IF NECESSARY, DATE SHIFT BACK
• ALGERIA PLANTS UNDER CONTROL

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Energy Others

• MINING
• PETROL-CHEMICAL
• COAST STOCKING PLANTS
• INDEPENDENT ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS
• END OF WORKS OCTOBER 1999

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INDUSTRYCOMMERCE

• MEDIUM/LARGE SIZE INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES COMPLIANT
  BY DECEMBER
• SMALL ENTERPRISES (LESS THAN 50 WORKERS)
  DIFFERENT SITUATIONS DEPENDING ON SECTOR AND
  LOCALISATION
• COMMERCERATHER LOW LEVEL OF AWARENESS FOR VERY
  SMALL SHOPS

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INDUSTRYCOMMERCE

• NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS WERE INVOLVED
• 5,5 MILLION ENTERPRISES RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM
  THE Committee
• SELF-TEST TOOLS AVAILABLE
• SOME ECONOMIC HELP WAS REQUESTED AND IS BEING
  EVALUATED

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HEALTH CARE

• NORTH OF ITALY 90 COMPLIANCE BY DECEMBER
• CENTER 50 COMPLIANCE BY DECEMBER
• SOUTH 100 COMPLIANCE BY DECEMBER

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WATER

• NORTH OF ITALY 95 COMPLIANCE BY DECEMBER
• CENTER 100 COMPLIANCE BY DECEMBER
• SOUTH 100 COMPLIANCE BY DECEMBER
• MOST OF EQUIPMENTS ARE NOT SENSITIVE TO Y2K

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Transports Railways

• Works in progress
• For the National Operator (FS) situation under
  control
• For local Operators (few) more information
  required
• Skilled in managing risky situations

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Trasports on Expressways

• Not very sensitive to Y2k
• Meaningful impact on the environment in case of
  failures
• Skilled in managing risky situations
• Works in progress
• Situation satisfactory except for some local
  operators

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Air Transports

• Very sensitive to Y2k
• Meaningful impact on the environment in case of
  failures
• Skilled in managing risky situations
• Works in progress for Air traffic Control Bodies
• Work almost done for Airlines and Airport
  Companies

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Air Transports

• ALITALIA STARTED WORKS IN 1996 FOR APPLICATION
  SOFTWARE
• END OF ACTIVITIES OCT. 1999
• REPLACEMENT OF THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS END OF
  ACTIVITIES OCT.1999
• WORK DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH IATA
• Y2K PAGES IN THE WEB

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Telecomunications

• Very sensitive to Y2k
• Strategic for other sectors
• Skilled in managing risky situations
• Upgrading in progress
• Testing in progress

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Telecom Italia

• Works started in 1997
• Total budget 155.000.000
• End of works September 1999
• Mainframe 125 M lines of code. End of works June
  1999
• Distributed systems end of works September 1999

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Telecom Italia

• Italtel, Ericsson and Alcatel main switchboards
  substantially ready
• End of works September 1999
• Intelligent network testing the new software
  from Lucent
• End of works September 1999

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CONCLUSIONS

• Y2K PROBLEM IS SERIOUS
• Y2K PROBLEM IS MANAGEABLE
• Y2K PROBLEM CAN BECOME A FACTOR BOOSTING
  EFFICIENCY AND DEVELOPMENT
• BUT, DONT CONSIDER IT AS A PROBLEM OF SOMEONE
  ELSE