This is Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure.
Welcome
Welcome to the Equifax Year 2000 web site. This web site is published by the
Equifax Year 2000 Enterprise Project Office. It is designed to keep you, our
customers, affiliates, and shareholders informed about Year 2000 activities at Equifax
worldwide as we prepare our products and services for successful operation in the Year
2000 and beyond.
We are here to answer your questions about what has been called one of the most
significant challenges ever faced by the IT industry. We also want to share your
experiences in successfully dealing with the Year 2000 problem.
Contact us at Equifax at Year.2000@Equifax.com
or send us mail to Equifax Year 2000 Project Office, Equifax Inc., 1600 Peachtree St., N.W., Mail Drop
J42G, Atlanta, GA 30309.
The Equifax Solution
Creating solutions for our customers is what we do best at Equifax. And we are
attacking the Year 2000 issue within our offices around the world with the same
creativity, intensity, and technological expertise that enables Equifax to change the
shape of global commerce.
We believe the total solution for the Millennium challenge lies in sharing strategies,
success stories, and lessons learned so everyone can gain the knowledge and experience
they need to move ahead faster with their own Year 2000 projects.
To that end, Equifax is enthusiastically participating in several national and
international user groups. We are also working on the problem within the Atlanta
community. In 1996 we founded the Atlanta Year 2000 Users Group. You can check
out their Web site at www.bytewise.com/atlyear2000/.
As early as 1990 Equifax was aware of the implications of the year 2000, and has worked to ensure new products and services were year 2000 ready. In 1996, Equifax as a whole began a formal technical assessment of and strategy for renovating and re-engineering our legacy
systems. We are working to make a smooth transition into the next century.
There are numerous Web sites that feature Year 2000 news stories, hardware and software
compliancy status reports, and audit and legal advice, the best business practices, and
other valuable information and insight. While we don't endorse this information, we
do find it helpful and thought provoking. We maintain a list of these web sites
which you can download. Copies of the lists are available as tables in .ZIP format
for both MS Word 95 and WordPerfect version 5.x. You can simply sort the tables by
the topics that interest you. Then, using cut and paste you can link to them
directly using your web browser. You can also print hardcopies of the tables.
A .ZIP file is a compressed file that you expand after you download the file.
You need the WinZip software to expand the .ZIP file. Look at www.WinZip.com for information about WinZip.
Click on Year 2000 Websites to download the table for Word 95. This file
is about 113KB.
Click on Year 2000 Articles on the Web to download the table for Word 95.
This file is about 390KB.
Click on Year 2000 Websites to download the table for WordPerfect 5.x.
This file is about 60KB.
Click on Year 2000 Articles on the Web to download the table for WordPerfect
5.x. This file is about 251KB.
We also invite you to send us your favorite Year 2000 Web sites - along with
suggestions and any other relevant contributions to help us keep building this matrix for
the benefit of us all.
The information in these pages has been provided for your convenience. With the
passage of time, some of these Web sites and links will expire or break for various
reasons. If you become aware of a non-functioning URL and would like to notify us or
provide a new and accurate URL, please send an email to Year.2000@Equifax.com. Please put "Year 2000
Sites and Articles" in the Subject line of your message.
Equifax Year 2000 Program
The widespread use of computer software that relies on two digits, rather than four
digits, to define the applicable year may cause computers and computer-controlled systems
to malfunction when processing data across the year 2000 date. In view of the
potential adverse impact of this "year 2000" issue on its business, operations,
and financial condition, the Company has established a central function to coordinate and
report on a continuing basis with regard to the assessment, remediation planning, and plan
implementation processes of the Company directed to "year 2000."
The Company is continuing its assessment of the impact of "year 2000" across
its business and operations. The Company also is communicating with many of its customers and vendors concerning "Year 2000" readiness. Further, the
Company continues to develop and implement remediation plans pursuant to established
processes to avoid, or in some instances reduce to an acceptable level, the adverse impact
of "year 2000" on its business and operations.
The Company is devoting substantial resources to achieve a level of readiness that
will meet its "year 2000" challenges in a timely manner. Further, the
Company believes its assessment, remediation planning, and plan implementation processes
will be effective to achieve "year 2000" readiness.
Disclaimer: The information presented in this website is based on Equifax's current plans and estimates. These plans and estimates may change in the future at Equifax's discretion.
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