Object Details
Description
Included in this 17-piece collection of computer vendor literature are examples of Y2K focused company advertising.
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.
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.
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.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Joan Krammer
ID Number
2007.3054.09
nonaccession number
2007.3054
catalog number
2007.3054.09
Object Name
documentation
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 29.7 cm x 25 cm x 1.8 cm; 11 11/16 in x 9 27/32 in x 23/32 in
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Medicine and Science: Computers
Advertising
Computers & Business Machines
Y2K
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Y2K
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1348240