BILLERICA, Mass., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Peritus Software Services, Inc.
today announced the successful operation of a Year 2000 renovation center with
the State of New Jersey. The State has entered into a software license
agreement to utilize the Peritus Automate:2000(R) Service solution to assist
them in achieving Year 2000 compliance. The State of New jersey is running
its own code renovation center with the help of the AutoEnhancer/2000 software
and Peritus' renovation expertise to expedite the state's year 2000 project.
"Peritus is excited about our relationship with the State of New Jersey
and impressed with their accomplishments and momentum towards Year 2000
compliance. The State's Y2K Project Management team selected Peritus because
our Automate:2000 factory methodology fit their implementation schedule and
passed their rigorous standards," said Doug Catalano, President and CEO of
Peritus.
The Automate:2000 service combines Peritus' proprietary technologies and
methodology with Peritus' expertise and experience in software evolution.
This relationship gives the State access to the Peritus' Year 2000 experts,
training, and support for the end users of the AutoEnhancer/2000(TM) software.
Peritus offers licensees a high-quality automated approach to identification
and correction of date-sensitive code. To date, Peritus has trained 10 state
employees to efficiently renovate code in-house. Together, they have
successfully completed the renovation of 12 critical applications and over a
million lines of code, and several more renovations are currently under way.
About New Jersey
The State of New Jersey is one of the more progressive states that support
Web sites dedicated to the Year 2000. The very informative Web site contains
the State's Y2K plans, objectives, contracts and success stories. The State's
Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems (OTIS) publishes a
monthly Year 2000 newsletter. New Jersey has established a firm standard for
date information interchange that puts them ahead of the federal government.
For more information about the Year 2000 compliance efforts of the State of
New Jersey, see their Web site at http://www.state.nj.us/otis/.
About Peritus
Peritus Software Services, Inc. enables customers to break the endless
cycle of application implementation, maintenance, and obsolescence by
deploying a unique combination of people, process, and advanced technologies
to continually protect and evolve clients' strategic software assets. For the
Year 2000 problem, Peritus provides the technology expertise in its state-of-
the-art, industry leading "mass change" products to enable its clients to
adapt existing systems to cataclysmic events. For more information about
Peritus, call 1-888-85EVOLVE or visit the Peritus web site at
http://www.peritus.com.
Peritus is a registered trademark, Automate:2000 is a registered
servicemark and AutoEnhancer/2000 and Enterprise Renovation Suite/2000 are
trademarks of Peritus Software Services, Inc. Vantage YR2000 is a trademark of
Millennium Dynamics, Inc.
SOURCE Peritus Software Services, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.peritus.com
CONTACT:
Ted Swoyer of Peritus Software Services,
978-670-0800, or tswoyer@peritus.com, or Kim Miller of FitzGerald
Communications, Inc., 617-494-9500, or kmiller@fitzcomm.com
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