Developments in European information issues: Networks and relays – Services – Products, October 1998

IT impact

DGXIII maintains a very helpful web site looking at the impact of the euro on IT at http://www.ispo.cec.be/y2keuro/euroit.htm/. Broader than simply millennium problems, it examines questions such as dual currency display, conversion of historical data, the euro symbol on the keyboard, and rules for exchange rounding up or down. Under the practical aspects heading it covers regulations, national changeover plans, checklists and guidelines, hotline telephone numbers, company case studies, technical issues and downloadable fonts which include the euro symbol. The press and surveys section incorporates the full text of selected press articles and studies, e.g. KPMG's survey Europe's preparedness for EMU which is also directly available at http://www.kpmg.co.uk/uk/services/manage/emu.html/