Y2K And Infrastructure Resilience 25 Years Later
InformationWeek, Tuesday, January 7th, 2025
What have we learned about maintaining IT infrastructure and cybersecurity one generation after putting in the work to correct the Y2K bug?
In 1999, under the digital gleam of Keanu Reeves in 'The Matrix,' IT teams either sat confidently with the changes they made to resolve the Y2K bug or waited with bated breath to see if the fixes held.
The arrival of the year 2000 did not bring about the feared digital apocalypse thanks to fixes to make software and hardware to understand what seemed like a simple, yet crucial change to date formats.