The moral of this tale: There is no substitute for end-to-end testing of all IT systems and where corporate revenue is involved, simple testing could well be the difference between profitability and disaster.

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Now it has evolved to a high end, hands-on facility filled with fabrication equipment, testing equipment, even a plasma cutter.

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He has to be, testing-wise, one or two notches ahead (Unintentional end result: A classroom of bored, poorly behaved tykes).

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The Clinton team has argued that such steps are justified since an end to U.S. underground testing is an essential factor in dissuading would-be nuclear powers to give up their ambitions.

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Thirty-eight percent expect 76 to 99 percent of their systems will be Y2K-ready, while the remaining 6 percent of companies will wrap up testing on half to three-quarters of their systems by year's end.

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But the old, yodeling tech giant's not stopping there -- the company also plans to trot out an app store by the years' end, which is currently in pilot testing with Ford and HSN (among others).

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