From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, LOTS_OF_MONEY,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10db24,cb94926f1ab4a0a3,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,cb94926f1ab4a0a3,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,cb94926f1ab4a0a3,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: ff6c8,cb94926f1ab4a0a3,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c8,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,cb94926f1ab4a0a3,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: cseic@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (CSEIC) Subject: CSEIC News, W/E June 27, 1997 Date: 1997/06/26 Message-ID: <5oukip$1e9@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 252799538 Organization: Computer Systems Engineering Information Clearinghouse Reply-To: info@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.sw.components,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.edu Date: 1997-06-26T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Computer Systems Engineering News Week Ending: June 27, 1997 ******************************************************************** GCCS SAVES $220 MILLION SINCE 1997 Topic: DII The Global Command and Control System (GCCS), a worldwide network accommodating command and control systems used by US regional commanders and close allies, since 1992, has saved the DOD and US Services $220 Million, according to defense officials. The savings, in constant dollars, comes in part from getting rid of no longer needed systems such as the World Wide Military Command and Control Systems, which was shut down in September. GCCS is "the system of record for joint command and control operations," according to Rear Adm. John Gauss, DISA's deputy director for engineering and interoperability. Officials hope that continued use of the GCCS will allow further elimination of unnecessary systems. SOURCE: Seffers, George I., "Pentagon: GCCS Saves $220 Million Since 1992," Defense News, June 16-22, 1997, v12 n24 p32. ********************************************************************* ATC's AXI: ADA BINDINGS TO X/MOTIF FOR GNAT ENVIRONMENTS Topic: Ada Advanced Technology Center (ATC) has announced the extension of its new generation AXI: Ada Interface to X and Motif product to support the freely-available GNAT Ada 95 compiler. AXI has been available for several commercial Ada compilers. Broadening AXI's horizon to include support for GNAT 3.09 gives Motif developers added versatility in selecting the Ada compiler that best suits their development needs and cost requirements. This new release of AXI, Version 4.1.3, accommodates X/Motif developers who are migrating existing Ada 83 applications to object-oriented Ada 95, as well as those who are beginning new development efforts in Ada 95. Customers with AXI Version 3.x licenses can upgrade to AXI 4.1.3 without difficulty since the new version's Ada 95 API is identical to the Ada 83 API. For more information, contact: Advanced Technology Center, 22982 Mill Creek Drive, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Tel: 714-583-9119, Ext. 212, Website: http://www.atc.com, Email: mailto:info@atc.com SOURCE: ATC ************************************************************* I-CASE AND THE COE Topics: DII, COE, Reuse DISA officials say DOD software buyers can achieve maximum software savings by using the Integrated Computer-Aided Software Engineering (I-CASE) contract to purchase software products that support the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) Common Operating Environment (COE). "What the COE is all about is putting a software infrastructure in place for widely used software services," said DISA's Rear Adm. John Gauss. "The COE represents a collection of software executables that are common across a wide variety of programs, so it is an enabler of reuse. It is modular, which lets it be scalable." SOURCE: Jones, Jennifer, "I-CASE AND THE COE," FCW DOD Buyers' Guide, June 16, 1997, p11. ********************************************************************* DII COE LISTSERV UP AND RUNNING Topic: DII, COE The DISA Computer Systems Engineering Information Clearinghouse (CSEIC) has developed a Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) Common Operating Environment (COE) Listserv. The DII COE Listserv provides an unmoderated forum for COE developers and users to disseminate information, share ideas and lessons learned, collaborate, and post questions and answers. Messages may be received through the user's e-mail reader, or, for those who do not wish to subscribe to the listserv, messages may be viewed through an organized archive on the CSEIC WWW site at: . To subscribe to the DII COE Listserv, send a message to: mailto:listproc@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us In the body of the message, write: subscribe diicoe To unsubscribe, write: unsubscribe diicoe No signatures please. SOURCE: CSEIC **************************************************************** The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Computer Systems Engineering Information Clearinghouse (CSEIC) "Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs" is a compilation of summaries from software engineering-related articles in trade magazines, newsletters and press releases. The DISA CSEIC welcomes suggestions for and pointers to software engineering-related articles. Contact the DISA CSEIC at: mailto:info@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us To subscribe to the "Computer Systems Engineering News Brief" electronic mailing list, send a message to: mailto:listproc@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us In the body of the message, write: subscribe newslist To unsubscribe, write: unsubscribe newslist No signatures please. For subscription information about the DII COE Q&A LISTSERV, point to: .