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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC, SYSADMIN autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10db24,205be4aba8b93cdb,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public X-Google-Thread: ff6c8,205be4aba8b93cdb,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c8,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,205be4aba8b93cdb,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,205be4aba8b93cdb,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,205be4aba8b93cdb,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: cseic@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (CSEIC) Subject: CSEIC News Briefs, W/E July 18, 1997 Date: 1997/07/18 Message-ID: <5qokos$gvr@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us> X-Deja-AN: 257669852 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: 1997-07-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs Week Ending: July 18, 1997 *************************************************************** GAUSS LEAVING DISA, SALISBURY STEPPING IN Topic: DII, COE Rear Adm. John Gauss will step down as the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) deputy director for engineering and interoperability (JIEO) by the end of July 1997. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gary Salisbury will replace Gauss. Salisbury last worked at the U.S. Transportation Command at Scott AFB, IL, as director of the Joint Transportation Corporate Information Management Center. DISA established the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) Common Operating Environment (COE) on Gauss' watch. The goal of the DII COE is to ensure DOD systems can work across all DOD organizations. Gauss will take a temporary duty assignment in the Navy's Office of the Director of Space and Electronic Warfare pending a permanent posting. SOURCE: Slabodkin, Gregory, "Gauss to leave DISA after a 3-year duty tour," Government Computer News, July 14, 1997, v16, n19, p3, . *************************************************************** RATIONAL VALIDATES ADA 95 VERSIONS OF RATIONAL APEX FROM PRESS RELEASE Topic: Ada, Reuse Rational Software Corporation recently announced that it has successfully validated six variants of Rational Apex, an integrated Ada 95 programming environment, against the formal Ada 95 validation test suite (version 2.0.1). Rational Apex now supports all of the Ada 95 features specified in the current validation test suite as well as several of the major optional annexes. The forthcoming Rational Apex 2.4 release incorporates this new level of Ada 95 support. Rational Apex Ada 95/83 includes the validated Ada compiler, but offers additional capabilities for developing and managing large, complex, and long-lived software systems, and for supporting teams of software developers. Rational Apex includes Ada-specific source-code editing, navigation, and browsing; code-rule checking; language-sensitive source-code debugging; optimal recompilation technology; an extensive set of capabilities; tools for managing parallel developments by distributed teams; and tools to reduce errors. Rational Apex Ada 95/83 has been validated on Digital AXP Digital UNIX, SPARC Solaris, SPARC SunOS, HP 9000 700/800 HP-UX, IBM RS/6000 AIX, and Silicon Graphics IRIX workstations. The validated version 2.4 release of Rational Apex Ada 95/83 will be available to customers in July 1997. For more information contact: Rational Software Corporation 2800 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95051-0951 T. (408) 496-3600 or (800) 728-1212, F. (408) 496-3636 mailto:info@rational.com, http://www.rational.com ******************************************************************* DMS MESSAGING PRODUCTS PASS MUSTER IN TEST RUN Topic: DII The DOD last month conducted a dry run of the first wave of DMS 1.0 messaging products at nine military sites around the world, in initial operational testing and evaluation of the Defense Message System (DMS). Despite some IOT&E problems, DISA reported that overall performance was high. "This dry run yielded exactly the results for which it was designed," DISA stated. "It identified the kinds of problems that can only be found in a live, operational environment." Planning is underway for the next operational test in August, followed by a Major Automated Information Systems Review Committee hearing in September before full deployment of the global e-mail system. SOURCE: Jackson, William, "DMS messaging products pass muster in test run," Government Computer News, July 14, 1997, v16, n19, p8, . ******************************************************************* THREE NEW ADA SUCCESS STORIES AVAILABLE ON WWW Topic: Ada The Ada Information Clearinghouse (AdaIC) has recently added three new Ada success stories to its Web site: . The success stories are: 1. Ada Diversifies Westinghouse's Czech Nuclear Shutdown System; 2. Weirton Steel Hot Mill Evolving to Ada 95 on PCs; 3. CEMDAS - Ada for a new Air Pollution Monitoring System. The new success stories, along with many other documented Ada successes, can be found at: . SOURCE: AdaIC ***************************************************************** 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: .