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Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs
Week Ending: July 18, 1997
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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,
<http://www.gcn.com>.
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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
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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,
<http://www.gcn.com/>.
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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: <http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/AdaIC>.
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:
<http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/AdaIC/projects/index.shtml#successes>.
SOURCE: AdaIC
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