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Subject: CSEIC News Briefs, W/E Sept. 5, 1997
Date: 1997/09/05
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Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs
Week Ending: Sept. 5, 1997
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AJPO ANNOUNCES NEW ADA VALIDATION FACILITY
Topic: Ada
The Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO) is pleased to recognize the
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Ada Validation Facility (AVF) as an approved
testing laboratory for the validation of Ada compilers, as provided
for in the document "Ada Compiler Validation Procedures, Version 5.0"
(AVCP). Subject to conditions stated in the AVCP, the AJPO will award
validation certificates to Ada implementations tested by the EDS AVF.
For more information, contact the Ada Information Clearinghouse at
1-800/AdaIC-11, or visit the AVF Web page:
<http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/AdaIC/compilers/avf/>.
SOURCE: AJPO
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DOD COMBINATION FITS ONE PLATFORM
Topic: DII, COE
The Defense Department recently demonstrated that it could combine
command and control with combat support functions in a fused picture of
the battlefield at last month's Joint Warrior Interoperability
Demonstration (JWID). "This demo is all about system integration," said
USAF Lt. Col. Tomasita Lahue, commander of the Pentagon's Combat Support
Operations Center, at the demo.
"At last year's Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstrations, we were
able to show some of the capabilities that we are showing today,
except they were shown on separate platforms," she said. "Today we're
blending the operational command and control picture on one platform."
Last month's JWID showcased DISA initiatives including the Global Command
and Control System, the Global Combat Support System, the Defense Message
System, and the Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating
Environment.
SOURCE: Slabodkin, Gregory, "DOD Combo fits one platform," Government
Computer News, August 25, 1997, v16, n25, pp. 77-78.
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DOD OFFICIALS SEEK TO EXPAND THE DMS
Topic: DII
A Joint Chiefs of Staff team recently told Pentagon officials that the
DOD should take "full advantage of evolving commercial information
technology" by expanding the requirements for the Defense Message System
(DMS). The high-level review team recommended expanding DMS, which is
built around international X.400 message protocol. to a dual-protocol
architecture that would include Internet's Simple Message Transfer
Protocol (SMTP).
The review called an inclusive architecture a more flexible
implementation of DMS that would not restrict the potential 2 million DOD
users of DMS tot he X.400 infrastructure.
SOURCE: Slabodkin, Gregory, "Joint Staff urges DMS team to drop
X.400-only approach," Government Computer News, August 25, 1997, v16,
n25, pp. 1, 101.
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NEW BOOK ON SOFTWARE REUSE RELEASED
Topic: Reuse
Mr. Donald J. Reifer, former Chief of the Ada Joint Program Office
(AJPO), has recently released his new book on software reuse entitled
"Practical Software Reuse" (ISBN 0-471-57853-3) through the publishing
company John Wiley & Sons.
"Practical Software Reuse" is a complete guide to re-engineering software
organizations to take full advantage of state-of-the-art reuse methods. Ed
Yourdon, software engineering consultant and writer, states about
"Practical Software Reuse": "There are a a handful of books that every
software engineer, system analyst, and software manager should have on
his or her bookshelf... I'm delighted to say that I can add Don Reifer's
'Practical Software Reuse' as a must-read item to the list."
SOURCE: Donald J. Reifer
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