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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10db24,cf0ee51803bb304e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,cf0ee51803bb304e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: ff6c8,cf0ee51803bb304e,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c8,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,cf0ee51803bb304e,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,cf0ee51803bb304e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: cseic@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (CFCSEIC) Subject: CFCSEIC News Briefs Week Ending February 20, 1998 Date: 1998/02/20 Message-ID: <6ckth8$nrm@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 327061348 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Organization: Center For Computer Systems Engineering Information Clearinghouse Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.sw.components,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.edu Date: 1998-02-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Center for Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs Week Ending: February 20, 1998 ***************************************************************************** CONTENTS: Y2K FIX PROVIDES UPGRADE OPPORTUNITY FOR SPAWAR YEAR 2000 TEAM RAIDS AS/400 CONTINGENCY PLANNING KEY TO Y2K SURVIVAL ***************************************************************************** Y2K FIX PROVIDES UPGRADE OPPORTUNITY FOR SPAWAR Topic: Y2K In her article in the February 16th issue of Federal Computer Week, Nicole Lewis explores the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)'s approach to turning what many agencies see as an onerous task into an opportunity to upgrade and modernize its computer systems. In the process of searching for, and fixing, lines of code embedded with dates, SPAWAR will also apply a tool which will translate the old code into a new programming language. This will help them move their old proprietary systems onto more modern platforms. Source: Nicole Lewis, "Warfare center views Y2k fix as chance to upgrade system", Federal Computer Week, Feb. 16, 1998, v12, n4, p. 24. http://www.fcw.com ****************************************************************************** *************** YEAR 2000 TEAM RAIDS AS/400 Topic: Y2K In her article in the January 10th edition of Computerworld, Maryfran Johnson gives an exciting account of $1.3 billion medical supplier C.R. Bard, Inc.'s Year 2000 project. Without warning to Bard's various systems groups, an outside project team, hand-picked and brought in by Bard's Y2k project chief, Paul Maszczak, snatched up every bit of source code from the data center's AS/400 and locked a copy of it away for critical data fixes. According to Maszczak, the Y2k project "is as much a political and cultural challenge as it is a technical one." Maszczak was determined to shield his IS organization from the tedium of Y2k conversion work. "Nobody wants this. It's the project that doesn't exist." Maszczak's outside Y2k team is scheduled to convert 8 million lines of AS/400 and IBM mainframe code by April, implement the changes during 1998, complete testing of major systems by 1st quarter 1999 and roll the systems into production one by one as the Year 2000 approaches. Source: Maryfran Johnson, "Year 2000 team raids AS/400", Computerworld, Jan. 12, 1998, v32, n2, p. 28. http://www.computerworld.com ****************************************************************************** *************** CONTINGENCY PLANNING KEY TO Y2K SURVIVAL Topic: Y2K Warren Reid, in his article in January's edition of Enterprise Systems Journal, highlights the importance of having a contingency plan when unexpected Y2k problems arise. He cites the example of the Social Security Administration (SSA), who thought they had the Y2k situation under control. Since 1988, SSA had almost completely fixed the 34 million lines of code they were aware of. Unfortunately, they overlooked another 33 million lines of code buried in state programs that were used to determine eligibility for federal disability payments. According to Reid, a detailed contingency plan must be created which will be able to address unanticipated errors as they appear. Source: Warren S. Reid, "Contingency planning: it's the real thing!", Enterprise Systems Journal, Jan. 1998, v12, n13, p. 13. http://www.esj.com ****************************************************************************** *************** The DISA CFCSEIC welcomes suggestions for and pointers to software engineering-related articles. 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