ISB MEETING MINUTES- 7 JULY 1988

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Publication Date: July 8, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Information Systems Board
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ISB Meeting Minutes - 7 July 1988
1. Deputy Chief of Operations and
Engineering Group within the National Photographic Interpretation
Center, described the DS&T's approach to identify a follow-on for
the Wang Alliance. The Director of Information Tech
discussed migration alternatives for Wang Alliances.
2. At last November's offsite meeting, the impending
obsolescence of the Agency's Wang Alliances was viewed with grave
concern. Subsequent actions by Wang Laboratories appear to have
extended the longevity of the Wang Alliance well into the next
decade. OIT recommends to its customers that:
-- If the Alliance fully meets current needs, don't change.
-- If the Alliance meets functional needs, but performance is
a problem or PC support is required, upgrade to a Turbo
Alliance.
-- If the Alliance meets all needs, but some mainframe
connections are needed, connect the Alliance to a VS, and
the VS to a mainframe.
-- If the customer needs to improve performance and
capabilities, or support substantial mainframe
connections, convert to a VS.
The DS&T and DO both anticipate migrating to an follow-on system
beginning around 1992. The DO effort is part of the Information
Management Staff's DOLPHIN program. The DS&T would prefer to
have OIT take the lead in procuring an Agency-wide successor to
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2. Deputy Director of Communications,
proposed that management responsibilities for information systems
in the foreign field be reviewed. He suggested the creation of
an interdisciplinary "program office." The Chief of Information
Management Staff described ongoing and planned automation
programs in the field. He also reviewed the policies guiding the
deployment of automated systems to the field. The Director of
Security briefly described an effort underway to take a broad
look at support to the field.
Attachments
Wang Alliance Follow-on Strategy (DS&T)
Wang Migration Strategies (OIT)
Foreign Field Information Systems OC)
Information Systems in the Field (IMS)
Policy Statement - ADP in the Foreign Field (OC)
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Constraints and Guidelines
Agency ADP policy
DS&T ADP policy
DS&T Goals
DS&T information
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Policy
The DS&T information processing architecture shall
consist of workable interfaces to the 01T-supported central
facilities of the Agency and departmental hardware an
software systems managed by our offices.
All DS&T information-processing systems shall be
capable of supporting access through the ADP interla
standards endorsed by the DS Thus there shall
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DS8/11 Strategic ADP Plan
1988
Information systems end state for the DS&T
All DS&T employees requiring a work station will have one which will provide
the maximum of ADP capability to support their mission.
Any two DS&T employees will be able to exchange information via an electronic
network including but not limited to mail and documents.
DS&T employees who conduct their business via the OIT/00 cable system
will have the ability both to receive and generate cable traffic in so tcopy,
DS&T managed electronic networks will include connections to secure contractor
facilities and will provide data services sufficient to drastically reduce the reliance
on the Agency courier system.
DS&T employees will have access to all automated corporate administrative
support systems required to do their job,
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WANG MIGRATION STRATEGIES
BRIEFING TO THE ISB
JULY 7, 1988
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LIFETIME OF WANG ALLIANCES
Alliance equipment is reliable
Wang has not discontinued Alliance, claims to
to have no plans to do so
Wang is committed under Agency contract
provide replacement parts until 1993
Wang tells us to expect continued support for
Alliance through the 1990's
So - upgrade if the Alliance doesn't meet needs,
otherwise don't change
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THREE MIGRATION PATHS
Alliance Turbo Board
Connect Alliance to VS
Replace Alliance with VS
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ALLIANCE TURBO BOARD
Board replacement for Alliance CPU: All
Alliance software runs on Turbo
Virtual disk support for PCs
Throughput increase about 10 times
Support for modern peripherals
Increase number of devices supported
32 peripherals - 64 peripherals
24 workstations - 48 workstations
275 megabyte drives - 1000 megabyte drives
Cost for conversion: about $18K
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CONNECT ALLIANCE TO VS
Options:
Use serial link (WSN) - up to 19.2
kbits/sec
FastLan - 10 mbits
Mainframe connections through us for mail
and logon
Alliance workstation logon to VS for all
VS services
Limitations: only 24 Alliance workstations
logged on to VS at one time
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CONVERT TO VS
Replace processor minimum cost $50K
VS the platform for future developments
Virtual disk support for PCs
Power of a true minicomputer
Local area network support
Wang office runs on VS as well as Alliance-
consistent user interfaces
Database systems, high level language
? programming available on VS
Somewhat harder to administer than Alliance
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WHAT TO DO
If Alliance fully meets current needs
don't change
. If Alliance meets functional needs, performance
limits a problem, need PC support
upgrade to turbo
If Alliance meets all needs, some mainframe
connectors needed
connect Alliance to VS. VS to mainframe
If need to improve performance and capabilities,
or support substantial mainframe connections
convert to VS
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TO WHAT ENDS ?
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