DSA Offers Support and Porting Services for Federal OpenNT Customers.WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1998-- Federal Integration Experts Team with Softway Systems, Inc. to Support Government Customers Migrating Applications from UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). to Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT Decision Science Applications(TM), Inc. (DSA (1) (Directory Server Agent) An X.500 program that looks up the address of a recipient in a Directory Information Base (DIB), also known as white pages. It accepts requests from the Directory User Agent (DUA) counterpart in the workstation. ) and Softway Systems, Inc., today announced a strategic services relationship focused on customers in the U.S. Federal Government. DSA is an independent technical services company with expertise in military command and control systems, commercial management information systems, software development, electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. and telecommunications. As part of the relationship, DSA will provide a full range of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for Federal customers migrating applications from UNIX(R) to Microsoft(R) Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (TM) using OpenNT(TM) enterprise middleware from Softway Systems. Jim Fucillo, a vice president of DSA, said "Government customers have large scale, complex UNIX applications that represent hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of engineering years in development effort. Many of these applications are in the early stages of investment payoff, having been only completed in the last few years. "Now project managers want to deploy these same applications on Windows NT to gain the cost savings of supporting only one desktop for each user. By joining forces with Softway Systems, we will give the customer the benefit of our expertise in supporting customers moving from UNIX to Windows NT using OpenNT." "DSA is well respected among Government customers," said Chris Brown Chris Brown may refer to:'''
abbr. North American Aerospace (formerly Air) Defense Command , Space Command, Air Intelligence Agency, and all three military services. We are already teamed with DSA on the recently announced CRADA CRADA Cooperative Research And Development Agreement project for the U.S. Air Force. We look forward to expanding our relationship to service many more Federal customers and projects." Decision Science Applications Inc. (DSA), based in Arlington Va., is an employee owned firm founded in 1977. DSA is an independent technical services company with expertise in military command and control systems, commercial management information systems, software development, electrical engineering and telecommunications. DSA is a U.S. Government small business with 250 employees in four locations: Arlington, Va., Colorado Springs, Colo., Rome N.Y., and San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. . DSA has developed and installed command and control (C2) systems for a variety of U.S. Government customers to include: the U.S. Customs Service, NORAD, Space Command, Air Intelligence Agency, and all three military services. For further information about DSA please visit the web site (http://www.dsava.com/) or contact Jim Fucillo at 719/593-5974 or jfucillo@dsai.com. OpenNT for Windows NT from Softway Systems (http://www.opennt.com/) is enterprise middleware providing a complete UNIX environment for Microsoft Windows NT. The product addresses the needs of users, system administrators, UNIX VARs and developers who want to exploit their existing investment in UNIX applications and tools as they move to Windows NT. Softway Systems is building the OpenNT product line under a long-term agreement with Microsoft Corporation. The company was founded in 1995 by a team of open system and UNIX industry veterans. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and also has offices in Kitchener, Canada; Washington, D.C.; Fort Collins, Colo.; and London, England. Softway Systems is a privately held, venture capital backed company, with world class Software & Software Engineers. -0- Note to Editors: Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Decision Science Applications is a trademark of Decision Science Applications, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through the Open Group. OpenNT is a trademark of Softway Systems, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their owners. CONTACT: Softway Systems, Inc. Francoise Bollerot, 415/896-0708 fb@opennt.com or Decision Science Applications, Inc. Jim Fucillo, 719/593-5974 jfucillo@dsai.com |
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