ALLSTAR UPGRADES PROJECT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90G00993R000200100012-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: May 14, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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OIT-0331-86
SAF-E088-86
14 May 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Information Management Systems
Acting Director, Office of Information Technology
SUBJECT: ALLSTAR Upgrade Project
Over the last several years IMS and OIT personnel have participated
in frequent working sessions to establish an open communication path for
the purpose of understanding the DO requirements and the applicability
of SAFE for meeting these requirements. During this time we have both
attempted to draft memorandums of agreement without much success due
primarily to a lack of clear direction. To clarify this direction IMS
has requested that OIT prepare a technical proposal for their
evaluation.
The proposal, a complex technical assessment of SAFE, will address
the full ALLSTAR Upgrade requirements document. This proposal will be
used by IMS to perform a tradeoff analysis between an upgraded SAFE 25X1
system and an IMS developed MVS based architecture.
We are pleased to provide the SAFE proposal and can provide it by
July, 1986. I recommend that CSPO provide one full-time officer,
to work with your people to understand the utility and
costs of using SAFE in your environment. Doing these trade-offs is
never simple; one must always ensure that like elements are being
compared. One of the first activities of the trade-off group should be
the development of an objective set of criteria for the comparison.
This would be of immense value in ensuring that CSPO's proposal
adequately addresses IMS concerns.
We are pleased to provide you this information and look forward to
working with IMS personnel in supporting your evaluation of SAFE
technology for the DO.
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SUBJECT: ALLSTAR Upgrade Project
IISG/OIT~
(14 May 86) 25X1
Distribution:
Original - Addressee
2 - AD/OIT
1 - IISG/OIT
2 - OIT Registry
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