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Geneva, Switzerland,
2 March 2004- Stromasys has recently completed the conversion
of the programming language of a Hewlett
Packard in-house application, Cluster Test
Manager (CTM), from DEC Pascal to C.
(see
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/journal/v3/ctm.html
or download
pdf to learn more)
The CTM application is used
extensively within HP for testing the OpenVMS
operating system. CTM is not a test but
rather an application that controls the
running of an assortment of different tests
in large cluster environments. CTM is responsible
for starting and stopping these tests, synchronizing
tests, monitoring tests and controlling
and correlating test results. It is used
to control testing of all aspects of the
operating system and the hardware platforms
on which it runs. Typically, very large
numbers of tests – potentially in the
thousands – are run concurrently by
CTM.
The project started in early
2003. Within weeks after project’s
start, Stromasys was able to provide examples
of sections of code to allow an early assessment
of the readability and maintainability of
the code that was to be provided. Within
four months of the start of the project,
Stromasys provided the completely converted application
for first inspection of the converted application
source code. Then, feedback from HP allowed
Stromasys to introduce appropriate corrections
to prepare the converted CTM application
for final acceptance.
The project was completed approximately
six months after its start and then entered
a three-month acceptance and warranty period
that was successfully completed in late
2003. The translated CTM application is
currently in use. Code re-engineering was
applied as needed and to the extent required
to ensure that the stated goals of readability
and maintainability were achieved. The converted
code is 100% compliant with the C coding
standards and style of HP Engineering.
Ms. Chris Shaver, manager of Release &
Test Integration, in HP’s OpenVMS Engineering
group, said: “Translating CTM’s
programming language to C allowed us to
preserve the application’s future maintainability.
We are pleased that we could benefit from
Stromasys' expertise and vast experience
in the area of programming language translations.“
Stromasys
specializes in preserving its clients' software
investments by migrating and extending software
applications to new platforms and emulating
complete legacy computer systems. It maintains
Representation Offices or Value Added Resellers
in Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada,
Caribbean, France, Germany, India, Italy, Republic of Korea, Latin America,
Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, United Kingdom and United States.
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For more information,
please contact:
Stromasys SA
Mr. Dogan Baser
PO Box
156
1228 Plan-les-Ouates
Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 794 1070
Email: info@stromasys.com
www.stromasys.com |
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