Implementation of OSI-a UK government view

Author

Gladwyn, M.B.

Author_Institution

Central Comput. & Telecommun. Agency, London, UK

fYear

1988

fDate

12-15 Jun 1988

Firstpage

1572

Abstract

The Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA) is an agency of the British Treasury. Its mission is to assist UK government departments to obtain the most efficient and effective use of IT and telecommunications facilities. The agency has a number of teams operating to develop, with other departments and the IT trade, the policies which government will support over the next five to ten years. The development of one of these policies, the adoption of the open systems interconnection (OSI) protocols, is discussed. A background of the CCTA is given and past experience in the development of OSI is related. An overview of the OSI policy is given, and the testing of the protocols and legislation of policy is reviewed

Keywords

protocols; telecommunication systems; British Treasury; Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency; IT; OSI protocols; UK government; information technology; legislation; open systems interconnection; protocols testing; telecommunications facilities; Electronic mail; Government; ISO standards; Open systems; Procurement; Project management; Protocols; Standards development; Telecommunication computing; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1988. ICC '88. Digital Technology - Spanning the Universe. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1988.13812

Filename

13812