USIA: Data Switching System

US Information Agency
Washington, DC
1984

Greatly enhanced the functionality of a data switching system purchased months earlier to route all traffic in the US Embassy data network.

Evaluated and tested the system delivered by the original vendor. Analyzed and emulated IBM3780, Wang3780, and async protocols as used in the USIA Network.

Reused the original system hardware and with the addition of a control IBM-XT PC and custom routing software, enabled the data switch to automagically route traffic from any field site to any other node in the network while transparently translating protocals if necessary.

Met and exceeded the requirements of the original RFP to the satisfation of the USIA Tech Control Center and the GAO.