CONSTRUCTION OF A DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

NTT has been developing a distributed software development environment based on UNIX workstations and the TCP/IP protocol, as one strategy to improve the productivity of software, because the amount of softwar e is increasing as services become more varied and more advanced. The backbone network, called CAE-NET, has been installed nationwide, from Hokkaido to Kyushu, and includes over 4,500 nodes. It incorporates sec urity features that allow it to be used by subcontractors participatin g in software development. This paper describes some issues and approa ches for improving the software development environment, its implement ation concept, present status, and some results.