History

November 7, 2001

STORET 1963

• Honeywell 400

• Assembler and Autocoder

• Data Storage by Drum

• Public Health Service, Cincinnati OH

• Andy Breidenbach, Sted Green, Clarence Tutwiler

STORET 1968

• IBM 360/50, OS MVT

• PL/I and Assembler

• Data Cell Storage

• Department of Interior, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration.

STORET 1971

• IBM 360/65, OS MVT

• PL/I and Assembler

• Hard disk storage

• Department of Interior, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration.

• Leased Time Sharing capacity, dial-up access.

STORET 1973

• IBM 360/65, OS MVT, TSO

• PL/I, Fortran and Assembler

• Leased Time Sharing capacity, dial-up access.

• Automated User Front End.

STORET 1975

• IBM 360/65, OS MVT, COMNET ALPHA, NIH WYLBUR

• PL/I, Fortran and Assembler

• Leased Time Sharing capacity, dial-up access.

• User Front End Lost

STORET 1980

• IBM MVS, TSO

• PL/I, Fortran and Assembler

• In House Computer, EPA/NCC/RTP

• User Front End Back

STORET 1984

• In House Computer, EPA/NCC/RTP

• STORET Control moved from Water to Information Management

• Development de-emphasized, Operations Stabilized.

• Pass the million station mark.

STORET 1991

• STORET Responsibility Returns to OW

• Vision for the Future

• Modernization effort begins

STORET 1993

• Requirements documented

• 17 Joint Design Sessions with Clients

• Data Modeling Begins

STORET 1996

• STORET Business Requirement captured in CASE technology

• Software Code Generated by CASE Tool

• Final Prototype confirmed by Users

• Clarence Tutwiler dies.

STORET 1996

• Prototype v 4.1 (Final)

• IBM OS/2 Operating System, IBM DB-2/2 Database Engine, COBOL code

• Converted to Windows 95, Oracle Database engine, C++ code

• Three working days.

STORET 1998

• Production version 1.0

• Generated by CASE Tool

• Oracle, Windows 95, C++

• 500 Copies distributed

• STORET Web Site first appears

STORET 1999

• Production version 1.1

• Generated by CASE Tool

• Oracle, Windows 95, Windows NT

• 1000 Copies distributed

• STORET Web Site offers Data Query

• Legacy STORET goes up on the Web

STORET 2000

• Production version 1.2

• Generated by CASE Tool

• Oracle, Windows 95/98, Windows NT

• Distributed via the Internet

• STORET Web Site 100% Functional

• Mainframe Legacy System Shut Down

STORET 2001

• Production version 2.0 in Preliminary Testing

• Generated by CASE Tool

• Windows 95/98/me, Windows NT,2000

• Oracle 8i

• Version 1.2 now on CD-ROM

STORET 2001

• SIM 1.2 in Final Testing

• Reporting Software 1.2 Distributed via CD-ROM

• Preliminary steps toward full EDAS integration

STORET 2001

• Office of Water designates STORET as its Primary Repository for Monitoring Data.

• STORET Version 2 Design Finalized

STORET 2002

• STORET Production Version 2.0 Completed.

• STORET Web Site, Reporting Module, and SIM upgraded to version 2.0.

• Version 3 Design Phase Begins.

STORET Beyond 2002

• CASE Tool Technology Abandoned

• Oracle Designer/Developer Adopted

• Full use of Database Constraints

• Database Events will Trigger Imbedded Software, Validity Checking

• Monolithic Single Module Approach Abandoned.

STORET Beyond 2002

• Retrieval and Analysis Software Development Takes Center Stage

• Third Party Software Role Increases

• EPA Staff Mix Changing to Acquire Needed Skills

2005

Lee RetiresLee Retires

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