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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- SGI and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) today announced that the SGI(R) IRIX(R) 6.5.17 operating system on the Silicon Graphics(R) Octane2(TM) V12 Dual R14000A(TM) workstation joins the list of Common Operating Environment (COE)-compliant operating systems to successfully complete the COE Kernel Platform Compliance (KPC) Program. SGI IRIX 6.5.17 running on a Silicon Graphics Octane2 V12 Dual R14000A workstation successfully met the criteria and completed the compliance process set forth in the COE KPC Program and was validated as a compliant COE Kernel Platform. "We are pleased to have several vendors with platforms that have successfully completed the Kernel Platform Compliance Program," said Fritz Schulz, DISA KPC Program. The COE KPC Program provides criteria and compliance testing processes for POSIX-based application platforms. "This effort is a key component of DoD's strategy to partner with industry," said Schulz. This effort required the vendor to review and port approximately 875,000 lines of code and to compile 1,500 pages of supporting documentation. Government personnel rigorously tested the COE Government-off-the-Shelf software using 29 extensive validation procedures.