V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

IEF
       Information Engineering Facility


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Advantage Gen
COOL:Gen
IEF
Information Engineering Facility

    A CASE tool for rapid application
   development which generates code from graphical business
   process models.  Formerly called Information Engineering
   Facility (IEF) and produced by Texas Instruments, it was
   then bought by Sterling Software, Inc. who renamed it to
   COOL:Gen to fit into their COOL line of products.  Computer
   Associates International, Inc. then acquired Sterling
   Software, Inc., and renamed the tool "Advantage Gen".

   In 2003, CA are supporting Advantage Gen and adding support
   for J2EE/EJB, enhanced web enablement, Web services and
   .Net.

   (http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Product.asp?ID=256).

   (2003-06-23)