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For DISA, it's a whole new -- virtualized -- world
The Defense Information Systems Agency is undergoing sweeping changes in how it delivers information services to the warfighting community. DISA CIO Henry Sienkiewicz talked with GCN about managing those changes, DISA's progress developing more elastic systems and the role cloud computing will play.
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Cloud platform boosts collaboration at DOD
Rob Vietmeyer, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency's Forge.mil, says open development has produced big benefits in collaboration and enterprise visibility, in addition to lower costs and streamlined operations.
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DISA develops warfighter resources for the next engagement
Defense Information Systems Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Carroll Pollett talks about the agency's challenges and priorities.
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DOD sketches its diagram of the future
Dave Wennergren talks about past experiences, the evolution of the federal government in the Information Age and what the future might have in store.
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DISA moves data closer to the front lines
Alfred Rivera, director of DISA's computing services, discusses the Rapid Access Computing Environment, cloud computing and data center consolidation -- and how those efforts deliver content to the battlefield.
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Toughest challenges require uncommon dedication
Former IBM Chairman and CEO Louis Gerstner describes to Army personnel what it takes to transform an institution. Also: Introducing Defense Systems’ new editor.
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The shift to net-enabled warfare
Defense Systems adopts a more strategically targeted tagline beginning this month, as the defense magazine for knowledge technologies and net-enabled warfare rather than net-centric warfare.
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Android, iPhone platforms dominate Apps for Army
The Apps for Army challenge not only demonstrated a new model for dealing with the military’s notoriously cumbersome acquisition process. It also demonstrated the growing momentum Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating systems are gaining inside military networks.
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DOD's budget: The newest contested environment
The Department of Defense is coming to grips with a new contested environment: Deciding which projects, products and services must be cut to achieve $100 billion in defense savings during the next five years.
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The road ahead for Cyber Command
With Cyber Command finally getting its first commander — and one with the smarts and expertise of Gen. Keith Alexander — work can begin moving forward in earnest to tackle the tough questions that confront us in the cyber era.
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Top DISA information strategist John Garing retires
DISA's director of strategic planning and information, John Garing, was instrumental in developing and advancing the information technology services DISA's provides the military through its Defense Enterprise Computing Centers.
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The perfect CIO storm
The challenges for military CIOs are overwhelming. At the same time, the convergence of those challenges has caused a transformative moment in military history.
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Military's technological might is slipping, Navy under secretary says
The military no longer enjoys the technological dominance and monopoly it once enjoyed and needs a new approach to marshaling its network enterprise systems, according to Undersecretary of the Navy Robert Work. At an AFCEA event, he outlined his vision.
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New Internet policy was urgently needed by DOD
The sooner the military can learn to conduct its business in today's contested environment, the better, says Defense Systems editor Wyatt Kash.
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Cloud clarifies Haiti relief work
Cloud computing work in Haiti relief efforts reflects broad transformation.
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Army refines program to spur app development
After false start, Army CIO launches Apps for the Army contest to foster more rapid software development.
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Insourcing's false economy
The Obama administration's efforts to cut contractor jobs — and bring the work back into the federal agencies — might make it harder for the military to accelerate technology improvement initiatives.
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