Mr. John Garing

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Mr. John Garing Defense Information Systems
Agency November 20, 2008
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Combat Support Agency
Pillars
Acquisition
Testing
Operations
Enablers
Engineering
Information Assurance
Force Provider to the Joint Task Force Global
Network Operations
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• It is interesting to be writing these words
  at a time of complete dependence on the Internet
  which only became generally known about 15
  years ago and wonder how we will be
  communicating with each other in another dozen
  years.
• In national or global terms, the loss of the
  Internet would be a huge blow from which it would
  be very hard to rebuild.
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  A Vision for 2012
• John L. Peterson, 2008

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• Computing is turning into a utility, and
  once again the economic equations that determine
  the way we work and live are being rewritten.
• Thus, processing power has expanded far more
  rapidly than the capacity of communication
  networks.
• The Big Switch
• Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google
• Nicholas Carr, 2008

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• From Wikipedia
• Web 2.0 Web 2.0 is a term describing
  changing trends in the use of web technology and
  web design that aims to enhance creativity,
  secure information sharing, collaboration and
  functionality of the web. Web 2.0 concepts have
  led to the development and evolution of web-based
  communities and its hosted services, such as
  social networking sites, video sharing sites,
  wikis, blogs, and folksonomies (form of tagging).

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Work and Live Anywhere at Any Time
Demands on institutions of a highly mobile
workforce
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A Mission-Assured Network
Incidents increasing
Exponential rise in phishing websites
Web 2.0 used as threat vector
Malware increasing
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Congruent and Converging Forcesthat Compete!

• If you accept
• There is an unquenchable thirst for collaboration
  and sharing
• We can work anywhere at any time highly mobile
  workforce
• You can live wherever you are at home, at work,
  traveling

• Then
• How do we achieve mission assurance on the same
  network?
• How do we ensure the network is there when we
  need it?
• Do we take a new approach?

The enterprise never relaxes
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Continuously Learning
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Web 2.0 and Beyond
Circuits Applications Client server Predictable
behavior Schedules Pipes and processing Brick and
mortar
Bandwidth Services Platform Any time,
anywhere Always on Capacity on the network Cloud
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Initiatives

• Capacity on Demand
• Acquire a service pay only for what we use
• Rapid Access Computing Environment (RACE)
• Sharing resources in a secure and scalable manner
• Federated Development and Certification
  Environment (FDCE)
• Collaborative software development, testing,
  certification, and re-use
• FORGE.MIL
• On-demand development and testing

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Enterprise Services

• Definition
• Common user
• Cost to produce the service
• Market demand for service (how else can users get
  the service)
• Strategic intent of the service, that is, what
  behavior does the Department want and want to
  incentivize.
• On the horizon
• Enterprise e-mail
• Identity
• Single sign on
• Social networking
• Enterprise software execution
• SaaS

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Command and Control

• The goal net-enabled command and control
• Interoperable framework
• Enterprise service based
• Reusable software
• Collaboratively built
• Effects composed by the user
• The future
• NECC program is challenging
• GCCS family of systems represents a large
  investment over time

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Our Approach

• We want to achieve

- Mobility
- Agility
- Availability
- Elasticity
- Speed

• With

- Relationships
- Partnerships
- Non-traditional sources

• Through

- Innovation
- Ingenuity

• Using smart sourcing

- Use of existing vehicles - Managed Services -
Right mix of time and materials and
performance-based contracts - Right mix of
resources
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The DISA Supply Chain
Policy
Resources
Services
Carriers Integrators Technology companies Service
providers Small businesses Innovators Services
and Agencies
Network users Service consumers Special needs
DISA and Our Partners
Capabilities
Law
Technology
Increasingly mobile and collaborative
Varied and changing
Create value
and balance
and speed
The value of what is compared to the value of
what can be
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What we do for them
Our duty