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Joint Chiefs to crack down on military IT stovepipes

A new process promises more advance word on what the Pentagon wants from its military services, but demands they comply with common architectures. DoD said it is learning from development mistakes of the past.

Tags: technology , DoD , Martin Westphal , AFCEA , GCSS , standards , Jared Serbu , Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Army's ‘link to industry' keys move to Joint Information Environment

Terry Edwards, the director of the Office of the Chief Systems Engineer and chief information officer for the assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology, said his office helps acquire technology and ensure standards are met.
November 1, 2012(Encore presentation December 27, 2012)

Tags: technology , Terry Edwards , Army , enterprise services , cloud computing , data center consolidation , standards , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller

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DISA offers 'off-ramps' for military services' IT expenses

The Defense Information Systems Agency sees itself as a safety valve for increasing pressure on military services' IT budgets. At a meeting of CIOs last week, DISA told the military services they could offload commodity IT services to their data centers.

Tags: DoD , DISA , Army , enterprise email , cloud computing , Ronnie Hawkins , Jared Serbu , AFCEA , technology , budget

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DoD, intelligence community tune in, turn off IT systems

The Defense Department and the intelligence community are working on joint data standards as they migrate toward enterprise IT environments. Both organizations also are implementing roles-based, access control to ensure secure information sharing.

Tags: DoD , intelligence community , GEOINT , Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise , identity management , attribute-based access control , Rob Carey , Al Tarasiuk , James Clapper , Jared Serbu

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First elements of DoD's Joint Information Environment come together in Europe

At meetings this week, DoD gives European Command the go-ahead to start building the first increment of a standards-based IT environment that will collapse thousands of networks into a single, interoperable environment.

Tags: DoD , technology , Joint Enterprise Network , DISA , Army , EUCOM , AFRICOM , David Simpson , Jennifer Napper , Jared Serbu

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Road to interoperable DoD network starts with less-than-perfect solutions

DoD's path to a networking environment that serves the entire military with a single set of standards will start with the premise that 60-80 percent technology solutions are good enough for now. Pentagon wants to start with commercial technologies that can evolve in capability over time.

Tags: DoD , technology , Joint Staff , Mark Bowman , enterprise email , Afghan Mission Network , Future Mission Network , Mission Partner Environment , acquisition , Jared Serbu

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DoD to begin rollout of cloud-based joint network

The Pentagon will begin testing cloud-based joint networking environment in Europe this summer. Effort aims to eliminate seams between service-and-mission-specific networks.

Tags: DoD , technology , Army , Navy , AFCEA NoVa , David Simpson , Harry Harris , Joint Chiefs of Staff , identity management , cloud computing , Jared Serbu

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