technical strategies of the defense information systems agency
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David Mihelcic, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) has been assigned the responsibility for defining the overall technical strategies for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). These strategies are the basis for the development, sustainment, and operations of critical net-centric products and services provided by DISA. The CTO provides technical review and oversight of DISA’s efforts to ensure they are in accordance with established strategies and executed using sound system engineering techniques. David Mihelcic, Chief Technology OfficerTRANSCRIPT
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Dave Mihelcic Chief Technology Officer
18 April 2012
Cisco Federal VTC Forum
Keynote
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Innovation
“If I’d asked my customers what
they wanted, they would have
said a faster horse…” Henry Ford
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Computing &
Enterprise Services
Networking
Command and Control &
Information Sharing
Information
Assurance
Operating and Evolving Global Infrastructures and Capabilities
14,000 Telecomm
Circuits
2,800 User
Applications
4,300 Base/Post/
Camp/Stations/Sites 552,000
Collaboration Users
18 Peta-bytes Storage
90 Nations
Spectrum Testing Engineering Contracting Sr Ldr Supt
Providing Support
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What a CTO Does (at least this one)
Mission:
The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) has been assigned the
responsibility for defining the overall technical strategies for
the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). These
strategies are the basis for the development, sustainment,
and operations of critical net-centric products and services
provided by DISA.
The CTO provides technical review and oversight of DISA’s
efforts to ensure they are in accordance with established
strategies and executed using sound system engineering
techniques.
Independent, honest broker for technology 2
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The Future IT a Warfigther Wants
• Highly connected - "I need access information rapidly and with necessary fidelity."
• Extremely mobile - "I need the same access to information regardless of where I am."
• Very secure & trustable - "I need to know who I am talking to (IFF) and to be convinced
that the information sent is received without being altered."
• Reliable and dependable - "The enterprise just needs to work."
• Collaborative - "I need to be able to reach out and touch anyone, including industry
partners and allies, at anytime using e-mail, text, audio, video and planning tools."
• Information consumer - "I need access to meaningful information."
• Information provider - "I need to be able to provide meaningful information to others."
• Time and space presence - "If I choose, the network needs to know where I am so I
can get focused information to meet my mission needs and so I can provide information
to others based on my geolocation."
Warfighter/User Expectations
“I can get my stuff and interact with who I want.”
Circa 2008
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A Future Joint Information Enterprise
Work Mobile
(TDY/Deploy) Home
??
“Enterprise Information Environment”
“Enterprise Information Environment”
Deployed Environment
Future
devices
Computing
Data
Data
Computing
Access at the Point of Need
Applications
AT21 Navy ERP DCO
iEHR Enterprise
Defense
Travel
APEX AFATDS
Airman
Fundamentals Close
Combat
TM
Mission Applications
Coalition Forces
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Benchmarks
Flickr deploys new software every 30
minutes http://code.flickr.com
Skype supports 37.5 million concurrent users http://skypejournal.com/blog/category/statistics/
The number of mobile-connected devices will
exceed the world's population in 2012 Cisco
Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2011–2016
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How does your program compare?
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How can DoD achieve this kind of
speed and scale?
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How can we make the Joint
Information Environment a Reality?
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Innovation
“Innovation has nothing to do with how
many R&D dollars you have. When
Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was
spending at least 100 times more on
R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the
people you have, how you’re led, and
how much you get it.” Steve Jobs
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Thank You!
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