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John Garing Defense Information Systems Agency January 13, 2009 “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.” A Vision for 2012 John L. Peterson, 2008 “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 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).” Continuously Learning Web 2.0 and Beyond Circuits Bandwidth Applications Services Client server Platform Predictable behavior Any time, anywhere Schedules Always on Pipes and processing Capacity on the network Brick and mortar Cloud Problem Few opportunities to use existing platforms to deliver new products and services to the network Old methods Ownership vs Capability on demand New solutions Solution A standardized platform that enables: •Collaborative development, test, and certification process •Faster deployment to the field •Better return-on-investment Initiatives Capacity on Demand Rapid Access Computing Environment (RACE) Acquired as a service – pay only for what we use Scalable computing and storage FORGE.MIL – FDCE with a purpose On-demand development and testing On Demand Storage Testing Integration Computing Edge Delivery Security Application Development Backup and Recovery Winter, 2009 •IOC achieved Oct 15, 2008 Spring, 2009 •Additional Storage Capacity Coming Summer, 2009 •Additional Operating System (Solaris) Coming The DISA Supply Chain Sustaining Base Carriers Integrators Technology companies Service providers Small businesses Innovators Services and Agencies DISA and Our Partners Network users Service consumers Special needs Reachback 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 13 What we do for them Our duty