Transcript FBI Unveils Next-Gen IT Strategy

FBI Unveils Next-Gen IT
Strategy
By Antoine Tadros
May 20, 2010
What’s the new plan?
Sentinel, a $425 million project to replace the agency's
outdated case-management system with a new digital system
that incorporates technologies from Adobe, EMC, IBM,
Microsoft, and Oracle
The Next Generation Workstation brings instant messaging,
file transfer, voice over IP, desktop video teleconferencing,
presence technology, and Web collaboration to employees.
New workstations include 24-inch flat screen monitors,
video cams, speakers, and headsets. Avocent KVM switches
support toggling between classified and unclassified
networks.
KVM Switches
State-of-the-art remote access in a single console
Benefit from time-saving installations and reduced downtime.
These switches can convert analog signals into digital packets,
compressing and transmitting them securely over TCP/IP
connections.
Allows administrators to transmit KVM data over TCP/IP,
helping to eliminate the need for specialized hardware or cabling.
Allows IT users to remotely access blade servers for installation
and maintenance, helping to lower the cost of ownership
New plan…
New Microsoft Office-based PC environment in its
field offices.
Reorganize the FBI's Information and Technology
Branch to make it more "business aligned and services
oriented.”
Develop an IT Services Division that manages
everything from 26,000 BlackBerrys to the agency's
data centers.
New plan..
They are replacing management tools with systems
management software from Hewlett-Packard and
BigFix. (prefer to use commercial software where
possible for its built-in integration capabilities and ease
of deployment)
The FBI will use SharePoint 2010 to create a social
networking environment on FBINet.
New identity management system based on Oracle's
Identity Manager.
Multiprotocol Label Switching
FBI has replaced its ATM/Frame Relay network with a new
Cisco-based IP infrastructure that utilizes Multiprotocol
Label Switching for higher performance
MPLS IS a mechanism in high-performance
telecommunications networks.
It directs and carries data from one network node to the
next (a connection point, either a redistribution point or a
communication endpoint).
MPLS makes it easy to create "virtual links" between distant
nodes. It can encapsulate packets of various network
protocols.
The benefit of MPLS
The network provides 45 times as much backbone capacity as the
one it replaced, as well as doubling access speed at network
endpoints.
The network replacement was a necessary upgrade in order to
introduce the upgraded PCs that bring a range of new tools and
capabilities to FBI special agents and other employees.
The configuration of the FBI's “Next Generation Workstation”
comprises Office 2007 and Windows XP running on a Dell PC
with dual-core processor.
The FBI upgraded existing PCs with new hardware where possible.
As a cost saving measure.
Resources
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/leade
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http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/businesstechnology/
http://www.avocent.com/About/Newsroom/Press_Releases
/2009/Avocent_Unveils_Combined_LCD_Consoles_and_
KVM_Switches.aspx