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The Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E) is an overarching construct for integrating operational intelligence capabilities in support of DoD missions. This community is closely related to the DoD Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) community, but the focus here is more on the operational military. Here is a bit from the DI2E conference site: The first Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E) Worldwide Conference & … [Read more...]
Want the recipe for a real government shutdown? Combine 30% annual data growth, an explosion of virtual data, and an outdated federal back-up infrastructure. Adding more storage is not fixing the problem. But what's the alternative? According to a new survey from CTOlabs.com and Carahsoft, there are numerous forward-thinking government IT professionals using data duplication technologies to manage virtual machines, optimize infrastructures, and enhance … [Read more...]
The DoDIIS Conference Agenda is now up at the conference site, and it really looks to be a great one. The confernece will be great for technology leaders in government, technology providers from industry, and the mission-focused executive leadership who seeks to guide both. If you want to shape the future, come to the DoDIIS conference and see what secure enterprises with advanced analytical missions are up to. I've pasted the full agenda below, but … [Read more...]
As a former DoDIIS CTO, one of my favorite things at the yearly DoDIIS Worldwide Conference is the expo floor. Visiting the many vendors and government displays there is a great way to get a snapshot of available technology. Firms that show technology at DoDIIS bring capabilities that are ready to go now. And, for the most part, the technologies there have great enterprise capabilities that work at scale. Crucial Point will have a team of … [Read more...]
The 2011 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference will be held 1-5 May 2011 at the COBO at Detroit Michigan. This is always an exciting event for technologists enthused about continued improvement of mission capabilities. The conference is focused on the mission of the US DoD intelligence enterprise, but the many topics tackled at the event are of interest to technologists from a wide range of enterprises. For more see the official conference site … [Read more...]
The Endeca Government Summit was yesterday. The agenda included some fantastic presentations from customers who have used Endeca to address issues requiring incredible scale (billions of records) and incredible scope (including the need to discover meaning in data in milliseconds) and human-focused interfaces (including, in every solution I saw, an ability to enable humans to interact with data in ways that search never enables). One of my … [Read more...]
The 2010 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference will be held 23-27 May in Phoenix Arizona. This venue is hosted by the Defense Intelligence Agency's Directorate for Information Management and Chief Information Officer. The focus is on topics relevant to mission success for the Department of Defense Intelligence Information Systems (DoDIIS). DoDIIS is all about facilitating the collection, analysis and presentation of intelligence to tactical users and policy … [Read more...]
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has just announced awardees for their major information technology acquisition program Solutions for the Intelligence Technology Enterprise (SITE). Companies on this contract will play very important roles in providing IT support to the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) (I wish all these companies the very best and will congratulate them in person at the DoDIIS conference 23-27 May … [Read more...]
Carahsoft is a unique, trusted firm that helps government find and rapidly acquire the right technologies and helps high tech firms successfully interact with government (which has famously onerous processes for businesses that want to serve the federal mission). Carahsoft is a client of my firm and one of the things I'm particularly proud about is their sponsorship of venues where government and industry tech leaders can interact together. One venue … [Read more...]