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...
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As previously announced, DIA has announced awardees for their major information technology acquisition program Solutions for the Intelligence Technology Enterprise (SITE). We are starting to see press releases from the winning firms.  The Centauri Solutions release is below.  This is one I have a deep personal interest in because they graciously allowed my firm...
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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...
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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...
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Several specific and new requirements have been given to the national security community as part of the White House review of security and intelligence systems following the attempted terrorist attack on Christmas day. Collection, processing, organization, and dissemination of information is a priority in the new requirements. This post provides an articulation of some...
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I previously mentioned the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference, which was held 17-21 May 2009.  I took lots of notes from the conference: enough, in fact, to fuel this blog for a long long time.  My associate Ryan Kamauff took even more (and more relevant) notes on the sessions there, and both of us kicked the...
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For a combination of personal and professional reasons, Pro OpenSolaris is the perfect book at the perfect time for this period in my life. As a CTO with enterprise-grade experience I know Open Source Software and its many benefits.  And as a security professional I have long known of the powerful security features of...
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The DoDIIS Worldwide Conference will be held in Orlando Florida this year, at the Orlando World Center Marriott. I really like this conference.  It is filled with folks I like and centers around a hard enterprise mission that cries out for strong IT solutions. The theme of this years conference is “Empowering Decision Advantage.” ...
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I ran into so many friends at the AFCEA solutions conference this week.  One guy I have not seen in person for years is  Mike “Ziggy” Steinmetz.  Ziggy is a great leader and thinker at Northrop Grumman.  He is also a tremendous collector of wisdom and a teacher who helped prepare me for my...
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If you are a technologist, please take a moment to download the PDF of the report by the U.S. Commission on Cybersecurity.  This report, titled Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency, is the best proclamation of the challenges of cyber I have read.  It is also a roadmap that will help any trying to...
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