December NCOIC Plenary Presentations

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SourceConnecte! Marketplace With A Mission

By pwsadmin | March 6, 2020

Earlier this year, GC GlobalNet launched a new breed of B2B e-commerce sites. Curated by Kevin L. Jackson, SourceConnecte (with an “eâ€) went live with three strategic goals in mind: Efficiently leverage modern…

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Potential vs. Reality: Is Edge Computing Real?

By pwsadmin | January 19, 2020

Edge computing provides compute, storage, and networking resources close to devices generating traffic. Its benefits are based on an ability to provide new services capable of meeting stringent operational requirements…

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Enabling Digital Transformation

By pwsadmin | December 22, 2019

Digital transformation integrates technology into all areas of an organization’s business or mission. Its fundamental purpose is to create and deliver innovative and industry-changing products and services to a global…

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The ThinkShield Story Part 1: The Challenge

By G C Network | October 24, 2019

  The cybersecurity challenge seems to be growing daily. Threats are becoming more sophisticated, and attacks are becoming more destructive while the corporate world’s response seems to resemble a deer…

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CIO dream team: Who’s in and why?

By G C Network | October 12, 2019

Today’s CIO navigates the twin challenges of enabling new business models and managing rapid technological change. Cloud computing strategies are now table stakes. CIOs must make complex decisions about using…

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Digital Transformation and the Mainframe

By G C Network | September 1, 2019

Digital transformation infuses digital technology into all areas of an organization’s business or mission. Its fundamental purpose is to create and deliver innovative and industry-changing digital products and services to…

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Composable Architecture Q&A. Are you ready?

By G C Network | August 26, 2019

Q: Is it time for my company to jump on the composable architecture bandwagon? A: Composable architectures are quickly becoming essential to the modern enterprise. Citing a recent Forrester study:…

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Increase Productivity by Reducing Technology Distraction: Lessons from Forrester Research

By G C Network | August 8, 2019

Workplace productivity is hurt every day by the very technology developed and purchased to improve it. Forrester announced this surprising conclusion in their latest “How To Wake Up From The Nightmare…

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Unveiling the end-to-end capabilities for the networked society

By G C Network | June 10, 2019

An Interview with Henrik Basilier  By Kevin L. Jackson The telecom industry is rapidly moving towards a future in which networks must have the capabilities of delivering services with the…

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AT&T Finance Solutions GM on Shrimping, Software, and CX

By G C Network | June 10, 2019

Helping clients address the trends and challenges presented by the Financial Services industry is the main focus for René Dufrene in his role as General Manager of Finance Solutions at…

Presentations from the NCOIC Cloud Computing sessions held earlier this month have been posted on-line in the Federal Cloud Computing wiki. The event featured speakers from IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, HP, and Salesforce. Access is free, but registration is required.


Cloud Computing for Net-Centric Operations
  • NCOIC – Bob Marcus (Leader NCOIC Cloud Computing Team). Slides.”Cloud Computing for Net-Centric Operations”
  • HP – Shawn Sami (Chief Technologist, HP Software Federal). Slides.”Secure Cloud Computing and RACE”
  • Salesforce.com – Peter Coffee (Director of Platform Research). Slides.”Building Mission-Critical SaaS Applications”
  • IBM – David Lindquist (Cloud Computing Chief Architect and IBM Fellow). Slides.”IBM’s Perspective on Cloud Computing”
  • Cisco – Glenn Dasmalchi (Chief of Staff, Cisco CTO Office). Slides. – James Urquhart (Marketing Manager for Cloud Computing)”Cloud Computing: Trends and Opportunity”
  • Microsoft – Stan Freck (Director, Software + Services – US Public Sector). Slides.”Software + Services – the next generation of computing”

    NCOIC Cloud Computing Ad Hoc Team Sessions (8:00 – 5:00)

    Morning: Enterprise Cloud Computing. Standards, and Open Source
  • NCOIC – Bob Marcus. Slides.”Open Questions for Enterprise Cloud Computing”
    Open Questions for Enterprise Cloud Computing
  • Dataline- Kevin Jackson. Slides.Report on Enterprise Cloud Computing Session at the World Summit of Cloud Computing
  • Report on Enterprise Cloud Computing Session at the World Summit of Cloud Computing
  • Elastra – Stuart Charlton, Cloud middleware using markup languages (ECML, EDML). Slides.
  • Eucalyptus – Sunil Soman, Open Source Infrastructure similar to Amazon. Slides.”Eucalyptus Open Source Cloud Computing System”
  • 3Tera -Bert Armijo, Cloudware architecture. Slides.”Clouds Don’t have Boundaries”
  • Sun – Joseph Mangin. Slides.”Cloud Computing”
  • Open Cloud Consortium – Robert Grossman, Open Cloud Consortium. Slides. “The Open Cloud Consortium”
  • Open Grid Forum – Craig Lee, Open Grid Forum. Slides. “Cloud, Standards, and Net-Centric Operations from an OGF Perspective”

Afternoon: Cloud Computing for Tactical Networks

  • DoD OSD NII – John Daly. Slides.”Cloud Computing for Tactical Networks”
  • Dataline- Kevin Jackson. Slides.”SOA-R and Cloud Computing in the US Government”
  • DARPA – James Snyder discussed at NCOIC Plenary Panel. Slides.”Disruption Tolerant Networking Program”
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