The projection of trends in cloud computing, as of May 23, 2011, (http://www.google.com/search?q=Cloud+Computing+Takes+Off+MOrgan+stanley&ie;=utf-8&oe;=utf-8&aq;=t&rls;=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client;=firefox-a) reveals the following trends that DoD must consider in its planning: 1.           Cloud workloads in the USA will increase at a 50% CAGR in the next three years— which is much faster than the average increase in total DoD IT spending, which [...]

A software framework is a reusable set of programming methods and program libraries that will produce a standard structure for coding an application. A software framework will produce applications that run in a specified environment. A specialized version of frameworks is the Web application framework.  This can be applied for the development of websites, web [...]

A congressional subcommittee allowed only $1.7 million to be spent from the Army’s FY12 request for $85.4 million to move e-mail to DISA. * The Army has proposed such migration for approximately one million e-mail accounts with an expected saving of $100 million/year starting in 2013. The subcommittee has asked for a business-case to justify [...]

SpringSource is the leader in Java application infrastructure and management. It provides a complete suite of software products that accelerate the entire build, test, run and revisions management of the Java application lifecycle. SpringSource employs leading open source software developers who created and now drive further innovations. As results Spring has become the de facto [...]

The user-centered design (UCD) * software will make it possible to access Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) services with only the aid of major Internet browsers. Such approach will enable organizations to centrally manage the provisioning of diverse applications, while applying open standards to security and to access controls. The UCD software increases the security of using SaaS applications. [...]