PIA-based hybrid networks differ from the client-server environment and even more from the mainframe data center environment. For example, in the client-server environment, there are multiple links from desktops to the servers. An estimated 15,000 networks are in place in the Defense Department providing such connectivity. In the hybrid cloud environment, there is only a [...]

The IT dashboard, published by the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer, provides comprehensive information about US Government IT spending for FY11. * Since the Department of Defense uses 46.2% of total Federal IT spending, the structure of its spending offers useful insights. Half of systems projects have budgets of less than $1 million. [...]

Desktop virtualization offers extraordinary payoffs that could cut total U.S. Defense Department information technology spending by up to 12 percent. Depending on legacy configurations, numerous approaches are available to achieve that rapidly—it is not a “bridge too far.” The technology is mature; it is a path that already has been paved by thousands of commercial [...]