The DISA is developing a number of Cloud Computing solutions available to US military, DoD government civilians and DoD contractors for Government authorized use. They include: Forge.mil, a system that currently enables the collaborative development and use of open source and DoD community source software; GCDS, a commercially owned, globally distributed computing platform that provides a reliable and secure content and application distribution services solution that delivers applications to dispersed user communities; and RACE, a quick-turn computing solution that uses cloud computing to deliver platforms that are quick, inexpensive and secure.
Forge.mil is a family of services provided to support the DoD's technology development community. The system currently enables the collaborative development and use of open source and DoD community source software. These initial software development capabilities are growing to support the full system life-cycle and enable continuous collaboration among all stakeholders including developers, testers, certifiers, operators, and users.
Forge.mil is a DISA led activity designed to improve the ability of the US Department of Defense to rapidly deliver dependable software services and systems in support of net-centric operations and warfare. Forge.mil will:
- Enable cross-program sharing of software, system components, and services
- Promote early and continuous collaboration among all stakeholders (eg developers, material providers, testers, operators, and users) throughout the development life-cycle
- Rapidly deliver effective and efficient development and test capabilities for DoD technology development efforts
- Help protect the operational environment from potentially harmful systems and services
- Encourage modularity so that large programs to be developed, fielded, and operated as a set of independent components that can evolve and mature at their own rates
- Eliminate duplicative testing and improve dependability by adopting common test and evaluation criteria supported by standard testing tools and methods
The Forge.mil's first capability, SoftwareForge, is now available for limited, unclassified use.
SoftwareForge is the first component of Forge.mil and enables the collaborative development and distribution of open source software and DoD community source software. For open source and community source development projects within the DoD, SoftwareForge provides software development tools such as software version control, bug tracking, requirements management, and release packaging along with collaboration tools such as wikis, discussion forums, and document repositories to enable collaborative development amongst distributed developers. SoftwareForge is currently built on the open source Subversion version control system and CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise application lifecycle management tool.
Forge.mil is available to US military, DoD government civilians and DoD contractors for Government authorized use. Access to Forge.mil requires a valid DoD Common Access Card (CAC) or PKI certificate issued by a DoD approved External Certificate Authority (ECA).
For examples and an overview of the toolset visit the CollabNet SourceForge Video Overview.
GCDS is a commercially owned, globally distributed computing platform comprised of servers deployed across the DISN (NIPRnet & SIPRnet) and leverages commercial Internet best practices to provide state of the art web content and web application delivery via standard web protocols (ie HTTP and HTTPS).
GCDS provides a reliable and secure content and application distribution services solution that accounts for information assurance and secure delivery of application data to geographically dispersed user communities. GCDS also demonstrates the ability to efficiently obtain and distribute applications and content to end users regardless of the network conditions. Some of the features of GCDS include:
- Content and applications are served from locations near to the end users; No Signal point of failure; Automatic failover; Global capacity on demand; No over provisioning; Simple to Manage; No redundant data centers; Defense in depth protects central infrastructure; Extending control to the edge of the network; Limit to DNS changes with no software changes required; Optimal performance; Rapid implementation; Maximize resources; Increased security; Massive scalability; and Improved reliability.
The GCDS is a part of the DoD's Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES). The NCES enables information sharing by connecting people and systems that have information (data and services) with those who need information.
NCES is creating better access to information, enhancing its reach, richness and depth, as a way to promote superior decision-making across the DoD community. They are building the infrastructure that enables net-centric operations to drive collaboration among people and systems. This approach will provide unprecedented visibility in the ability to measure the consumption and value of information, to access needs without comprising affordability. NECS will make superior decisions a strategic advantage for DoD. The NCES Program offers capabilities that are designed to interact with each other through a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach. Applications that wish to use NCES services do so through well defined interfaces in accordance with SOA principals.
NCES offer core Enterprise Services (CES), which are packaged into four product lines: Service Oriented Architecture Foundation (SOAF), Collaboration, Content Discovery & Delivery, and the Portal.
For more information on the GIG Content Delivery Service (GCDS), visit
www.disa.mil/nces/product_lines/gcds.html.
The DISA’s Rapid Access Computing Environment (RACE) is a quick-turn computing solution that uses the revolutionary technology of cloud computing to give you the platform that you need quickly, inexpensively and securely. RACE is available to US military, DoD government civilians and DoD contractors for Government authorized use.
For more information on the Rapid Access Computing Environment (RACE), visit
www.disa.mil/race/.
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