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GMU C4I Center-AFCEA Symposium
May 21-22, 2013
SESSION 3: Leveraging Cloud Technology
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CIO's DoD-wide View of Cloud Computing Efforts
Rob Vietmeyer
Enterprise Services & Integration Directorate of the Office of the DoD
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
May 21, 2013 at 15:00
ABSTRACT
Department of Defense CIO, Teresa M. Takai stated that,"The Department is committed to realizing the value of cloud computing and providing a secure enterprise cloud environment, in alignment with Federal and Department-wide IT efficiency initiatives." The DoD enterprise cloud is a key component to enable the Department to deliver the Joint Information Environment (JIE) - a robust and resilient enterprise that delivers faster, better informed collaboration and decisions enabled by secure, seamless access to information regardless of computing device or location. Increased mission effectiveness and operational efficiencies are key benefits expected to be achieved with cloud computing, as well as the consolidation and sharing of commodity IT functions, resulting in a more efficient use of resources. Mr Vietmeyer will discuss the DoD's cloud computing strategy and paths to cloud implementation to include establishing the DoD enterprise cloud platform, cloud governance, data center consolidation, and plans to deliver cloud services. The briefing will explain the relationships of ongoing activities key to the DoD cloud effort, such as the cloud computing reference architecture, security compliance, JIE infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), IA architectures, and leveraging of other cloud efforts such as FedRAMP.
BIO
ROB VIETMEYER is the lead for cloud computing within the Enterprise Services & Integration Directorate of
the Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO). He has been instrumental in leading the DoD's cloud
strategy. Formerly with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), he led the Forge.mil effort, which
is currently hosting over 500 DoD development efforts and transforming the way the Department delivers IT.
Mr. Vietmeyer has over 17 years of experience delivering mission critical systems for the DoD. He served as
the Chief Engineer for the Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) program and the Global Combat Support
System (GCSS). His early career includes technology leadership positions with the Global Command and Control
System (GCCS), Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment (DII COE), and the DoD
Center for Information Management (CIM).
AF Perspectives on Cloud Computing
Frank Konieczny
Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information Dominance (CTO)
Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (CIO)
May 21, 2013 at 15:00
ABSTRACT
Insights into the capabilities and considerations in migrating AF applications to an external commercial cloud provider. These include internal/external security and defense, PaaS selection availability, contracting conditions, back office processing, user connectivity with ABAC access control, and additional supporting capabilities (eDiscovery, data tagging, COOP).
BIO
FRANK KONIECZNY, a Senior Level executive, is the Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information Dominance and
Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Konieczny has completed advanced degrees in computer science engineering and administrative science, and in 1987
he completed all coursework for a doctorate in computer science. He has extensive experience as a systems analyst and
chief programmer, working with a variety of firms including Teledyne Brown Engineering, SAIC and General Research
Corporation. He has supported the programming and analytical analysis for a wide spectrum of government projects
including ballistic missile defense, network design, missile test analysis, radar systems analysis and simulation,
and operations research and statistical analysis. Mr. Konieczny would go on to serve as a project manager, business
unit manager, Chief Scientist and Chief Technology Officer. He has managed more than 20 significant government
sector programs involving multiple large and small business subcontractors and academic institutions in areas of Army
and Navy manpower, logistics, force structure, undersea warfare, real time statistical analysis, biometric authentication,
enterprise architecture, work flow management, and simulation and modeling.
Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Konieczny was employed for 10 years with AT&T Government Solutions professional
services business unit. He served as the CIO, CTO and Executive Director for Operations where he managed internal research
and development efforts; multi-location infrastructure management and upgrade; process improvement and standardization;
support organization coordination; and development of technical solutions for a wide spectrum of projects within the
government sector.
Current DoD Engineering Challenges
in Implementing Private Clouds
Geoffrey Raines
MITRE
May 21, 2013 at 15:00
ABSTRACT
Under the leadership of the former Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, the Federal Government embarked on a
large-scale strategy to reduce information technology (IT) costs by adopting cloud computing. The
original plan identified 2100 Federal data centers and indicated that through the Federal Data Center
Consolidation Initiative (FDDCI) at least 800 data centers will be closed by 2015. Steven VanRoekel,
the current Federal CIO, has expressed a continued commitment to this effort and has publically discussed
accelerating it.
To achieve this consolidation, the DoD and Federal agencies are investing in cloud technologies, including
infrastructure and virtualization software, that allow shared physical resources to be used more efficiently.
This talk examines the top engineering challenges to be addressed in the resulting DoD cloud implementations.
Examples include the portability and interoperability of data center content, and the impact of security
requirements on private cloud service provider costs.
BIO
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