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is ChangingOpen Architecture SolutionsThe Way We Build

Bill Ott, Vice President703.377.0157ott_william@bah.com

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• We can’t afford to sustain current systems

• How do we reduce costs without sacrificing capabilities, or even better, increase capabilities?

• It’s clear we need a revolution (not evolution) of our approach

• The Revolution = Digital Open Ecosystem

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Three Innovations--

1. Government / Industry Collaboration Platform

2. Open API’s

3. Multi-Cloud Service Management

Digital Open Ecosystem

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• Support collaborative development within an “enterprise”

• Provide the tools, methodologies, and APIs

• Integrate version control systems, issue trackers, and dev/ops tools

1. Government / Industry Collaboration Platform

What

• A holistic approach avoids ‘function-specific’ systems and develops “apps” that are easier to use, maintain, and replace

• Provide a common platform to enable communication and consistent processes

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• Open API’s provide programmatic access to software

• Integrate apps, web, data, and devices

• Government defined / published interfaces using the latest commercial standards

2. Open APIs

What

• Reduce dependency on few vendors and eliminate proprietary technology

• Easier to integrate and easier to inject new innovations down the road

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• Provide the underlying application framework to enable agile development of common services and core applications

• Manage services across clouds--commercial, government private, tactical, hybrid) clouds

• Provide end-to-end security, visibility, and monitoring

3. Multi-Cloud Service ManagementWhat

• Simple, common integrated development and information platform

• Increase security and data sharing across the “enterprise”

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• Army COE / Net-Centric Data Strategy

• GSA Integrated Award Environment Common Services

• Veteran’s Affairs Cloud Service Broker

• Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E)/ICITE

• Joint Information Environment (JIE)

Leading Government Efforts

93 Key Takeaways

Bill Ott, Vice President703.377.0157ott_william@bah.com

• We need to revolutionize how we build OA solutions

• The Digital Open Ecosystem can deliver both cost efficiencies and increased capabilities

• CIOs and PMs need to take a holistic “enterprise” approach to assess, architect, and assemble solutions