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Previous Posts
- Podcast Update 3
- Does China Hold the Strategic Advantage?
- ADM Archie Clemins Memoriam & New Webinars
- Podcast Update
- New Podcast Series
- How should the U.S. respond to China’s Taiwan Provocations?
- How Did We Get Into This Cybersecurity Mess?
- China’s Grand Strategy: Downloads
- China’s Grand Strategy: Part 8
- China’s Grand Strategy: Part 7
- China’s Grand Strategy: Part 6
- China’s Grand Strategy: Part 5
- China’s Grand Strategy: Part 4
- China’s Grand Strategy: Part 3
- China’s Grand Strategy: Part 2
- China’s Grand Strategy: Part 1
- Can DevSecOps Undo DoD’s Broken Software Failures?
- Part 2: Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Help Maintain U.S. Naval Superiority over China’s Growing Naval Power?
- Part-1: Will Artificial Intelligence Help Maintain U.S. Naval Superiority over China’s Growing Naval Power?
- Effective DoD Acquisition Needs Less Noise … Part 2
- Effective DoD Acquisition Needs Less Noise! …Part 1
- Blockchain – The Coming Global Paradigm Shift!
- Navy Acquisition Can Easily Be Fixed
- Time for Transformational Cybersecurity Part II
- Time for Transformational Cybersecurity! Part I
- My Mistake — Congress has Already Enabled DoD “Speed to Capability”
- Why Can’t DoD Buy High-Tech IT While it is Still High-Tech?
- Time to Fix DoD Acquisition and Ensure Cybersecurity!
- Slow Change… Slow Humans!
- DoD’s Fatal Cybersecurity Flaw
Author Archives: Marv Langston
… Information Technology really is starting to deliver…
…there is an App for that… While working at the computer this evening I found myself smiling about the power of the IT tools now helping me live my professional and personal life. Despite being in senior CIO positions during … Continue reading
Posted in Technology Evolution
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…I love TED talks…
Given the demonstrated value of information in modern warfare, one wonders why DoD information systems and shared data services lag so far behind the state of commercial technology? When I allow myself idle time, I most often pull up TED … Continue reading
Posted in Global Perspectives
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The Future is Still Bright…
Earlier in my career, with the help of the brilliant minds of my co-workers, we in the Navy CIO office hyped the idea that “the future is so bright we gotta wear shades,” a phrase we borrowed from the 1986 … Continue reading
Posted in Global Perspectives, Technology Evolution
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An Exponential Perspective on National Security…
Although I have restricted this blog site to the discussion of DoD IT acquisition, I feel compelled to open the discussion to current issues that could easily trump DoD or even National Security. At a minimum the current DoD budget … Continue reading
Posted in Global Perspectives
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The Interesting Thing About Ideas…
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” — Albert Einstein In my last post I tried … Continue reading
Posted in Global Perspectives, Technology Evolution
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Technology: Autonomy is Upon Us!
I am a technology guy! I love the excitement of new technology of any kind. In my younger days I believed that all technology was good for mankind as long as humanity properly harnessed it. I believed that all technology … Continue reading
Posted in DoD IT Acquisition, Technology Evolution
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Diversity
Diversity An important system principle not being considered as DoD continues to secure its Maginot Line around the DISN!! A New Leaf It has been almost a year since I posted my last blog entry so I decided that it … Continue reading
Posted in Cybersecurity, DoD IT Acquisition
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Open Letter to U.S. Navy Leadership
“Offered with full understanding of the challenges and opportunities these issues and suggested solutions represent for the future of America, and for the U.S. Navy’s role in securing that future.” Dr. Marv Langston – January 1st, 2010 This post … Continue reading
Posted in DoD IT Acquisition, Technology Evolution
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DoD Can’t Get to Wave 3 Using Wave 2 Processes!!!
Our military Wave 3 information capability is hostage to current Wave 2 bureaucratic processes… …we can’t get there without radical change! Our DoD Culture does not Understand Technology Adoption DoD’s attempt to modernize Joint command & control (C2) is once … Continue reading
Posted in DoD Acquisition, DoD IT Acquisition
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An IT Acquisition Joint Game Changer
Enterprise network & computing, coupled with distributed-services technologies are transforming legacy mission and business systems… Introduction This post describes an acquisition concept that I am currently proposing for the DISA led Network Enabled Command Capability (NECC) Program. With this concept … Continue reading
Posted in DoD IT Acquisition, Technology Evolution
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