Author Archives: Marv Langston

Its About the Enterprise, Not the Systems…

Modern IT systems, including our DoD enterprise, is an infrastructure not a set of semi-independent systems tied together with interfaces. We must change the way we acquire and upgrade our infrastructure and applications to sustain our military capability. Continue reading

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Decoupling IT Acquisition Processes…

DoD acquisition policy and possibly law is getting ready to change once again. If we continue to allow IT systems to be painted with the same brush as weapon systems we will continue to smother IT in expensive and time consuming excessive oversight… Continue reading

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Defense IT Acquisition Challenges…

If we are to keep our National defense strong we must change the way we procure information technology… Continue reading

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