Marines May Ditch DISA for Private Cloud to Host Combat Support System
February 12, 2014
Grazed from NextGov. Author: Editorial Staff.
The Marine Corp is considering using a commercial cloud service provider instead of the Defense Information Systems Agency to host its version of the Global Combat Support System. Separately, the Marines on Wednesday launched a procurement to cut personnel systems costs by selecting just one system integrator to manage 15 systems.
DISA currently hosts the Global Combat Support System Marine Corps (GCSS-MC) at its Enterprise Computing Center in Mechanicsburg, Pa. The Marine Corps Systems Command said in a request for information to industry on Feb. 4 that it is considering using a private cloud service “to increase IT efficiencies, minimize risk, achieve performance objectives and reduce total cost of ownership.”…
The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act passed in December 2011 directed Defense Department Chief Information Officer Teri Takai to develop a departmentwide plan to use commercial cloud computing services instead of DISA…
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