Finding services for an open architecture
Subtitle: a review of existing applications and programs in PEO C4I
By: Isaac R. Porche III ... [et al.].
Contributors: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.); Rand Corporation
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780833051660
Subjects: Service-oriented architecture (Computer science); Computer networks; United States. Navy; United States; Command and control systems; Communication systems; Evaluation
Description: This report provides an overview of a study that was intended to lay the groundwork for the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (PEO C4I), toward the service-based concept of an open architecture. Building on previous work for PEO C4I that speaks to the flexibility and cost effectiveness of service-oriented architecture (SOA), the study investigated the potential services that could be used as part of an SOA. Toward this goal, this document presents a summary of recommended services and strategic recommendations for selecting those services for which significant improvements in agility and efficiency are possible. Also included are a number of recommendations selected to fundamentally improve PEO C4I's ability to reconfigure its information technology (IT) system to support change.
Notes: "Prepared for the United States Navy."

"RAND National Defense Research Institute."

"MG-1071-NAVY"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-32).

Also issued online.

The research described in this report was prepared for the United States Navy. The research was conducted within the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community under Contract W74V8H-06-C-0002.