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Col Mark J. Lorenz Chief, IT InsertionHQ USSTRATCOM/J656 15 Mar 2006

Knowledge Management Knowledge Management in a Netin a Net--Centric Centric

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Research and evaluate Knowledge Management (KM) IT enabling tools for near-term implementation.(e.g. information sharing, collaboration, search, messaging, alerting, portals)

Establish a user definable portal capability that integrates explicit & tacit knowledge to support day-to-day business and warfighter processes.

HQ USSTRATCOM/J656 Mission

Desired Results: (KM a means to an end)• Improve awareness of, access to, & exchange of intellectual capital

• Improve decision timeliness, accuracy, awareness• Improve process timeliness, accuracy, efficiency• Raise intellectual capital• Reduce duplication work

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Objective of Net-Centric KM

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Proposed Net-Centric IT Environment

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WS = Web Services(XML, SOAP, HTTP)

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ServiceOrientedArchitectures (SOA)

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Lowest Common DenominatorWeb Browser

HTTP Port 80 & 443XML, SOAP

Single Sign-On (SSO)

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Lowest Common DenominatorWeb Browser

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Net-Centric IT Environment

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UDOPUDOP= User Defined Ops Picture

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Net-Centric IT Issues- Information Requirements and Renderings

- CCIRs, RFIs, etc. - Net-centric in tactical environment- Net-centric in strategic MAPDER Environment

(monitor, assess, plan, decide, execute, report)- Access Policies

- Authentication, Authorization- Enterprise Single Sign-On

- Lack of Common IT baselines- Ports - Protocols- Browser settings & plug-ins

- Web Service Configuration Mgt Strategy- Backward compatibility- Transition time- Reliability

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