Slides from David Asiello, Program Manager, US Department of Defense, presented at the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council’s 2019 Summit in Portland, OR.
2. DoD Cloud Procurement Drivers
“If we fail to adapt … at the speed of relevance, then our military forces … will lose the
very technical and tactical advantages we've enjoyed since World War II.”
Cybersecurity &
Resilience
Data-Driven
Decisions
Global
Information
Environment
Integrated
Capabilities
Acting at
Machine
Speed
3. q December 2018 DoD Cloud Strategy
• The Department must take full advantage of this [commercial
cloud computing] technology enabler
DoD Cloud Procurement Drivers, Cont.
Context
• Inadequate Efficiency
and Security in IT
• Disparate Cloud Efforts
and Disjointed
Implementation
• Lack of Cloud Fitness
• Readiness for Artificial
Intelligence
Objectives
• Enable Exponential
Growth
• Scale for the Episodic
Nature of the DoD Mission
• Proactively Address Cyber
Challenges
• Enable AI and Data
Transparency
• Extend Tactical Support for
the Warfighter at the Edge
• Take Advantage of
Resiliency in the Cloud
• Drive IT Reform at DoD
Guiding Principles
• Warfighter First
• Cloud Smart-Data
Smart
• Leveraging
Commercial Industry
Best Practices
• Creating a Culture
Better Suited for
Modem Technology
Evolution
4. q DoD currently has multiple means of acquiring cloud
computing capabilities
• In-house contracting activities; GovCloud; GSA schedules
• Resulting in more than 500 individual cloud efforts
q Defense Information Systems Agency recently began
offering milCloud 2.0 as an on-premises cloud solution
• Reduces hosting costs
• Migrates multiple platforms down to one
• Completed approx. 50% of the mandatory migration of non-
military defense agencies to milCloud 2.0
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution that leverages a
combination of COTS and government developed technology
Current Framework for Cloud Procurements
5. q Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI)
• Value: ~$10B over 10 years
• Award date: July 2019 (at the earliest)
• IaaS and PaaS
q Defense Enterprise Office Solution (DEOS)
• Value: ~$8B
• Uses General Services Administration IT Schedule 70 contract
• GSA has not released final RFP
• Software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud solution that will unify and
modernize enterprise email, portal services, and enterprise
collaboration tools
Upcoming Enterprise Cloud Initiatives
6. q DoD’s in-house milCloud 2.0 data centers are
covered under the Department’s sustainability and
sustainable procurement policies
q DoD is leveraging commercial industry technology,
capability, and innovation, including cloud providers
reducing costs through energy efficiency
q DoD is creating a culture that is better suited for
adaptability and modem technology, including
innovation around effective resolution of e-waste
Use of GEC’s Guidance
7. DAVID ASIELLO
Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
david.j.asiello.civ@mail.mil
571-372-6793
