Moving Agency Applications to the Cloud with PaaS
There has been little discussion of open source and application rationalization over the years. But a growing acceptance of open source is giving agencies the...
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There has been little discussion of open source and application rationalization over the years. But a growing acceptance of open source is giving agencies the reason to look more closely at how cloud, open source and application rationalization efforts can be better integrated. Nearly every CIO talks about apps rationalization. It’s really one of the benefits of moving to the cloud. But what goes into apps rationalization in the cloud? Phil Murphy of Forrester Research said agencies are rationalizing apps due to two forces–legacy apps that need updating, and fundamental business changes. He said legacy apps are holding organizations back while businesses want to move forward. Murphy said apps rationalization is one way to clean house, so to speak, and let innovation happen more quickly and easily. Murphy made a few key points in regards to app rationalization:
- It’s a technology problem, but an organization’s actions are driven by the business needs.
- Agencies or companies need to collect details about the current state of their apps. They may begin with technology, but have to end with the value that app brings to the mission.
- Which function does the app support?
- How important is that function compared to others?
- What shape is the app in?
- What are the organization’s top priorities and which apps fit into those priorities?
Moderator
Jason Miller, Federal News Radio
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Panelists
Frank Konieczny, Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
Frank Konieczny, a Senior Level executive, is the Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Mr. Konieczny has completed advanced degrees in computer science engineering and administrative science, and in 1987 he completed all coursework for a doctorate in computer science. He has extensive experience as a systems analyst and chief programmer, working with a variety of firms including Teledyne Brown Engineering, SAIC and General Research Corporation. He has supported the programming and analytical analysis for a wide spectrum of government projects including ballistic missile defense, network design, missile test analysis, radar systems analysis and simulation, and operations research and statistical analysis. Mr. Konieczny would go on to serve as a project manager, business unit manager, Chief Scientist and Chief Technology Officer. He has managed more than 20 significant government sector programs involving multiple large and small business subcontractors and academic institutions in areas of Army and Navy manpower, logistics, force structure, undersea warfare, real time statistical analysis, biometric authentication, enterprise architecture, work flow management, and simulation and modeling.
Daniel Massey, Program Manager, Cybersecurity Division, DHS Science and Technology Directorate
Dr. Dan Massey is a program manager in the Cyber Security Division, Science and Technology Directorate, US Department of Homeland Security. At DHS, his portfolio includes security for cyber physical systems, distributed denial of service defense, routing security, and open source security. He is the author of over 75 peer reviewed publications. Prior to joining DHS, Dr. Massey worked as a tenured associate professor at Colorado State University and previously a project leader and research assistant professor at the University of Southern California Information Science Institute (USC/ISI). Some of his projects have included serving as an editor for the DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC), work on Internet BGP monitoring and analysis as well as security enhancements such as the Route Origin Verifier (ROVER), and work on the Named Data Networking (NDN) project that is developing a new information centric architecture.
Joel Jackson, Director of Middleware and Cloud Sales, Red Hat Federal
Joel is the Director of Middleware & Cloud Sales at Red Hat Federal. He has been at Red Hat since 2002, when he took a sales role selling “Open Source software” – before that phrase had any meaning – and worked with a world-class team to make Linux and Red Hat a top CIO initiative. Today, Joel is focused on the next generation Middleware & Cloud platforms to help companies and agencies scale their application(s) to the masses. Prior to joining Red Hat, Joel worked at BMC Software and also various Internet startups. He is also a USMC veteran.
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