The Cloud In The Net -

Scope and Interdependence

28 April 2009

Network Centric Operations

Industry Consortium

Hans Polzer

Chair, Net Centric Attributes FT

Approved for Public Release

Distribution Unlimited

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The Essence of Net Centricity

It’s the opposite of system-centricity or enterprise integration It’s about dynamic crossing of system and organizational

boundaries to achieve objectives– Greater operational effectiveness through better use of

what already exists – not just what you “own” or control It’s not about the network – it’s about who/what you can

interact with via the network for your purposes when you need to

It challenges existing business/acquisition and doctrinal paradigms and incentive models– more revolutionary than most realize

It challenges system/enterprise-centric system engineering and architecture paradigms

Net-Centricity – a full contact social sport 2

The Cloud and the Net

The Net enables the Cloud– Without a net there is no cloud– Arguably, the net IS the cloud

Network accessible services decoupled information system functionality from execution platform attributes– Advent of net-centric SOAs, albeit within the enterprise

The Cloud decouples services from execution platform ownership

Some coupling remains, however:– Platform and network performance still matter– Human/Institutional tolerance for risk – Incentives for assuming risk (contracts, treaties, enforcement)

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Scope and Interdependence

What information and services are you willing to entrust to the cloud?– Not a binary issue; It’s a balancing act between trust, risk and

potential reward– Some information and services are more critical or sensitive

than others; select appropriate scope– Your own ability to resource and protect your information and

services is limited by your business model/budget

Dependence on others is both risk and reward– Risk of failure to perform (negligence, accident, ill-intent)– Reward of sharing resource costs with others, agility

Enabled by legal framework and recourse mechanism– The net enables/entails a global perspective on this– Also a constraint (e.g., ITAR, privacy laws)

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NCOIC and the Cloud

Currently exploring formation of a Cloud Computing WG under Specialized Frameworks– Would complement Services WG charter

SCOPE model for exploring information/services scope, institutional alignment/interdependence risk, and technical feasibility issues over the net

Patterns to facilitate alignment of architecture fragments among systems and institutions– Operational Patterns (including business/policy models)– Capability Patterns (specific purpose driven)– Technical Patterns (implementation models)

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References

NCOIC web site: www.ncoic.org SCOPE model available on the NCOIC home page Patterns – contact NCOIC NIF FT:

nif_ft@lists.ncoic.org Specialized Frameworks FT: global-architectures@lists.ncoic.org

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