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Volume
XV | January 2008
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IDGA
Alert Returns
The IDGA Alert has officially returned and we are excited
to bring you a monthly update on what is happening in
the fast paced world of Security and the Military. The
Alert provides articles on all areas of Military expertise
and invites you, the reader, to submit the articles which
affect you and your careers and ensure the Alert is kept
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Special
Report: Net-Centricity and Service-Oriented Architectures
(Homeland Defense Journal)
We can’t know what the future’s going to
look like. We have to be agile enough to be able to
respond to that uncertainty. That agility is achieved
through Net-Centricity — a network that gets information
where it’s needed, when it’s needed,”
said Linton Wells II, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Networks and Information Integration.
Read More
The European Dilemma -
Communications Costs Versus Tactical Needs
(MilSat Magazine)
The major European countries are committed to improving
their satellite communications capabilities through
both dedicated military and dual-use systems.
Read More
Sizing
the Teleport Market - The WTO Assessment (Sat
Magazine)
According to a new study from the World Teleport Association
(WTA), the past three years have been good ones for
the global teleport sector, the ground-based side of
the global satellite network.
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| Integrating
COTS Systems—A Worthy Effort (MilSat
Magazine)
Over the last ten years, COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf)
products have become increasingly popular within the
satellite industry. “Better, faster, cheaper”
was the mantra of the mid-90s—COTS products helped
to address this mandate.
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Mass Transit Safety (Mass
Transit Magazine)
How safe is your system? Do you only think about on-time
performance? Perhaps it is time to measure both safety
and timeliness.
Read
More
Logistics Modernization
Improves Supply Chain (Mass Transit
Magazine)
Metro Transit in the Twin Cities region has endured
a hard 2007 with an upswing in crime and then the I-35
bridge collapsing. These are some of the struggles that
come with running a transit agency.
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Software-Defined
Radio - An Interview with Joe Mitola (SDR
Forum)
At the SDR Forum Tech Conference in Denver, Portable
Design interviewed Joe Mitola of Mitre Corp. Mitola
is one of the originators of Software-Defined Radio
and cognitive radio (CR).
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Upcoming
Events |
Learn
the latest in Business Transformation
and Border Security by viewing these recent presentations.
Elizabeth A. McGrath,
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Business
Transformation
Conference: Lean Six Sigma for Defence
Session Title: DoD Business
Transformation
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Presentation
Ronald S. Colburn,
Deputy Chief, U.S. Border Patrol
Conference: Border Management
Session Title: Border
Security
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Colonel William Crosby,
US Army, Deputy Program Executive Officer, Army Aviation
Conference: Helicon 2007
Session Title:
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Captain Dane Egli,
USCG, US Northern Command
Conference: Port Security
Session Title: Comprehensive
Maritime Awareness and Port Security
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