Managing NetCentric Systems

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Managing NetCentric Systems

• John Emerson
• Vice President of Federal
• Business Operation
• AmberPoint

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AmberPoint in the Government

• SOA management product of choice, DISA
  Net-Centric Enterprise Services
• Working with DISA to define ESM services under
  NCES Program
• Engaged with multiple initial NCES pilot programs
• US Transportation Command - GTN Modernization
  Effort
• Intelligence Community multiple installed
  projects
• Engaged with all major NCES and related industry
  organizations
• AFEI and NCOIF
• SOA Foundation Working Group
• ISR Working Group
• NESI Initiative C2 Community
• Security Working Group
• Others
• Pursuing Common Criteria Security Certification
• Only SOA management vendor in the program
• Installed with many federal SIs - Lockheed Martin
  Lighthouse
• Deep partnership with Systinet, federal SOA UDDI
  registry of choice

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The SOA Stack
Management
Run Time
Security
Testing Validation
Governance
Orchestration (ESBs, Assembly, etc.)
Development
Development Time
Registry/Repository
System and Network Infrastructure
More than 90 percent of internal and
business-to-business SOBAs (Service Oriented
Business Applications) in operation will be
subjected to Web services outages, performance
issues and failures. . . undetectable by
traditional management techniques and
technologies.
- Frank Kenney, Gartner
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NCES Defines Core Enterprise Services
Product Lines
Discovery

• NCES defines nine core enterprise services
  grouped into four product lines
• NCES is a set of standards and specifications
  enabling data producers and users to share
  information at the right place and right time
• NCES uses centrally managed collaborative
  governance to provide the services to the DoD

Mediation
Enterprise Collaboration
Collaboration
Messaging
Content Discovery Delivery
Enterprise Service Mgmt
Enterprise Service Mgmt
Core Enterprise Services
Application
Enterprise SOA Foundation
Storage
User Assistance
Defense Online Portal
IA/Security
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System Service Mgmt Environment Architecture
Service
Service
Service
Service
Service
Service
Service
Service
Service
Service
Service
Service Management
Service
Service
Service
Service
Applications/Systems Management
Computing Infrastructure Management
Communications Management
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GIG Enterprise Service Computing Environment
Service Management
Focus of NCES ESM Service
Applications/Systems Management
Computing Infrastructure Management
Communications Management
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Service Management Requirements Set

• Online monitoring and control
• Service discovery
• Performance management
• Fault management
• Usage management
• SLA compliance
• Security management
• Dynamic Routing/Fail-over
• Auditing and alerting
• Off-line planning and analysis
• Performance analysis
• Capacity planning
• Business analytics
• Metering and billing

Service
Service
Service
Service
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DISA ESM Services Model
Service Manager
Service Discovery
Management Systems Tivoli HP OpenView,
etc NCES Security Services
Web Presentation
UDDI
Service Monitor
Exception Manager
Alerts System
Integration (WS, APIs, log)
Log

• Policies
• History

Policies
Agent
Agent
Agent
Agent
CES
CES
CES
Agent
Agent
Agent
Service Provider
Service Provider
Service Provider
Service Provider
External Services
Common Enterprise Services
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Managing NetCentric Systems Summary

• ESM Enterprise Services Management
• One of NCES Core Services Required for
  Enterprise-class SOA
• Builds on Traditional Management Tools and
  Techniques
• Focused at the Application Layer
• Active beyond simple Monitoring, provides
  Proactive Problem Resolution
• DISA has chosen AmberPoint for NCES
  implementation
• Multiple other Federal programs and initiatives
  following suit
• Contact Information
• John Emerson, Vice President of Federal Business
  Operation
• JEmerson_at_AmberPoint.Com
• 1-301-774-5435