Army Battle Command Test Portal Developed by DSA Team Wins Top Award for Knowledge Management in Battle Command.TREVOSE, Pa. -- Roger Salomon, DSA (1) (Directory Server Agent) An X.500 program that looks up the address of a recipient in a Directory Information Base (DIB), also known as white pages. It accepts requests from the Directory User Agent (DUA) counterpart in the workstation. Executive Vice President and General Manager Northeast, announced today that a DSA client initiative won top honors at the 2006 Army Knowledge Awards presented during the AFCEA AFCEA Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association LandWarNet Conference held August 22 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. . In the category of Knowledge Management in Battle Command, the award was given to the Army Battle Command and Enabler System of Systems (ABC&E SoS) Test Portal. The Portal was developed by a DSA-led team for its client the US Army Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications Tactical (PEO C3T PEO C3T Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications - Tactical (US DoD) ) Chief Information Office. The portal is a proven, reliable knowledge management system and collaborative tool that allowed PEO C3T to synchronize See synchronization. communications and operations across four time zones and between multiple parties concurrently to ensure maximum collaboration. This portal will serve as a model Battle Command Knowledge Management System which will be transformed easily for other collaboration needs such as tactical hurricane relief efforts. "DSA is delighted to have contributed to the success of the Army's tactical test. It is the goal of our team to promote the use of collaboration tools A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. and help our customers meet their mission to enhance the tactical capabilities of the US Warfighter," said Salomon. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Lynn Retterer, Project Leader for the DSA development team, her group was given the challenge to rapidly create, within a two-week timeframe, an application that would transform an enormous volume of data into an actionable set of information. Lynn quickly assembled a team with the required skills and experience. The resulting ABC&E SoS Test Portal was developed to successfully fulfill this requirement. The portal enabled all exercise participants to collaborate simultaneously for real-time situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in , issue resolution and executive decision-making during the exercises in support of Warfighters. The benefits of the ABC&E SoS Test Portal cited in the award nomination included recognition that the Portal is not only a document management tool but a model of the future of Battle Command Knowledge Management Systems. It ensures immediate notification of important status changes to commanders and senior leaders, providing situational awareness while enabling a virtual collaborative environment to all personnel involved in battle oversight. Complimentary feedback focused on the portal's ease of use and having all of the necessary information available in one place, when needed, at one's fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. . There was never any question about where to find something; everything was right there on the portal. About DSA DSA provides strategic, secure, mission critical IT solutions to government and industry through three focused divisions: DSA Federal, DSA Life Science, and DSA Commercial. The company has over 40 years experience in systems and software engineering and integration services specializing in enterprise-wide information technology solutions. DSA is a leader in program management, information security and regulatory compliance. Office locations: Philadelphia, PA (headquarters), Washington, DC, NY Metro and Mid-West. For more information, please visit www.dsainc.com or call toll free to 1-877-422-4DSA. |
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