Enterprise Management in the U.S. Army Medical Command

Abstract

The evolution of automation in business has grown to the point where centralized remote management of information technology (IT) is a necessary technique to support the business processes of an organization. The U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) manages its computer networks in a decentralized manner. Having isolated islands of technology at the separate MEDCOM agencies prohibits the central management of networked hardware and software assets. This decentralized arrangement creates expensive redundancies, contributes to the lack of standards, and provides limited asset visibility. The limited visibility enhances security risks, restricts proactive planning, and contributes to high costs. Available Enterprise Management (EM) technology facilitates the centralized management of networked assets. The MEDCOM EM plan is to establish standards and tools that will focus on software distribution, asset management, system health monitoring, and a centralized help desk. Despite more than $200 million spent annually on Information Management/Information Technology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 25, 2006
Accession Number
ADA473680

Entities

People

  • Leslie E. Smith

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Data Transmission
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Local Area Networks
  • Management Personnel
  • Network Protocols
  • Organizational Structure
  • Standards
  • Systems Management
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Medical or Health Care Field.