The Need for NMCI (Navy Marine Corps Intranet)

Abstract

The Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) service contract was awarded on 6 October 2000 to Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS), making NMCI the largest computer network in the world. Under the NMCI service contract, "The service provider shall own and maintain all required desktop and network hardware and software, and provide all required IT services, including pier connectivity." Conceptually speaking, the NMCI contract was intended to centralize support so that Marines could focus on "taking the fight to the enemy." However, the Marine Corps needs to evaluate the option to modify and renew the NMCI contract since it will be hard-pressed to provide the manpower and the resources necessary to manage an enterprise-wide network. Although NMCI's customer satisfaction surveys show increasing satisfaction rates among its users, many respondents found the system to be too restrictive in its early stages. These same users look forward to the current EDS contract expiring in 2010 so that they can compute on a less restrictive network.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 20, 2009
Accession Number
ADA515297

Entities

People

  • N. Bukovac

Organizations

  • Marine Corps War College

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Customer Services
  • Executives
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Marine Corps
  • Navy
  • Networks
  • Standards
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  • War Colleges

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  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

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  • Microelectronics