{"id":16158,"date":"2018-06-26T13:04:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T13:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/26\/dod-makes-leadership-change-on-cloud-effort\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:02:37","slug":"dod-makes-leadership-change-on-cloud-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2018\/06\/26\/dod-makes-leadership-change-on-cloud-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD makes leadership change on cloud effort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense\u2019s new chief information officer will head the organization\u2019s much anticipated transition to the cloud and oversee an upcoming contract that\u2019s thought to be worth $10 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dana Deasy, who assumed the Pentagon\u2019s top IT job in April, will lead DoD\u2019s cloud initiative, effective June 22, according <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Releases\/News-Release-View\/Article\/1559496\/new-cio-to-lead-dod-cloud-initiative\/source\/GovDelivery\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\">to Deputy Secretary Patrick Shanahan<\/a>, .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DoD\u2019s primary cloud contract, the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, seeks to modernize IT across the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2018\/04\/24\/jedi-cloud-contract-fair-and-open-competition-shanahan-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635814813121431721-2071027jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">JEDI cloud contract \u2018fair and open\u2019 competition, Shanahan says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The deputy secretary of defense finds the lack of faith in the Pentagon\u2019s cloud-computing plans disturbing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contract is thought to be valued at $10 billion and to be awarded to a single vendor. The Pentagon has not yet released a formal solicitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, Chief Management Officer, John Gibson, was leading this effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2018\/04\/23\/the-case-for-dods-single-award-cloud-contract\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dod-cloud.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The case for one giant, multibillion-dollar cloud contract for DoD<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cWe\u2019ve not heard anybody say that a multiple-cloud solution is a better solution,&quot; says a Pentagon cost analyst.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After about a week on the job, Deasy shared his thoughts on cloud computing with a large industry audience at a conference in Baltimore, Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He explained the importance of establishing what the cloud can do for an organization early on as it can do different things for different organizations, with each service having its own permutation and challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2018\/05\/17\/new-dod-cios-priorities-defined-under-scope-of-national-defense-strategy\/\" 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