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Government and Defense

Government and Defense Agencies, their contractors, vendors and integrators, have a distinct voice and collaboration venue within the TM Forum called the "Government/Defense Market Center”. This Market Center serves as a global industry community whose primary purpose is collaboration on key industry management issues of special relevance to Government and Defense organizations with the intention of identifying and developing supporting standards.

Get Started with Government & Defense Initiative

1.	Watch the 5-minute Introduction video
2.	Watch the 5-minute Defense Overview
3.	Download and read the Datasheet
4.	Join the Government/Defense online community to receive meeting notices, participate in discussions, etc.
5.	Check out the Solution Center
6.	Review the Case Studies, whitepapers, videos, and the latest news
7.	Contact Christy Coffey for further information or question on getting started.
“Interoperable and standardised management solutions are of crucial importance to implement the NATO Network Enabled Capability (NNEC) federated service management vision. – Tamas Halmai, Principal Scientist, NATO C3 Agency as presented at TM Forum Management World, May 2009

Solution Center
Work Efforts, Best Practices and Standards
Security Management Policy Based Network Management Cloud Computing Federated Service Level Management SATCOM and Spectrum Management

Case Studies
TM Forum Standards and the Defense Information Systems Agency DISA Federated Service Management Concept and Related OSS Integration Challenges NATO C3 NGOSS in Unique Environment: Defense Satellite Network Management HP Using TM Forum Standards in Defense Network Management Watch Video Thales Application of Frameworx for COTS-based Business transformation Netcracker More Case Studies

Contributing Companies

TM Forum Standards & Best Practices in Use

Presentations & Reference Materials

Network Assurance for the Global Information Grid: The Security Management Foundation
Manuel N. Hermosilla, Chief of the Operational, Support Systems (OSS) Division, US Department of Defense (DoD)
Download Presentation | Watch Video

Addressing Service Management Needs in Space and Satellite Communications, Progress Software Watch Webinar

Integration of Defense Applications into the TM Forum Framework --- System of Systems Roadmap, Booz Allen Hamilton Download Whitepaper

European Defense Workshop, sponsored by TNO

Security Management Technical Exchange Meeting, sponsored by MITRE

Policy Management and Autonomic Behavior, Management World 2010

Government and Defense Meetings & Presentations

Government & Defenses Initiatives

	Members		Wiki
	Discussions		Contact

Current Discussions:

	Re: Government/Defense Monthly Meeting - August 26th
	RE: [Government and Defense Initiatives] Webinar Available - Enterprise IdentityMgmt, Successful Security for OSS [#150900]
	Re: European Defense Survey

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Current Blogs:

US Gov’t Agency Says 3 Missed Deadlines = Cancelled IT Project

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Upcoming Events

TM Forum Webinar: Cyber Security across Complex Networks: Protecting your Systems with TM Forum Frameworx
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Join TM Forum along with other industry experts as well look at the benefits of Security Management from a holistic, Framework-driven approach.
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Management World Americas, Orlando, Florida - November 9-11, 2010

Henry Sienkiewicz,
DISA CIO
Keynote Speaker

Jesse Jones, DISA CIO Technical Director, will participate in the “Security in the Cloud” Computing panel.

Please join us for the Management World Defense Spotlight -- Assured NetOps: Securing Operations via Policy-Based Management and Integrated NetOps: SATCOM and Spectrum Management. A 40% discount conference pass is being offered to those with a government or military issued ID.

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Want to get Involved?

Development of the Government & Defense happens in the Online Community
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Contact Us

Government/Defense Co-Chairs:
Bob Natale MITRE
rnatale@mitre.org
Tamas Halmai NC3A Tamas.Halmai@nc3a.nato.int

Head of Government/Defense Market Center
Christy Coffey, ccoffey@tmforum.org
+1.469.667.6313

Quotes

The U.S. DoD Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) OSS Architecture Strategy includes “Adopting industry standards and models as baselines to minimize research and development. [Close Quote]