EOIR Technologies (EOIR) understands that Cloud Computing is rapidly emerging as an underlying technology enabler for managing information in a highly complex environment. To realize the full potential of Cloud Computing in the Intelligence Community (IC), intelligence analysts require a highly dynamic analytical environment that capitalizes on the strengths and benefits provided by a Cloud Computing architecture. EOIR proposes designing and developing a next generation analytical tool set that takes advantage of the Cloud Computing architecture by enabling users to dynamically orchestrate both the data sources in the cloud as well as a compose-able set of integrated but independently encapsulated modules. Modules that can be combined in numerous ways to accommodate the rapidly changing roles and responsibilities of the analyst in a manner that eliminates the need to recreate entire applications as requirements continue to evolve. In Phase I, EOIR will research the feasibility, design and detailed cost of building a dynamic Cloud Analytical tool set that leverages existing COTS and GOTS software including a GOTS, open standard collaboration environment called Impulse. Currently, the Impulse open platform provides a common, standards based platform for deploying integrated modules that seamlessly interact with other modules built on the same open standards.
Keywords: Intelligence, Analysis Tool, Cloud Computing, Open Standards, Modular, Workflow
