SBIR-STTR Award

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

EOIR will develop a next generation Cloud Analytics Collaboration Environment using the commercial HTML 5 standard while maintaining compatibility with the existing DOD Cloud Computing architecture to include the Ozone Framework. This will be implemented by a “compose-able” set of integrated but independently encapsulated modules that can be tailored to specific mission objectives. These modules will 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. To maximize adaptability, the team will develop a set of "Edge Programming" capabilities that will allow the user to customize their cloud application by orchestrating a variety of user interface modules, data sources, data types and elements in new ways in the field without any prior programming experience. This will provide the intelligence analyst with a “leap-ahead” capability based on open, commercial development standards and specifications for Cloud Applications.

Keywords:
cloud, analytics, collaboration, open standards, HTML5, User Interface