DISA Dishes Out At Customer & Industry Forum

[SatNews] The Baltimore Convention Center will offer information on Power to Connect: Enterprise Within Reach.

This year’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will host the DISA Customer & Industry Forum August 16-18 at the Baltimore Convention Center. The theme is “Power to Connect: Enterprise Within Reach” which reflects the agency’s commitment to provide an enterprise information environment that enables command and control and information sharing via a reliable and protected infrastructure in support of the full range of Department of Defense (DOD) operations globally.

The plenary sessions include presentations by senior DOD officials and top industry leaders. Confirmed speakers at this year’s conference currently include:

• The Honorable William J. Lynn, Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Teri Takai, the Defense Department CIO
• Air Force General Duncan McNabb, Commander of U.S. Transportation Command
• Army Lieutenant General Carroll F. Pollett, DISA Director
• John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems Inc.;
• Paul Maritz, CEO of VMware

Media wishing to be credentialed for the ceremony must RSVP with name, organization/publication, equipment, which days you plan to attend and contact information by August 4 to [email protected].

DISA (www.disa.mil) is a Department of Defense combat support agency that provides real-time information technology and communications support to the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, the military Services, and the Combatant Commands. From its Fort Meade, Maryland, headquarters and through worldwide field activities, DISA offers IT services, capabilities and acquisition expertise that enable our nation’s military to accomplish their missions.