Author Archives: Dennis Drayer

The Air Force’s Acquistion lead, William LaPlante is launching an initiative to improve the acquisition process called “Bending the Cost Curve”. In a speech at the Atlantic Council he shared that the AF needs to get better with the up-front … Continue reading →

This is a really big deal and huge step!  The Defense Intelligence Agency is focused on co-mingling data, self-discovery, and contextual analysis. The lifeblood of intelligence is not raw data, but the process and quality of analysis that turns the … Continue reading →

Bloomberg.com recently had an article that highlighted the potential use of any available data to better understand their patients’/customers’ health and fitness lifestyle.  This is essentially the same information that retailers use to market new products to potential new customers, … Continue reading →

Call it the Cloud, Big Data, new technology — all these affect the way we improve our business efficiencies, effectiveness, and mission.  Information technology is a support function — if you are not using it to improve the business, you’re … Continue reading →