U.S. Navy, EDS Modify NMCI Contract

"As applications are approved or remediated to comply with Department of Defense and Navy security policies, we'll move them from the legacy networks to enterprise-hosting facilities," Captain Chris Christopher, deputy director for future operations, communications and business initiatives in the NMCI office, stated. "This will allow us to gradually reduce the number of legacy networks. This is a pilot in the overall approach to getting enterprise control of our server and application-hosting portfolio."

The task of rationalizing, validating and migrating nearly 100,000 legacy applications is key to achieving the Navy's cost-savings goals. The Navy has reduced the number to less than 30,000 toward its target goal of roughly 3,000 base applications.

"The real value of the NMCI contract is not merely creating the enterprise, but in finding ways to leverage its capabilities," EDS enterprise client executive Mike Koehler said. "The application-hosting initiative is the first step in enabling the Navy to revolutionize its business practices."