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Government Wide Contracts and IT Standards OpenGroup ‘04

Government Wide Contracts and IT Standards OpenGroup ‘04. Joanne Woytek NASA GSFC joanne.woytek@nasa.gov. SEWP Scope / Focus. SEWP Scope: Catalog of commercially available IT products Main SEWP Focus: High-end, state-of-the-art IT Products (Hardware and Software)

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Government Wide Contracts and IT Standards OpenGroup ‘04

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  1. Government Wide Contracts and IT StandardsOpenGroup ‘04 Joanne WoytekNASA GSFCjoanne.woytek@nasa.gov

  2. SEWP Scope / Focus • SEWP Scope: Catalog of commercially available IT products • Main SEWP Focus: High-end, state-of-the-art IT Products (Hardware and Software) • Open to all Federal Agencies and their authorized Support Contractors • Save Gov’t time, money and headaches • Streamlines decision making • Low prices • Easy and efficient procurement process

  3. SEWP by the numbers 10+ years - track record in high-end acquisitions 400,000+ IT products 16 Prime contractors; 10small businesses 1,400 Manufacturers $3.8 million In orders processed per day

  4. Prime contractors on SEWP

  5. SEWP Objectives • Have the most appropriate hardware and software tools continuously available to assist NASA’s scientific and engineering core competencies (High-end / State-of-the-art IT Products) • Minimize system incompatibilities and facilitate hardware and software standardization across agency and the Government through easy to use commercial contracts • Provide a wide range of hardware and software tools to support, interconnect, and enhance computer systems. • Embrace innovative procurement actions and processes

  6. SEWP History and Standards • SEWP I partly in response to de-facto standard (VAX/VMS) • Justified quick procurement (limited choices) • Reduced incentive for new technology • SEWP I and II (1990-2000)centered on Open Standards • Primarily UNIX • SEWP III (2001) added emerging / de-facto standards • Linux • Window • But still primarily Unix

  7. SEWP Future and Standards • SEWP IV coming (2005) • Must be relevant today and still fresh in 5 years • OS Standards is in several camps: • UNIX (pure) appears to have peaked • Windows-based market domination • Linux increasingly important in high end computing • Inexpensive Computer hardware and OS • Other technologies are important: • Peripherals (e.g. mass storage) • Security • Information (databases)

  8. Types of Standards • Technical standards (e.g. OpenGroup, ANSI, etc) • Increases choices / flexible solutions • Relies on adequacy of the standard and certification process • Constantly changing / evolving • Industry (de-facto standards) (e.g. Windows, Office) • Limit choices / reduce innovation • Certainty • Internal consistency • Upper Management (CIO) Standards • One size fits all • Lower hardware / administration costs • Works best in homogeneous environment

  9. Questions for me and you • OS standards • Is Unix still alive? • Is Linux standardizable? • Does it want to be? • Does Windows / Intel provide a totally level hardware platform field • What distinguishes Dell / HP-Compaq / Brand X • What do people really want / need? • Standards for interoperability • The latest technology regardless of relevance to past • What does high-end IT mean today? • Computing power • Network capability • Applications (databases / web-based / etc. )

  10. Thank You!

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