The realities of the past decades, fueled by Moore's law regarding the exponential advances in computing power, affirmed a need to stem the tide of runaway information technology (IT) withinthe Department of the Navy (DON). In essence, the DON'S networks, hardware and software had tobe brought under tight centralized governance to standardize the computing environment andensure security. This very real need gave rise to innovations such as the Navy Marine Corps Intranet(NMCI) and the Functional Area Management (FAM) program to establish the Navy's application andhardware baselines. Insofar as these initiatives defined the DON'S IT infrastructure and served tobridge the warfighter and the shore establishment, they served the department well.
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