The document discusses the Israeli Defense Forces' (IDF) digital transformation strategy, highlighting past failures in leveraging digital advancements and the need for an effective multi-year digital strategy. Key initiatives include the implementation of cloud computing, open-source technologies, and real-time operational intelligence to enhance mission capabilities. The IDF seeks to navigate changes in technology while building partnerships with the open-source community and redefining its operational framework.

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The IDI Digital Transformation
Col. Avi Simon, IDI CIO,
Mr. Dor Litay, CTO / Office of the IDI CIO
- OpenStack Day Israel 2016 -
“ If you dislike change, you're going to
dislike irrelevance even more”
Eric Ken Shinseki - Chief of Staff of the Army - December 2001

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Number of users:
Number of systems:
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“In the last 10 years the IDI has failed to achieve the
proper amount of value from the digital age [...]
And not because of a lack of resources”
Head of the IDI - Major-General Aviv Kochavi - 2012

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I do not have a
problem...
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● Leadership
● Strategy
● The Internet and WEB
● Open Source
● Ride the Wave or let it hit us,
and just stand there wet.
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From Tension to Change
Digital Potential - IDI’s Strategic Asset

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● IDI CIO
○ Charter to initiate a digital architecture for the IDI
● ReOrganize
○ From Mission to Layers
● Plan
○ Multi-year digital strategy and architecture that
emphasize networking our digital systems, copying the
WEB and WEB companies
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Operation Protective Edge - 2014
First warfare operation after we started implementing the new strategy
Positive indications:
Real time operational intelligence, from the IDI HQ all the way down to
the brigade level.
Deliver new capabilities in hours rather than months

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● Internet Internet Internet
● Open Source
● From NIH to PFE
And a year ago we started our OpenStack
cloud initiative...
What Now ?

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Cloud cloud cloud
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Cloud computing for us:
1) Implement cloud computing as the means to deliver the most innovative,
efficient, and secure information and IT services in support of the IDI mission,
anywhere, anytime, on any authorized device.
2)Implement cloud computing as the means to decrease the gap between the IDI
internal IT and the global-civilian Internet based IT world.
3)Allied with other mission and technical partners to join forces and spread the new
strategy.

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What makes our cloud “our cloud” ?

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● Open-Source based
● Micro-Services
● Enterprise services
orientation
● Cluster computing
platformers
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IDI - Cloud Computing - Rational Frame
Cyber Defence -
State Actors
HA - Total
War
SupportDirect
Modern software
paradigms
Multi-networks, Multi-security enclaves,
Multi-organization's environment
A highly
"opinionated" private
cloud computing
platform
Total control on
every aspect of the
stack
OpenStack :-)
Do more with Less environment

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Challenges, Issues and Future features
Cloud Engineers
SDN & NFV ecosystem
Bare-Metal provisioning (in scale)
Relationship with the OpenStack community
What can we share ?, how can we contribute ?
Multiple OpenStack instance abstraction

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To conclude, we are starting to reimagine and redefine our
relationship with the outside world and the open-source
community,
do you want to be part of our journey ?