PORTAL VIEWS

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The GCDS Portal provides browser-based access to critical information about the customer’s application on GCDS. Application owners have access to actionable information such as traffic, bandwidth usage, and alerts with summarized page views. In addition, application owners have the ability to configure GCDS server log delivery and purge cached content.

FOR GCDS CUSTOMERS:

Each customer is provided a view into their GCDS services; increasing visibility, monitoring and alerting capabilities.

View and Download Traffic Reports
Configure Alerts based on User Defined Thresholds
Enable GCDS Log Delivery
Purge Cached Content from GCDS edge servers
Manage user access permissions

Portal Views within GCDS

Customer Case Studies

Global Combat Support System – Air Force (GCSS-AF)

Providing Agile Combat Support Information

Air Force Custom Service Portal

Provide fast and reliable delivery of the Air Force Service portal, including >250 applications, to DoD personnel globally; including those residing on NIPR and AFNET networks.

GCDS Solution

Web Application Delivery, including:

Edge Client Certificate Validation and Revocation Checking
Failover to multiple custom apology pages on NetStorage

NetStorage

Static content hosted in the cloud

Benefits

Faster page load times and downloads globally
Reliable delivery to soldiers in theater
40% reduction in bandwidth to local webmail infrastructure
Eliminated the need for forward staging servers to meet global demand

Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC)

Providing Shore Installation Management

CNIC Sharepoint Portal

Provide fast and reliable delivery of CNIC’s CAC restricted Sharepoint portal to Navy users globally, including those residing on NIPRNet, NMCI and Navy’s One-Net networks.

GCDS Solution

Web Application Delivery, including:

Edge Load Balancing; cloud based load balancing with no additional hardware requirements
Edge Client Certificate Validation and Revocation Checking
Failover to apology page on NetStorage

Benefits

Faster page load times and downloads globally
68% bandwidth and 90% hit reduction at local infrastructure

Army Knowledge Online (AKO)

Providing Access to Army Web Assets

Army Custom Service Portal

Fast and reliable delivery of the Army Service portal to all components of the Army worldwide, >1.9M users

GCDS Solution

Web Application Delivery, including:

Acceleration of AKO webmail, directory services, blogs, file storage and jabber chat

Benefits

Faster page load times and downloads globally
Reliable delivery to soldiers in theater
40% reduction in bandwidth to local webmail infrastructure
Eliminated the need for forward staging servers to meet global demand

Navy Knowledge Online (NKO)

Providing Sailors with Information

Navy Custom Service Portal

Fast and reliable delivery of the Navy Service portal to over 830K sailors worldwide; across the NIPRNet, NMCI and aboard ships.

GCDS Solution

Web Application Delivery, including:

Failover to apology page on NetStorage

Benefits

Faster page load times and downloads globally
Reduced site abandonment
90% reduction in hits to local web infrastructure
Seamless delivery to flash crowds, such as promotion lists

DoD Patch Management Services

Protecting Against Viruses Distributing Microsoft Updates & System Patches

DISA PMS Large File Downloads

Fast and reliable delivery of virus protection and system updates to all DoD employees across all Services accessing the NIPRNet and SIPRNet.

GCDS Solution

Web Application Delivery, including:

Acceleration of Symantec and McAfees Anti-Virus files, Microsoft Updates and Software Patches
Edge Client Certificate Validation and Revocation Checking

Benefits

Faster downloads globally
Reliable delivery to soldiers in theater, previously unable to access anti-virus files
Local server CPU utilization reduced from 100% to 25%, eliminating the need for manual server reboots

Certificate Revocation List (CRL)

Supporting DoD PKI

DISA CRL Large File Downloads

Fast and reliable delivery of critical CRL content across the entire DoD, including the ability to scale quickly to meet growing demand

GCDS Solution

Web Application Delivery, including:

Scalability on demand for >1485 Mbps peaks

Benefits

Faster downloads globally
Increased availability to 100%
97% reduction in bandwidth and hits to local infrastructure
Seamless delivery to flash crowds, such as the first business day after a long weekend or holiday

Army Learning Management System (ALMS)

Training the Army OnLine

Army e-Learning

Fast and reliable delivery of web-based training to a global Army user base, any time and any place.

GCDS Solution

Web Application Delivery, including:

Large file support for efficient delivery of large training videos

NetStorage

Benefits

Faster page load times and training video downloads globally
67% reduction in bandwidth to local infrastructure, reducing the need to expand existing infrastructure to keep up with growing demand
Increased visibility by leveraging various GCDS portal reports

StrategicWatch

Providing Real-time Information Sharing and Geo-Spatial Visualization

DISA Geospatial Portal

Fast and reliable delivery of geospatial visualization data to global decision makers across NIPRNet and SIPRNet; enabling the military to respond to domestic crisis.

GCDS Solution

Web Application Delivery, including:

Edge Load Balancing
Edge Client Certificate Validation and Revocation Checking
Failover to apology page on NetStorage

Benefits

Faster page load times and downloads globally
Significant reduction in bandwidth and hits to local infrastructure
Further improvements in performance by leveraging external data sources that are also delivered by GCDS; NGA maps

DISA: Defense Information System Agency, Department of Defense

DISA-Facebook

DISA-Twitter

PORTAL VIEWS

RECEIVE TELEMETRY AND MAINTAIN CONTROL

FOR GCDS CUSTOMERS:

Customer Case Studies

Global Combat Support System – Air Force (GCSS-AF)

Providing Agile Combat Support Information

Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC)

Providing Shore Installation Management

Army Knowledge Online (AKO)

Providing Access to Army Web Assets

Navy Knowledge Online (NKO)

Providing Sailors with Information

DoD Patch Management Services

Protecting Against Viruses Distributing Microsoft Updates & System Patches

Certificate Revocation List (CRL)

Supporting DoD PKI

Army Learning Management System (ALMS)

Training the Army OnLine

StrategicWatch

Providing Real-time Information Sharing and Geo-Spatial Visualization

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