U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Information Systems Agency: Service Oriented Architecture

Case Study: Service Oriented Architecture

Problem: The various resources supporting internal employees of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) amounted to a variety of stovepipe systems that were not integrated and needed get transparently shared.

Solution: Merlin International® provided a service oriented architecture (SOA) solution for DISA’s internal enterprise services so they could get shared any number of ways without incurring the maintenance burden associated with unique integrations.

Results: DISA’s internal enterprise services have been integrated into stand-alone portals (the EDGE) as well as Army and Defense Knowledge Online (AKO/DKO) with no additional development required.