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Comtex Granted DISP Membership
Comtex is pleased to announce that our Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) application has been granted, effective 31st October 2021.
The DISP which is managed by the Defence Industry Security Office (DISO), aims to support Australian businesses to understand and meet their security obligations when engaging in Defence projects, contracts and tenders. DISP approved companies include many Australian and multinational industry leaders. As a member of DISP, Comtex has access to best practice information and advice, as well as the opportunity to continually enhance our security plans and policies. This provides our clients with further assurance that our systems and business practices exceed not just our ISO 9001:2015 obligations, but we also have the stamp of approval to do business directly with Defence.
The Australian Government is investing $270 billion over the next decade in Defence capability and are building a world class Defence industry. The DISP offers substantial benefits to Defence and industry in terms of streamlining security services and protecting Defence information and assets.
We greatly appreciate this recognition that we operate at the highest standards set by Government, and Comtex is looking forward to continued growth in this sector and building on our long history of delivering unrivalled solutions and services to Defence and its Prime Contractors.
US Military Reduced Cabling CapEx Cost by 41% & OpEx Cost by 71%
Federal CTOs and CIOs have also been attracted by PON’s ability to merge separate voice, data, video, and building automation networks onto one network and one fiber.
This allows for quicker installation, streamlined and less costly maintenance, and the elimination of intermediate network equipment with its associated power needs. By reducing energy requirements across the network, PON provides federal facilities a greener solution that reduces total cost of ownership (TCO) of the network.
In its 2011 year in review, the government’s CIO Council, Management Best Practices Committee, wrote: “The Federal Government has spent over $600 billion on information technology (IT) over the past decade. Far too often, IT projects, especially large projects, cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than they should, take years longer than necessary to deploy and deliver technologies that are obsolete by the time they are completed.”
In 2012, GPON / PON was certified by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) for use in operational DoD networks, and can thus be implemented in both classified and unclassified networks.
This guidance was reinforced in the May 2012 memorandum issued by the Commanding General, NETCOM, stating: “NETCOM has identified a requirement for all new construction and all major renovations to utilize Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology.
Any deviation from the requirement to utilize GPON for said projects will require a waiver from the CG, NETCOM prior to execution.”
Since then, GPON / PON has steadily gained acceptance as an alternative or complement to distributive Ethernet.
In 2010, the CIO, G-6 of the U.S. Army, citing the cost-effective deployment of PON solutions such as Gigabit PON (GPON), issued the Technical Guidance for Network Modernization, which stated: “All camps, posts and stations undergoing modernization shall aggressively adopt GPON and broadband wireless networking technologies by fiscal year (FY) 2013 in order to decrease operating costs and capital expenditures.“
In 2013, it will spend an estimated $79 billion US dollars on IT products and services, with the Army, Navy and Air Force accounting for $22.3 billion US dollars.
For Further GPON Information from CommScope, please visit: CommScope
Download: 3147-pon-federal-white-paper-wp-106869.pdf (commscope.com)