<s>
The	O
Distributed	B-General_Concept
Common	I-General_Concept
Ground	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
(	O
DCGS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
system	O
which	O
produces	O
military	O
intelligence	O
for	O
multiple	O
military	O
branches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
officially	O
designated	O
a	O
"	O
weapons	O
system	O
"	O
,	O
it	O
consists	O
of	O
computer	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
connected	O
together	O
in	O
a	O
computer	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
,	O
devoted	O
to	O
processing	O
and	O
dissemination	O
of	O
information	O
such	O
as	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
2010	O
report	O
by	O
General	O
Michael	O
T	O
.	O
Flynn	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
use	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
and	O
be	O
as	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
as	O
an	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
which	O
soldiers	O
over	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
were	O
commonly	O
using	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
brought	O
together	O
technology	O
providers	O
in	O
the	O
hope	O
of	O
developing	O
more	O
integrated	O
systems	O
using	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
with	O
open	B-Architecture
architectures	I-Architecture
,	O
compared	O
to	O
previously	O
specialized	O
custom-built	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
a	O
distributed	O
data	O
framework	O
for	O
the	O
DCGS	O
integration	O
backbone	O
(	O
DIB	O
)	O
version	O
4	O
,	O
was	O
submitted	O
to	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
repository	O
of	O
the	O
Codice	O
Foundation	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
With	O
its	O
open	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
,	O
Analyst	O
's	O
Notebook	O
supports	O
the	O
Army	O
's	O
strategy	O
to	O
employ	O
and	O
integrate	O
best-of-breed	O
solutions	O
from	O
across	O
the	O
industry	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
dynamic	O
needs	O
users	O
face	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
on	O
a	O
daily	O
basis.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
DCGS-A	O
"	O
uses	O
the	O
latest	O
in	O
cloud	B-Architecture
technology	I-Architecture
to	O
rapidly	O
gather	O
,	O
collaborate	O
and	O
share	O
intelligence	O
data	O
from	O
multiple	O
sources	O
to	O
deliver	O
a	O
common	O
operating	O
picture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DCGS-A	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
rapidly	O
adapt	O
to	O
changing	O
operational	O
environments	O
by	O
leveraging	O
an	O
iterative	O
development	O
model	O
and	O
open	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
allowing	O
for	O
collaboration	O
with	O
multiple	O
government	O
,	O
industry	O
and	O
academic	O
partners.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Milwaukee	O
Journal	O
Sentinel	O
published	O
an	O
article	O
May	O
4	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
about	O
Wisconsin-located	O
companies	O
helping	O
DCGS-A	O
with	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
promoted	O
the	O
speed	O
when	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
processes	O
intelligence	O
and	O
cost	O
savings	O
by	O
analyzing	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
