Speech Covers Enterprise Email Initiative

In November, the chapter welcomed Dr. Edward M. Siomacco, deputy chief of staff and G-6 chief information officer, U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), as the guest speaker. Siomacco serves as the command's senior level adviser on the strategic direction, objectives and supervision of all command, control, communication, computers and information management activities. Siomacco discussed the current enterprise email initiative at the Army Command level. “300,000 of the U.S. Army's 1.9 million users have been migrated at this time,” said Siomacco. The new enterprise email system will allow for increased mailbox storage and the ability for a user to move seamlessly throughout the Army's regional commands without the need for account modification. He also discussed the AMC's new role as a video teleconference hub for the entire command due to technological advantages acquired by the Base Realignment and Closure move of the command's headquarters to Huntsville. According to Siomacco, the command “had a global conference call last week with over 125 separate locations,” to attest to the flexibility and robustness of the new system. Siomacco discussed the new Automated Identification Technology (AIT) at the luncheon as well. The AIT system will allow for end-to-end logistics tracking for materiel assets in the field. The AIT uses radio frequency identification tags to automatically capture the identity of cargo as it moves through the logistical chain.

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