20230809-ABMS_CommercialCDN_RFI_WhitePaper Final.docx

Advanced Battle Management System Commercial Content Delivery Network RFI Deadline: 31 Aug 2023

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Submission to the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Commercial Content Delivery Network Request for Information (RFI)

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SECTION 1: ABMS CDN OBJECTIVES FEEDBACK

1.1 Briefly outline feedback on the ABMS CDN Objectives

1. How does your CDN solution meet the objectives outlined within the RFI? List each objective and how your CDN solution meets that objective. Indicate where your CDN solution doesn’t meet an objective and why.

Provide your response in less than 2000 words.

2. What objectives should the government include with their CDN deployment?

Provide your response in less than 500 words.

3. What dependencies does your CDN solution have in order to meet the objectives of this RFI? For example, please list if your CDN solution requires a persistent network connection, a specific compute and store footprint to run, and knowledge of all origin I.P. addresses.

Provide your response in less than 500 words.

4. What pitfalls or concerns does your company envision with the proposed CDN objectives? What changes would you propose?

Provide your response in less than 350 words.

SECTION 2: INDUSTRY FEEDBACK ON CDN RFI

2.1 Provide your organizations responses to the government's questions included in this RFI

1. What do you believe are the largest technical challenges for deploying a global CDN capability?

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

2. What requirements/objectives should the Government consider when procuring a CDN solution beyond those described within the CDN Objectives section?

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

3. What is the licensing / purchasing construct for procuring your CDN solution? Comment by MYERS, TODD P Lt Col USAF HAF SAF/AQ: Not sure if it's just on this format, but the font changes in this list from item 3 and on (and the numbers 11 and 12 are bolded).

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

4. What is the per license or per unit cost of procuring your CDN solution?

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

5. What is the baseline technical specifications required to host your CDN solution? Comment by MYERS, TODD P Lt Col USAF HAF SAF/AQ: Do we need to be more specific here, or should there be an industry standard set of baseline specs that will inform responses? Wondering if there's a need for an "(e.g., ....)" here. Comment by AUTRY, KENNETH L JR CIV USAF HAF AFLCMC/SAF/AQ: No I think this should suffice to get the proper response from the vendors

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

6. Do you offer a CDN solution as a HW appliance?

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

7. Do you offer a CDN solution that is a virtual appliance?

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

8. Do you offer a CDN solution that is compatible with container technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes?

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

9. Is your CDN solution currently in use within the Department of Defense or government writ large?

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

10. What is the primary use case your CDN solution is trying to solve?

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

11. Is there an existing contract vehicle where your CDN solution can be procured?

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

12. What CDN capabilities do you have to anticipate the data needs of edge devices and to pre-emptively pull/push data based on learned behavior from the end user?

Provide your response in less than 300 words.

SECTION 3: INDUSTRY CDN PRODUCT OVERVIEW

Provide a summary of your CDN Product, associated support equipment, how it has been leveraged in commercial and government use-cases, and a high-level product architecture.

Provide your response in less than 1000 words.

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