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"NOWA TECHNIKA WOJSKOWA" - 2/2012 (translation) activities, for example: the Polish Armed Forces use it in, among others: WAN net, ACN and WZiD as intranet). The SharePoint Platform key functions are, among others: • standardized access to information (the benefits are facilitated cooperation and increased decision making possibilities of the work groups); • automatic confirmations (the benefits are automatic confirmations that reach the users and inform them of the changes on pages and previously defined by them documents); • personalization of the users’ settings (the benefit is a range of information adjusted to the needs within the limitations established by IT and the way of its presenting, increasing comfort and work effectiveness); • personal and public view of documents, information and applications (the benefit is increased intranet usefulness); • integration with Microsoft applications (the benefit is common use of MS Office solutions allowing increasing intranet usefulness); • adjusting intranet function to the Web Parts without the need of programming (the benefit is that Web Parts make the adjusting possible – Share Point settings personalization by the user without any knowledge of programming); • integration of various data bases and applications, including other companies applications and specialist systems (the benefit is that every sort of the uniformed services can still benefit from the applied solution without bearing the costs of purchase of the new systems); • delivering content and making applications available, including the users’ roles, distribution lists, hierarchy and other criteria (the benefit is data security assurance by establishing rules of access to data on the program platform level). SharePoint Platform ensures, among others: • effective management and change of destination on information resources; • shorter course of internal and external business processes that require cooperation; • cooperation of information resources within organization and outside it; • using one integrated internet, intranet and extranet application management platform. THE INTEGRATION OF DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES 3
"NOWA TECHNIKA WOJSKOWA" - 2/2012 (translation) C3SI JASMINE – REALIZING THE PRINCIPLES OF NNEC PROGRAMME The second element of HMS Web Portal is C3IS JASMINE System. According to the author it is the newest and the most advanced solution in support of commanders’ operations at war and during crises. The tool allows getting common image of operational situation (Common Operational Picture – COP) that has been widely discussed recently. In reality, however there are only few solutions possible to achieve it. The author’s research and direct observations prove the tool to allow automatization of the whole command process realized by the Polish Armed Forces. Moreover, it allows large savings during its individual phases. What needs to be emphasized is the automatization of determining the position phase, which can take place almost ‘automatically’ (without the operators) thanks to C3IS JASMINE. It can be done by using a wide range of standards in the system in accordance with NNEC program (NATO Network Enabled Capabilities) and the tool’s structure based on SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) as well as the system’s producer original solutions (the only program-equipment solution), which assure its work according to the rule that it is the command system supports the operator. Additionally, the control phase has been simplified and thanks to applied solutions it is more easier to be realized (all system users dispose of the same amount of information on their own and the enemy’s army; the enemy’s army location data and resources is transmitted in a real or near to real time automatically). The automatization of determining the position and control allows the troops information share of all the authorized users of the system. Data presentation can take place using various dedicated solutions, depending on the command level. Some further works concerning the development of system functionality arising from the planning phase are now in progress, though the systems’ current capabilities in this area allow its use up to the brigade level – 1.8 version (starting from dismounted soldier). The author states that in the year 2010 the battalion level was represented by 1.3 versions. Some specialist tools that allow carrying out the activities arising from the planning phase and its further stages are being added to the consecutive versions. At present, it is possible to analyze tasks and geographical conditions, such as the lie of the land, flood land or determining visibility. It is also possible to analyze the operation variants, formalized documents resulting from command process (such as plans and orders) and others, (not mentioned by the author on account of nature of this article). It should be emphasized that nowadays there is a chance of using JASMINE on levels higher than the brigade level, mainly in order to create common situational picture within coalition operations. One can use examples of NATO Combined Endeavour exercises (2009-2011 editions), where JASMINE combined 20 systems from different countries and was used on the corps and division levels. One surely needs to be aware of the task setting phase currently realized using C3IS JASMINE. The commander is not obliged to leave his post thanks to the possibility of setting the task to the subordinate units in many different ways, for instance, by the use of videoconference (based on JASMINE Platform, which requires neither additional program nor equipment solutions) or tactical chat (to find more about C3IS JASMINE go to ‘Nowa Technika Wojskowa’ 12/2011). THE INTEGRATION OF DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES 4
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