Over 1,000 web applications from customers across all the Armed Services, the Intelligence Community and other DoD organizations leverage the GCDS platform. Primary examples of benefits include bandwidth savings across the DODIN (typically 70%+), reductions in satellite transmissions, reduced data center infrastructure costs in servers and software licenses (typically 50-70%+), and application performance improvement to the warfighters (3-10x) even for highly secure and transactional systems.

TYPES OF WEB APPLICATION DELIVERY CUSTOMERS:

GCDS is software agnostic and can accelerate all forms of web applications delivered over HTTP (port 80) and HTTPS (port 443).

• Sharepoint and Collaborative Portals
• Custom Service Portals
• Geospatial Applications
• Mission Support Applications
• eLearning Applications
• Large File Downloads

Navy Knowledge Online (NKO)

Leveraging GCDS to Provide Sailors with Information

NKO Portal

Provides fast and reliable delivery of the Navy Service portal, used by >830K active duty, reserve and retired enlisted and officers of the United States Navy; providing information and resources such as career management, personal development, leadership, learning, references and more.  

GCDS Solution

• Web Application Delivery, including:
• Content Control Utility API issuing ‘purge’ requests to GCDS, which allows NKO to remove specific NKO content from cache automatically as updated content is made available
•  NetStorage
• Automated failover to custom apology pages, providing a clean end user experience

GCDS Benefits

• Including Navy’s ONE-NET and NMCI users

• *91% Request Offload (290 billion)
• *61% Bandwidth Offload (6 TB)
  

“Performance of the system during the last phase of the test was in a word, astounding. Compared to the pre-[GCDS] performance the system runs much better…[my co-workers] all replied that they were amazed at how [the NKO portal] got so much faster.” — NKO End User, Great Lakes

Advanced Distributed Learning Service (ADLS)

Leveraging GCDS to Train the Air Force Online

Portal
Provides web-based training that offers all Airmen the flexibility to accomplish training anytime, anywhere—24/7. From any browser, students can complete lesson material, take quizzes, and interact with the instructor by e-mail.

GCDS Solutions

1. Web Application Delivery
2. NetStorage, including:
1. Automated failover to custom apology pages, providing a clean end user experience

GCDS Benefits

1. Reliable delivery to global end users, supporting the Air Force’s mission to utilize distance learning methodologies and technologies
2. 1.9x improvement in response time globally
3. Significant reduction in traffic to customer’s infrastructure
1. 94% Bandwidth Offload (61 TB)
2. 64% Request Offload (443 Million)

“The GCDS implementation was painless and the support staff was very helpful in answering all of our questions.  Additionally, the GCDS Management Center [Portal] has provided us with timely reports about traffic data that
we previously didn't have visibility into.”  “We bow to the power of [GCDS]!”
— ADLS Program Manager

Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC)

Leveraging GCDS to Provide Shore Installation Management

Portal
As an extension to CNIC’s responsibility for Shore Installation Management and as the Navy POC for installation policy and program execution oversight, the Gateway 2.0 Platform facilitates collaboration between CNIC users; to connect with people, processes and information such as file sharing, business plans and conference room schedulers, and post other documents or pertinent information within CNIC.

GCDS Solutions

1. Web Application Delivery, including:
1. Client Certificate (PKI) Validation and Revocation Checking at the Edge
2. Automated custom CAC error handling, providing a better end user experience
2. NetStorage, including:
1. Automated failover to custom apology pages, providing a clean end user experience

GCDS Benefits

1. Faster page load times and downloads globally
2. 4.4x improvement in response time globally
1. Including delivery over Navy’s ONE-NET and NMCI
3. Significant reduction in traffic to customer’s infrastructure
1. 85% Request Offload (102 Million)
2. 33% Bandwidth Offload (353 GB)

“GCDS has allowed us to cache 80-90 percent of our payload, more than what SharePoint will allow. GCDS has allowed us to go beyond what SharePoint will allow for caching. This is a big win for using the GCDS platform.” — CNIC HQ 

Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

Leveraging GCDS to Educate and Train

Web Application
The Training and Doctrine Command develops, educates and trains Soldiers, civilians, and leaders; supports unit training; and designs, builds and integrates a versatile mix of capabilities, formations, and equipment to strengthen the U.S. Army as America’s Force of Decisive Action.  TRADOC’s applications are the primary online portal presence for TRADOC information to include organization, school resources and locations and publications.

GCDS Solutions

1. Web Application Delivery
2. NetStorage, including:
1. Static content hosted in the GCDS cloud
2. Automated failover to custom apology pages, providing a clean end user experience

GCDS Benefits

1. Fast and reliable delivery of training and doctrine content to global end users.
2. 16.3x improvement in response time globally
3. Significant reduction in traffic to customer’s infrastructure
1. 78% Request Offload (707 Million)
2. 50% Bandwidth Offload (3.87 TB)

“GCDS offloading our traffic will be a rising tide that we can lift for all our ships. We're really excited about where this is going to go.” – TRADOC Manager