White Papers

Read the white papers our subject matter experts have written to illuminate various services and capabilities that Catapult can provide to you.

Improving Agility at PHMSA through Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
This paper looks at SOA, a collection of services that communicate with each other, and how Catapult uses it at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).Effectively Managing Change in Your IT Modernization Effort

Effectively Managing Change in Your IT Modernization Effort
This paper looks at the management of change, the common thread that determines the success of any IT modernization initiative.
Effectively Managing Change in Your IT Modernization Effort

Information Systems Security: A General Comparison of FISMA, HIPAA, ISO 27000 and PCI-DSS Standards
This paper looks at two legislative acts and two IT security standards to point out gaps and overlaps while suggesting possible simplifications in the process of implementing them in IT environments.
Information Systems Security: A General Comparison of FISMA, HIPAA, ISO 27000 and PCI-DSS Standards

Management Consulting: Improving Organizational Performance and Delivery of Quality Service
This paper focuses on management consulting and its ability to help organizations develop strategically to improve performance, increase the quality of delivered services, and maximize the use of financial and human resources.
Management Consulting: Improving Organizational Performance and Delivery of Quality Service

RF Propagation: A Study of WiFi Design for the Department of Veterans Affairs
This paper looks at how Radio Frequency (RF) signals are sent and received in a Veterans Affairs hospital environment, and the transmission implications for different applications.
RF Propagation: A Study of WiFi Design for the Department of Veterans Affairs

Wireless Security: How Catapult Leverages a Cisco Solution to Secure the Network Across the Department of Veterans Affairs
This paper looks at security considerations relevant to Catapult’s contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide wireless location-based infrastructure. The Catapult solution is one of the only wireless solutions in the marketplace today that can support a FIPS 140-2 certified 802.11i security with an external RADIUS authentication server.
Wireless Security: How Catapult Leverages a Cisco Solution to Secure the Network Across the Department of Veterans Affairs

Wireless Networking: Improving Service Across the Department of Veterans Affairs
This paper looks at Catapult’s contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a wireless location-based infrastructure to nearly 300 VA sites around the U.S. utilizing consistent technologies and implementation methods.
Wireless Networking: Improving Service Across the Department of Veterans Affairs

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