Cares -- a combat veteran of the first Gulf War -- and other Alidade
researchers were among the initial investigators of Network Centric Warfare,
in which the military uses Information Technology to physically disperse their
vehicles for protection and to concentrate their firepower against
traditional , massed forces.alidade.hbsp.
Alidade researchers are also industry leaders in process innovation and
analysis, strategic investment advice, future concept generation and strategic
gaming.

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" The article is available at
http://harvardbusinessonline .jhtml;jsessionid=ZVXB4EBOSBF1AAKRGWDR5VQBKE0YIIPS?type=F." Echoing trends in business strategy, DoD has put
billions into researching how networks fight massed forces, but -- except for
Alidade 's research -- has put almost no thought into how networks fight
networks. "Our work obviously applies to combating terrorism," says Cares.

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"Of course, there are also
applications to anti-terrorism, counter-drug efforts and cyber-conflict, as
well as to Information Age business competition," says Cares.hbsp. "Alidade has developed
fundamental models for understanding industries in which firms develop
competing business networks.

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For more information visit http://www.net or contact
Allison Bozniak at allison@lincolnparkpr.

"When people hear the word "network" they think "Information Technology,"
but a network is any group of things arranged according to a motive.

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"We have discovered a major flaw in current concepts for Network Centric
Warfare," says Cares ." DoD has put billions into researching how networks
fight massed armies, but -- except for Alidade 's research -- has put almost no
thought into how networks fight networks.dnobook.com.

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Breakthrough Research on Network Centric Warfare Released

, Alidade Incorporated, one of the
defense industry's most innovative analysis firms, today announced the
publication of breakthrough research into the concept of Network Centric
Warfare (NCW).
Alidade uses its membership in the Santa Fe Institute Business Network to
apply the latest complex systems research to military and business problems., Research by the defense analysis
firm Alidade Incorporated has been selected by Harvard Business Review as a
"Breakthrough Idea for 2006.
Cares -- a combat veteran of the first Gulf War -- was among the initial
investigators of "Network Centric Warfare," a military concept to create IT
networks among military assets.

About Alidade Incorporated
Located in Newport, Rhode Island, Alidade Incorporated provides innovative
Information Age research services to government and corporate clients.

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New Book from Alidade Press Identifies Major Flaw in
Pentagon's Future Warfare Concept

NEWPORT, R.

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com.harvard .

About Alidade Incorporated
Located in Newport, Rhode Island, Alidade Incorporated provides innovative
Information Age research services to government and corporate clients.net or contact Allison
Bozniak at allison@lincolnparkpr.

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"We have discovered the major flaw in current
concepts for Network Centric Warfare," says Cares.

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dnobook. While
almost every firm invests in IT, very few firms see their businesses as
arrangements that tie together critical masses of customers , suppliers and
information," said Jeff Cares, CEO of Alidade.
Alidade uses its membership in the Santa Fe Institute Business Network to
apply the latest complex systems research to military and business problems.

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"It is short-sighted strategy: after the first
engagement only the most incompetent enemies will mass their armies against
our distributed forces. NEWPORT, R.alidade.

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Alidade Incorporated 's Network Centric Warfare Research One of Harvard Business Review's 'Breakthrough Ideas' for 2006

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In addition to these services, Alidade hosts
programs and workshops that bring a wider network of world-class experts in
contact with front line decision makers to explore Information Age
competition .

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jhtml;jsessionid=ZVXB4EBOSBF1AAKRGWDR5VQBKE0YIIPS?type=F.com or (202) 543-9060.harvard.com or (202) 543-9060.

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" This annual survey of the top twenty concepts
emerging from the world's foremost thought leaders in business and strategy
appears in the February 2006 issue. The entire article can be read at
http://harvardbusinessonline. For more information visit http://www.

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This pioneering research has produced revolutionary models for
understanding how networks compete and is detailed in a new book, "Distributed
Networked Operations: The Foundations of Network Centric Warfare," authored by
Jeff Cares, CEO of Alidade Incorporated.

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Cares' research into networked competition and how it can be applied to
business is featured in the February Harvard Business Review, selected as one
of their Top 20 "Breakthrough Ideas for 2006." The HBR article, "Battle of the Networks,"
discusses how Cares and his team invented new sources of networked advantage,
using the board of the Chinese strategy game of Go, rewired into a simulation
of networked competition.
The complete results of this research are in Cares' new book, Distributed
Networked Operations, now available at http: //www.

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The book is available at
http://www.edu/hbrsa/en/issue/0602/article/R060
2B. "It is a short-sighted
concept: only the most incompetent enemies will mass their armies against our
distributed forces.

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Alidade researchers are also industry leaders in process innovation and
analysis, strategic investment advice, future concept generation and corporate
and government war gaming.