PUBLISHER: IDC | PRODUCT CODE: 2068522
PUBLISHER: IDC | PRODUCT CODE: 2068522
Soar: A New Operating Model for Government Software
This IDC Market Note examines Soar, a next-generation business model purpose-built for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC). Soar's operating model of 100% vendor-funded development, commercial marketplace procurement through GSA, low-code, modular, and open architecture, and native cross-domain and AI/ML capabilities directly addresses the structural failures that have made government software acquisition slow, expensive, and risk laden. With demonstrated performance on classified U.S. government missions and an expanding capability footprint that now includes the MynAI agentic AI platform, Soar offers DoD and IC program offices a credible, field-proven alternative to traditional IT delivery models.
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In This Market Note
- The problem Soar was built to solve
- How Soar works: Architecture and delivery model
- Vendor-funded development: Risk transfer as a design principle
- GSA marketplace procurement: Commercial speed for government customers
- Low-code, modular, and open architecture: Software that evolves with the mission
- Broad capability coverage: One platform, many mission domains
- What Soar means for DoD and Intelligence Community operations
- Closing the time gap between requirement and capability
- Enabling outcomes-based accountability
- Lowering the floor for advanced capability access
- MynAI: The next layer of the platform
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