To better manage its environmental impact, the Army is expanding a pilot program of software as a service called Enviance which tracks emissions and regulatory compliance.

The Army's choice of multi-tenant SaaS for its pilot is notable, as the military has been reluctant to use Web-based systems in other cases, especially with operational data such as on-installation emissions. "The reaction of some of our customers is, 'Oh my gosh, on the Internet?' " John Garing, director of strategic planning at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said in an interview earlier this year. "With the cyber threat that we face, that's a challenge." 

Enviance has been deployed in the utility, oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, by companies such as Chevron, DuPont, and Koch.

The service collects and aggregates emissions data, and compares that data to what's allowed in environmental permits, triggering a workflow if there's a problem.

Enviance customers pay from up to $100,000 a month for service.

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