Eighteen months ago, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command began migrating education content to the dotcom cloud, a commercially operated bank of servers. This is a significant step for several reasons. The Army is currently a Common Access Card-enabled, Windows-based devices operating environment. That means Soldiers can’t access much of the training and education… Continue reading US Army moving education content to cloud for better access
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Navy rolls out Server, System, and Application Virtualization plan
This memo stipulates that the DON must virtualize all current servers and server-based systems/applications. The process of virtualization will allow multiple operating systems and applications to be run on a single physical server, thus reducing operational costs and improving flexibility within the existing information technology infrastructure. To achieve operational cost reductions and improve flexibility in… Continue reading Navy rolls out Server, System, and Application Virtualization plan
Extracting Relevance from Mountains of Data
DARPA held a multi-program performer meeting for researchers to hear presentations on the latest innovations and promising approaches in the area of Big Data and data analytics. Speakers during the day-long event included representatives from the White House, FBI, universities from across the country and leading companies from the private sector who are focused on… Continue reading Extracting Relevance from Mountains of Data
Official Describes DoD Cloud and Joint Information Environment
The Defense Department is working to improve its ability to share information, not just between the services, but also with its industry partners and other government agencies, the Pentagon’s deputy chief information officer for information enterprise said Sept. 28. The planned Joint Information Environment is a central piece of the information-sharing solution, Dave DeVries said.… Continue reading Official Describes DoD Cloud and Joint Information Environment
HP delivers enterprise cloud computing services for US Army
HP Enterprise Services today announced it has been selected by the U.S. Army to provide the Department of Defense and other federal agencies with enterprise cloud computing services under the Army Private Cloud contract (APC2). . With the Department of Defense facing new technical, security and budget challenges, the new contract will help the Army… Continue reading HP delivers enterprise cloud computing services for US Army
Defense officials seek balanced cloud computing solution
Defense Department officials are looking to balance efficiency, effectiveness and security while moving away from the department’s decentralized network of computer servers and data centers and into “cloud” computing, the DOD’s deputy chief information officer said Sept. 7. “We must balance all three,” said Robert J. Carey, who is also the deputy assistant secretary of… Continue reading Defense officials seek balanced cloud computing solution