The U.S. Air Force knows a thing or two about navigating in the clouds, and with the help of IBM, it will be tapping into a different kind of cloud. Specifically, the U.S. Air Force has granted IBM a contract to build a secure cloud computing infrastructure.
"The project will push the technology boundaries of cloud computing with an infrastructure design that not only supports large-scale networks, but meets rigorous security standards and the government’s Information Assurance guidelines for all networks, IBM said. "The Air Force’s network manages the operations of nine major commands, nearly 100 bases, and 700,000 active military personnel around the world."
The contract calls for IBM to put together a secure online environment ready to be demonstrated in 10 months. Staff from both IBM and the Air Force will work together to build the infrastructure and a health monitoring system for information flow across the network.
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