Huge opportunity for Route1Does this ever sound like Route1.
Tony better be all over this.....
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https://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/navy-embraces-cloud-computing/2011-07-13
Navy embraces cloud computing
July 13, 2011 — 3:49pm ET | By David Perera
Department of Navy forays into cloud computing appear to be gathering steam with the July 12 release of two requests for
information, one for thin- or zero- client devices, the other for browser-based office and collaboration software.
The thin- or zero- client RFI specifically states that Navy Next Generation Enterprise Network, or NGEN, will transition "to a cloud-based computing delivery model," adding that "the vast majority of the DON systems and computing capabilities fielded in the future must be able to operate in a cloud computing/shipboard virtualization environment."
The thin- or zero- client RFI classifies as a zero-client device an end user computer that the installer need not configure beyond the actions of connecting a keyboard, mouse and monitor, that would require no driver updates to support peripherals, that, should updates be required, would be capable of installing them without impacting end-user operations and without the intervention of personnel.
Navy officials have recently talked-up the possibilities of a thin computing environment, particularly since the Jan. 11 release of a Navy directive from Vice Adm. David "Jack" Dorsett, the deputy chief of naval operations for information dominance and director of naval intelligence, directing the department to "focus on shifting computing processes away from traditional desktop hardware and making greater use of platform as a service, infrastructure as a service and software as a service capabilities."
The browser-based software RFI says that the Navy's goal is to have "end user communications and collaboration" universally accessible via a browser.
Industry responses to both RFIs are due by August 12