New voice, video and collaboration services for DoD?

The Defense Department wants new voice, video and collaboration services, and it’s trying to see if cloud computing can get the job done. The Defense Information Systems Agency is testing out different delivery models to find the best way to bring those capabilities to the military branches. The agency says it’s looking at DoD’s current IT infrastructure to see if it can add the features to an existing platform. DISA’s also testing the feasability of using commercial cloud services. Martin Gross is a program executive officer for DISA. He says the big question is whether or not the department will buy the unified capabilities as a service. He does say that the plan is to buy them as a portfolio instead of a single procuement deal. The Federal Times reports a request for proposals probably won’t come for another year or so, but a request for information could be out in a couple of months.

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