The services are collaborating as never before, officials said, as they outsource non-combat networks through new “IT as a service” contracts.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.WASHINGTON: While Army forces in Afghanistan have more bandwidth and gadgetry than ever, bases back home still make do with archaic copper-wire telephone switches. As the war winds down and units increasingly operate out of the US, the challenge for the Army’s CIO is to move the whole service to a single set of compatible,…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.