Dutch Ministry of Defense signs contract for modern and flexible IT

Push Release published by the Dutch Ministry of Defense (in Dutch below) :

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Point out Secretary Barbara Visser of Defense signed a agreement with IBM, on behalf of the sector consortium Athena (IBM / Atos / Unica) to begin in 2021 with the realization of a renewed, future-evidence IT infrastructure. Concentrate will be on the IT infrastructure-sections that have the most additional benefit for operational steps. The Ministry of Defense support models are closely involved in this.

The Groundbreaking IT (GrIT) program is intended to give a completely renewed IT infrastructure for Defense. GrIT will build and know a trustworthy, safe, future-evidence and flexible IT infrastructure and companies for the future ten years.

“Technological know-how and the clever use of information and facts engage in a crucial purpose for Defense,” claims Secretary of Point out Barbara Visser. “GrIT stems from this necessity and supplies for the renewal of the IT spine of Defense.”

The electronic transformation is an vital part of the Defense Vision 2035. “GrIT is substantially more than a renewal of an information and facts system”, claimed accountable director Ron Kolkman. “There will be a completely new, highly state-of-the-art IT infrastructure, which must change the armed forces into a superior-top quality, information and facts-driven business.”

The do the job will begin in the initial quarter of 2021. In the initial 1.5 years the construction of new information centers will begin (planned length 20 months) as effectively as the renewal of the network for sending highly categorized information and facts (planned length twelve-24 months). The realization of Defense’s own cellular network will also begin (planned length eleven months).

Most effective of each worlds

Thanks to the fast pace of IT innovation, Defense is entering into a strategic partnership with the sector. Via this tactic, Defense can respond promptly and structurally to new developments and improvements.

“In accordance to our organizing GrIT will be rolled out in 7 years,” describes Point out Secretary Barbara Visser. “And by operating with the sector, we can receive the most effective offered engineering. We are going to do the job with blended teams, to combine the most effective from Defense and the sector in purchase to get the most effective outcome. With GrIT, Defense will shortly have its own cellular network, earning it independent of other get-togethers. That is a extremely powerful place for an business like ours, which operates globally below tricky conditions.”

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