Microsoft expands support of technology modernization across the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force and DISA.
According to Tim Solms, general manager, Microsoft Department of Defense Business, «Microsoft has longstanding relationships with the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force and DISA, and we are honored to expand our support of ongoing technology modernization efforts across all three organizations,” . “This agreement enables
us to provide the best technology tools to an incredibly broad range of servicemen and servicewomen across the DoD, and we are looking forward to implementing to support their mission goals.”
Let us read together the core of project:
‘’ In an effort to modernize technology
infrastructure, reduce costs and foster new levels of cross-agency
collaboration, the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and Defense Information Systems
Agency (DISA) are expanding access to Microsoft solutions by entering into a
transformative three-year Joint Enterprise Licensing Agreement for enterprise
licenses and software assurance. The agreement provides all three organizations
with a single vehicle for accessing the latest Microsoft technologies in
support of top IT priorities around datacenter consolidation, collaboration,
cybersecurity, mobility, cloud computing and big data.
This is the most comprehensive
licensing agreement Microsoft Corp. has ever established with the U.S. Department
of Defense (DoD), covering nearly 75 percent of all DoD personnel. The net new
contract was awarded to Insight Public Sector, a division of Insight
Enterprises Inc., one of the largest global Microsoft Large Account Resellers.
As part of this agreement, all
three organizations can begin using the newest versions of Microsoft products,
including Microsoft Office 2013, SharePoint 2013 Enterprise and Windows 8. The
ability to standardize on SharePoint 2013 Enterprise will unlock new levels of
cross-agency information sharing through improved enterprise search and social
communications features while powering advanced business intelligence and
reporting capabilities. Access to Office 2013 will equip each organization with
the latest versions of productivity tools that personnel rely on every day,
including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. The
increasingly mobile DoD workforce will also use Windows 8 to empower
productivity from any location, and any supported device, while taking
advantage of enhanced security. The U.S. Army’s Network Enterprise Technology
Command headquartered at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., and the Air Force Program
Executive Office for Business and Enterprise Systems at Maxwell Air Force
Base-Gunter Annex in Alabama, have been working closely with Microsoft on
achieving Army Golden Master and Air Force Standard Desktop Configuration
compliance for Windows 8.’’
