Feature about Geo-Replicator £8.3M ATLAS deal in airforce-technology.com
2008-08-22
Ian McInnes takes a look at geo-replication technologies and their applications for the future in airforce-technology.com issue dated 22 Aug 2008.
Feature in Airforce Technology magazine, issue dated 22 August 2008 http://www.airforce-technology.com/features/feature40230/ GEO-REPLICATION: A CASE STUDY Ian McInnes takes a look at geo-replication technologies and their applications for the future. Extract. ............... "In November 2007, media reported that the DII (F) project had run into difficulties." Sharing share point data to in excess of 200 sites is costly and needs a large number of satellite or other transmission time bandwidth methods. Often the volumes of data are large and the legacy network connections do not always make for quality transmissions. A flexible, simple and cost-effective solution using Microsoft platforms including, MS SharePoint was sought by Atlas and the MoD, resulting in Infonic being awarded a £8.3m contract in November 2007 for the supply of software licences and maintenance for DII F; under the terms of the contract, Infonic is providing its geo-replication software to be utilised by the MoD within DII (F). .......................... To read the full article, go to http://www.airforce-technology.com/features/feature40230/
Date: 22 Aug 2008