The U.S. Army is in the early stages of development of its own private cloud computing environment. The Army Private Cloud (APC2) is being developed “to reduce cost and energy use while improving the Army’s cybersecurity posture and speed of innovation.” An ultimate goal of the APC2 is to consolidate the number of Army data center worldwide from approximately 200 to fewer than 20.
In July a series of Requests for Proposal were issued indicating that the APC2 project is being contracted in two separate parts. The first project involves the development of a private cloud environment housed in fixed data centers. The other project involves mobile containerized data centers “that can meet urgent needs in contingency operations or where rapid or temporary cloud computing is needed.” The requests for proposal represent an attractive opportunity for private contractors with a potential budget of $249 million.
The U.S. Army is in the early stages of development of its own private cloud computing environment. The Army Private Cloud (APC2) is being developed “to reduce cost and energy use while improving the Army’s cybersecurity posture and speed of innovation.” An ultimate goal of the APC2 is to consolidate the number of Army data center worldwide from approximately 200 to fewer than 20.
In July a series of requests for proposal were issued indicating that the APC2 project is being contracted in two separate parts. The first project involves the development of a private cloud environment housed in fixed data centers. The other project involves mobile containerized data centers “that can meet urgent needs in contingency operations or where rapid or temporary cloud computing is needed.” The requests for proposal represent an attractive opportunity for private contractors with a potential budget of $249 million.
