Thursday, February 28, 2013

The Pentagon Unveils It's Plan For Smart Phones, Tablets, And Other Mobile Devices


Pentagon Unveils Plan To Tap Potential Of Mobile Devices -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The Pentagon unveiled a plan on Tuesday to ultimately enable the Defense Department's 600,000 users of smartphones, computer tablets and other mobile devices to rapidly share classified and protected data using the latest commercial technologies.

The system aims to quickly enable the latest technologies to be securely used by the military while remaining "device agnostic," said Major General Robert Wheeler, a Defense Department deputy chief information officer.

That sets the stage for an intensified struggle for Pentagon customers among BlackBerry devices, Apple's iPhones or iPads, and units using Google's Android platform.

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More News On The Pentagon Unveiling It's Plans For Smart Phones, Tablets, And Other Mobile Devices

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Pentagon Details Mobile Plan to Support 600,000 End Users -- Nextgov
Despite Security Issues, Pentagon Clears Android, iOS for Duty -- TechNewsWorld
More support for Apple, Google at Pentagon could spell problems for BlackBerry -- ZDNet
Pentagon to open networks to iOS, Android devices in 2014 -- Apple Insider
Pentagon will open networks for Android in early 2014 -- Android Community
Sending top secret information? There's an app for that -- CNN

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