Basically, rather than allocate IT budgets to each individual command, they did the whole navy and marine core at once to one contractor. I think it was around 6 billion for 4(6?) years or so. Standardized hardware and software, locked registries to minimize unauthorized software(except us developers, yay!). They also have to provide the entire network infrastructure as well. The goal is to improve security and standardize. It is also supposed to save money, but the results have been dubious so far. To be fair, it is a huge undertaking, and the first time something like this has been attempted. A few growing pains, but personally I think this is a Good Thing(tm), and will work out in the long run.
Honestly, I'm surprised that I haven't heard about it outside of local resources with it being such a big thing. It doesn't seem to be making very much noise in the general/commercial sector, but then, everything seems more important when you are involved personally.
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From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:45 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Browser Statistics for US Government
What is NMCI?
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From: Smith, Matthew P -CONT(CSC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 11:17 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Browser Statistics for US Government
Currently, there is a wide variety installed across user systems. However,
NMCI is slowly being rolled out, and the gold disk browser is ie 5.5.
Matthew P. Smith
Web Developer, Object Oriented
Naval Education & Training Professional
Development & Technology Center
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