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Army

Army Officials Bent On Achieving Joint Information Environment

Friday, July 10th, 2015

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Army Officials Bent On Achieving Joint Information Environment

Soldier Uses Manpack To Communicate Photo: General Dynamics

The Army is swiftly consolidating its computing networks into a common computing architecture called the joint information environment (JIE) where it eventually will be able to securely and efficiently exchange data with the other services and defense support agencies.Lt. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, the Army’s chief information officer, said the joint information environment is the “foundation we are all building from.”“Moving forward in the joint information environment is not an option,” he said July 9 at a forum on Army…

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