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DoD Wants Current Commercial Technology For Its 600,000 Mobile Device Users

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

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The Defense Department unveiled yesterday its plan to equip its more than 600,000 mobile device users with the latest commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology such as smartphones and tablets. The Commercial Mobile Device Implementation Plan focuses on three areas: mobile devices, wireless infrastructure and mobile applications. The plan also works to ensure these areas remain reliable, secure and flexible enough to keep up with fast-changing mobile technology. The plan establishes a framework to equip DoD’s mobile device users with secure, classified…

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