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Navy, Marine Corps Want More Competency Before Full Move To Commercial Cloud

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 6th, 2017

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Increased data optimization is driving the migration of the Navy and Marine Corps’ systems and applications to the commercial cloud rather than cutting costs, in a process that is slowing down until both military departments gain full organizational competency for the transition.Marine Corps Chief Technology Advisor Daniel Corbin and Director of the Navy’s Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) Dan DelGrosso spoke at an FCW cloud computing event on Aug. 23 and both reaffirmed their organizations’ commitment…

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