The U.S. military vigorously develop "cloud computing" behind a mystery

In the September 2010, the U.S. military deployed a portable "cloud computing" device in the remote mountainous areas of Afghanistan, the first time that "cloud computing" technology was actually used in a combat environment. The facility was jointly developed by the U.S. Army and the National Security Service, and some hardware support from local commercial companies, mainly a "cloud computing" capacity of 2 feet (about 60 cm) square box, the device is small, light weight, can be easily deployed in remote locations. In its information coverage area, U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan can be encrypted 3G wireless network access to key reconnaissance and combat information. "We have our own cloud equipment and we are developing cloud technology as needed," Chadechana, the U.S. Army's deputy chief of staff for intelligence, said in response. At the end of the year, U.S. federal government Chief information officer Vikkundra announced the "25-point plan", the government departments to adopt a "cloud" policy, in 12-18 months to transfer some of the network work to the "cloud" system, and said the U.S. government to slash fiscal spending, while 2012―2015 years will be "cloud" Investment in technology keeps growing at 40% a year. The U.S. military vigorously develop "cloud computing" mainly has the following considerations. Improve intelligence efficiency

In the long run, "cloud computing" technology will make the U.S. military's sensing, computer network and weapon platform as a whole, and its powerful computer capabilities and data storage capabilities, the U.S. military battlefield intelligence construction to a new level. But from the current point of view, the U.S. military's "cloud computing" application is still in its infancy, its application is focused on intelligence, that is, mainly use its information processing, storage, distribution and management advantages.

According to the U.S. Arroson consulting company published in the "Cloud technology in the National defense and intelligence Industry application Prospects" Report analysis, due to the rapid development of C4ISR technology in recent years, the U.S. military intelligence collection capacity unprecedented increase, and has accumulated a trillion-digit calculation of the huge amount of information. However, the U.S. military's intelligence processing, utilization and distribution capacity has not been correspondingly improved, which has become the U.S. military intelligence processing work of the "bottleneck." The United States combat forces face a large amount of information, but not timely access to truly valuable information. U.S. Army intelligence Information management Director Mary Schno said the army will use "cloud computing" technology to get rid of this dilemma. According to the report, the U.S. Army will establish a "cloud computing" technology based on the standardized information network, and its hundreds of data centers will be merged, in the future only in Germany, Wiesbaden, the United States local Blegburg and three locations in Hawaii set up intelligence analysis and storage center. Meanwhile, the U.S. intelligence community also plans to use the "cloud computing" technology with the U.S. military intelligence agencies to establish an intelligence-sharing system. Enhance network defense capabilities

The commander of the Cyber Command, Admiral Alexander, said the defense was attacked 250,000 times per hour, and cyber cyber and hacking had become the main security threat after weapons of mass destruction. To this end, the U.S. military will use the "cloud computing" technology to establish an "active defense" network security system, the system will find the time of hacking attacks from the current 6-9 months to reduce the number of hours, so that the U.S. military professional and technical personnel have a more substantial time to reverse the hacker attacks. According to US experts, "cloud computing" technology can improve network security in two ways: the first is that the secret data is not stored in the personal computer, but in the "cloud", so as to prevent the PC from being stolen or attacked to cause the leak; second, the U.S. military network experts will not have to the difficult to count the network connection port Security defense, And just concentrate on the strength and energy of the "cloud" of security protection. In the current network attack and defense increasingly fierce situation, "cloud computing" technology to strengthen the U.S. military "defensive wall" to provide a new means. Save money

Under the dual influence of "financial crisis" and "debt crisis", the U.S. military is facing an unprecedented "economic crisis". According to President Obama's Budget Control Act to Congress, U.S. military spending will be reduced by 350 billion ~4500 billion dollars over the next decade, a figure that could increase sharply after the 12-person supercommittee passed the debt relief Program at the end of the year. Facing the financial dilemma, the development of "cloud computing" technology has become the ideal choice for the U.S. military to continue to promote information construction. In the "Cloud computing" system, users can obtain the required applications without having to invest in hardware and software licenses, and by promoting the standardization and compatibility of information facilities in the army, the U.S. military can avoid duplication of construction, thus significantly reducing construction costs. According to defense estimates, the use of "cloud computing" technology will save US $ more than 1 billion a year in spending.