Indian Army’s plan to expand its cloud network is expected to act as a force multiplier for its operations during war and peace with major implications for the defence force’s all-around preparedness, media reports say. The network will instantly make available operational and personnel information to help decision making and improving the force’s efficiency.
The army will extensively use the cloud network for storing and sharing operational and personnel information like deployments, movement of formations and health and service records, the Economic Times said in an article citing unidentified officials. The expansion programme will be carried out under the Rs 26,664-crore “network for spectrum” (NFS) project, according to the report.Read More…