US Department of Defense to standardize Windows 10 for over 4 million seats

Microsoft and Windows 10 got a great vote of confidence today from the US Department of Defense which plans to standardize the OS across 4 million seats.

According to the Office of the DoD CIO the Secretary of Defense has directed all U.S. DoD agencies to begin the rapid deployment of the Microsoft Windows 10 throughout their respective organizations for information systems currently utilizing Microsoft Operating Systems. From laptops to desktops to mobile devices, including Surface devices, the DoD is targeting its Windows 10 upgrade for completion in a year, an unprecedented move for a customer with the size and complexity of the DoD.

the DoD will be the single largest enterprise deployment of Windows 10 to date. Head on over to the Windows blog for more details.

Source: Microsoft

BlackBerry handsets approved for US Department of Defense deployment

With a reputation for ironclad security earned though years of serving governments and the enterprise, Research In Motion got a bit of a boost when the US Department of Defense chose its BlackBerry smartphones as standard issue for the DoD.

RIM announced yesterday the DoD-wide approval for the use of BlackBerry 7 smartphones. Working with U.S. Army and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) sponsors and partners, BlackBerry 7 smartphones have undergone successful testing through Army labs leading to a subsequent listing on DISA's Unified Communications Approved Product List (UCAPL). 

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