Re: [Fed-Talk] FYI: Pentagon and iPhones
Re: [Fed-Talk] FYI: Pentagon and iPhones
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] FYI: Pentagon and iPhones
- From: Peter Thoenen <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:08:10 -1000
Never mind that whole FIPS 140-2 thing ... I look forward to their notice in
the federal register exempting themselves from it (as required by law).
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> From: fed-talk-bounces+peter.thoenen=email@hidden
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> bounces+peter.thoenen=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Todd
> Heberlein
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 14:05
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> Subject: [Fed-Talk] FYI: Pentagon and iPhones
>
> iPhones may be getting a little love from the military.
>
> Pentagon plans to buy iPhones, Androids in threat to BlackBerry’s market
> share
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/pentagon-plans-to-buy-iphones-androids-in-threat-to-blackberrys-market-
> share/2012/10/28/aeafb0a4-1f8f-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_story.html
>
>
> The Pentagon is planning to open its network for the first time to Apple
> iPhones and devices running Google’s Android
> operating system, a threat to BlackBerry maker Research in Motion.
>
> The Defense Department plans to hire a contractor to build a system that
> will manage and secure at least 162,500 Android
> devices and Apple products such as the iPad, according to a document
> posted online Oct. 22. The system may be expanded to handle
> 8 million devices, the department said.
>
>
> Todd
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