DARPA plans shift from AWS and on-prem to multicloud by 2022
Data Center Dynamics | February 06, 2020
The US military's research agency, DARPA, plans to use multiple cloud providers by 2022, according to a procurement document, requesting help from IT network services contractors. The agency currently relies on a mixture of Amazon Web Services and internal server infrastructure, according to the document, which gives details of DARPA's current server and cloud deployments, and its future plans. The request provides a rare glimpse into the IT infrastructure of one of the US government's most secretive agencies, known for its part in the creation of the Internet.