Implementing servers for harsh field-environment applications can be a complex task. Whether the location is a Navy ship, a desert tent, or a shelter in the Arctic, users need a ruggedized server than can function in a harsh environment.
Everything from brake dust to Homeland Security to packing more storage into smaller form factors comes into play for a rugged industrial systems supplier that is successfully leveraging its military background across a wide range of industrial applications.
For this month’s Editor’s Pick section COTS Journal evaluated several rugged display systems based on three aspects: technology leadership, design innovation and market relevance.
The evolution of UAV-based image collection has a long mission-critical history for the U.S, military. Today’s hi res image capture technology requires 6,000 Terabyte per flight performance.
New thin/zero client workstations and data center servers running virtual instances of application software are replacing traditional desktop PCs in installations where security must rule, but that’s not the only reason thin is in.
The data breach by Edward Snowden and network penetration by various nation state-sponsored hackersvirtual desktop infrastructure highlight the need for security in the military computing space. President Obama’s budget proposal for 2017 includes $19B for cyber security, an increase of $5B over 2016. The White House is proposing $5.5B in cyber spending for the military for each year for 2016 through 2020.
Driving the military conversion to secure thin and zero client computing, the U.S. Army released a 72-page document, “U.S. Army Thin/Zero Client Computing Reference Architecture, Version 1.0, 14 Mar 2013,” which promotes the conversion away from desktop and laptop computers to centralized servers and thin/zero client architectures.
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