US Military Close to Completing Windows 10 Upgrade

guest · Mar 26, 2018

US Military Close to Completing Windows 10 Upgrade
All systems must be running Windows 10 by March 31
March 26, 2018
http://news.softpedia.com/news/us-military-close-to-completing-windows-10-upgrade-520392.shtml

An en-masse transition to Windows 10 was announced in November 2015, but the complex nature of the process forced the Army to agree with a delay from the original January 2017 target to March 31, 2018.

In order to deal with these upgrade challenges and perform the migration as fast as possible, some departments purchase new computers running Windows 10 from the get-go. The Air Force, for instance, has bought a total of 500,000 systems in the past two years, according to the cited source.

Windows 10 is considered the most secure Windows version to date, and this is one of the reasons the Pentagon is embracing the operating system, as it can further protect their computers as compared to the previous releases.
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guest · Jun 5, 2018

Why the Military Can’t Quit Windows XP
The Pentagon’s recent push to upgrade to Windows 10 won’t leave all legacy Microsoft products behind.
June 4, 2018
https://slate.com/technology/2018/06/why-the-military-cant-quit-windows-xp.html

Unlike your average megacorporation, the Pentagon has to secure and update computer systems that support military operations and sometimes even directly control the navigation or weapons systems for tanks, warplanes, and warships. [...]
“Many of the systems directly affect the life, safety, and health of our soldiers and civilians,” says Thomas Sasala, director of the U.S. Army Architecture Integration Center and chief data officer. “We cannot risk deploying a mission critical solution to the field and have it fail during a critical mission.”

So it’s no surprise that the Pentagon’s current Windows 10 upgrade plans seem focused on office computers rather than mission-critical systems. The Army has just begun to upgrade specialized systems related to “industrial control systems, medical devices, and weapon systems,” and has not yet scheduled any completion dates, Sasala says.

Getting rid of XP once and for all will probably require attempts to re-engineer some military hardware and software so they’re not as dependent upon specific operating systems, which could make future upgrades easier, according to Dion-Schwarz. But she does not envision the Pentagon getting away from the dilemmas of the upgrade cycle anytime soon.
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