MICROSOFT
How Microsoft is
Driving Defense
Innovation at the Speed of Relevance
Traditional acquisition and development techniques lack the agility required to deliver mission critical technology solutions in the defense and intelligence domain . Kate Maxwell explains how that ’ s changing .
WRITTEN BY : PADDY SMITH
PRODUCED BY : MIKE SADR
Defense and intelligence missions are moving increasingly into the information domain ,” says Kate Maxwell , CTO , Defense & Intelligence for Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector . It ’ s a radical shift from what Maxwell calls “ kinetics ”, which remain a threat , but even traditional defense benefits from the advances in data science and connectivity .
“ Information is helping our defense customers get ahead of their adversaries ,” Maxwell explains . “ Cloud computing enables secure information sharing across services , domains , and the allied community - all the way from headquarters to the tactical edge , to that soldier at a forwarddeployed location . And once that level of interoperability is achieved , we help our customers figure out how to turn raw data into insights . That ' s a big leap that is facilitated by capabilities like artificial intelligence , machine learning and high performance computing . Raw data is one thing , but how do we get to insights and
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