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| Microsoft Software to run Indian Navy ships |
| 2006-12-05 |
| Three ships to be delivered by Mazgaon Docks Limited (MDL) to the Indian Navy will have LAN connections with a 10g backbone. A veteran in developing ships for the Indian defence, MDL had invited tenders for the project in 2005. The ships are being developed at the Mazgaon Docks. CMC bagged the contract last Friday. The order is valued at Rs 7.4 crore. Arvind Kumar, account manager at CMC said, "We will install LAN for three ships to be developed by MDL for the Indian Navy. We will do complete network integration for these three ships." He added, "10g is a very special requirement. Installed in rare cases, the 10g backbone helps faster transmission and processing of data." At present, most networks run on 1G platform and midrange servers from HP. The OEMs for the project would be Dlink Foundry for switches and backbone, and passage components, HP for servers and Microsoft for software. Kumar refused to divulge more details and said, "It is confidential since the ships are being developed for the Indian Navy." The project involves two-tier network architecture with core and zonal switches. The zonal switches would be strategically implemented and connect to the core switch over 10G Ethernet over fiber. The delta connectivity created due to redundant link would also provide load sharing for entire traffic life. Other bidders for the project were Wipro, HCL and Adlink (Singapore). The project will be completed in three phases. Each ship will be taken up independently per phase. |
| Posted by:john |
| #9 Ah, well, they are micro$hafted now! I can see the message on their screens: "I am Pirate Hax0r! All your navy are belong to us!" |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-12-05 22:48 |
| #8 Hell and I thought I had trouble keeping my drivers up to date. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-12-05 21:07 |
| #7 The Devil is in the details... |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-12-05 20:57 |
| #6 "To complete Windows Update, please reboot your Aircraft Carrier" |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-12-05 19:29 |
| #5 I can see it now, target lock sir sir OMG BSOD BSOD.:) |
| Posted by: djohn66 2006-12-05 19:27 |
| #4 Geezus you're deranged, 3dc. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-05 19:21 |
| #3 I can see it... General the chinese ship is behaving funny and we just got an email from them. It reads ha ha ha. Blue screen of death and ship stops moving. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-12-05 19:16 |
| #2 And their commander in chief - the Indian president, a pretty smart guy - a rocket scientist no less, has been touting Linux use and the benefits of open source... |
| Posted by: john 2006-12-05 18:42 |
| #1 Now they're doomed. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-12-05 18:36 |