Yesterday’s Star-Bulletin included an article about the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) help desk facility at Ford Island. The official name is Pacific Theatre Battle Watch.
The facility was built inside a battle-damaged hangar, and is staffed by 12 EDS contract employees.
For those who haven’t heard of NMCI, it’s a good overview of the system’s stated goals. It’s a huge project, covering 500,000 computers and 400,000 users around the world. I’ve met several MSIS students who are associated with this project over the years. More details are available in these 2002 and 2007 GCN articles.
(Photo courtesy of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
I was surprised to learn that the command center cost only US$1M, but the reconstruction project for the hangar cost US$65M.
Tags: HPU, Internet, Iraq, legacy, MSIS, network, security, USA, value-chain
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