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US Army Logistics extends cloud contract and adds Watson

September 8, 2017

The US Army’s Logistics Support Activity has extended a cloud computing agreement with IBM first inked in 2012 for an additional three years. The new $135 million contract will include Watson capabilities in addition to they cloud services and software the Army was already using.

“We’re moving beyond infrastructure as a service and embracing both platform and software as a service, adopting commercial cloud capabilities to further enhance Army readiness,” said LOGSA Commander Col. John Kuenzli. Cognitive computing and analytics are of particular interest, Kuenzli said.

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