Ministry of Defence builds MoDNet communications system and 'autonomous cloud' platform on Office 365 and Azure
Don't worry - it's not running in the public cloud
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is rolling out a new Office 365-based internal communication and collaboration system called MoDNet, along with a custom offline "autonomous cloud" for users "separated from...
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