DARPA plans shift from AWS and on-prem to multicloud by 2022

The US militarys research agency, DARPA, plans to use multiple cloud providers by 2022, according to a procurement document, requesting help from IT network services contractors.The agency currently relies on a mixture of Amazon Web Services and internal server infrastructure, according to the document, which gives details of DARPA's current server and cloud deployments, and its future plans. The request provides a rare glimpse into the IT infrastructure of one of the US government's most secretive agencies, known for its part in the creation of the Internet. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking a small business to provide and manage the full range of IT services, support, and infrastructure necessary to support DARPA and implement the DARPA IT strategic direction and operational objectives for all networks from unclassified to SAP/SCI, which will evolve over the course of this contract. DARPA’s IT services consist of standalone systems, local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) that are located in DARPA, Defense Industry Base (DIB) and Government Partner facilities.