New Microsoft facility cozies up to US government
IT World | at | by Mike
Microsoft unveiled a new high-tech facility in Reston, Virginia, Thursday, in a move that it hopes will put it in better stead with the federal government, and could potentially net the software maker a lucrative "homeland security" contract. The US$25 million Microsoft Innovation & Technology Conference Center will showcase systems for use by government agencies and defense contractors, the company said, as well as house the latest in secure computing and telecommunication facilities. Additionally, the software maker said the site will eventually contain "secured facilities for classified meetings with intelligence agencies," as well as a Government Solutions Center.