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Microsoft Software to run Indian Navy ships
Three ships to be delivered by Mazgaon Docks Limited (MDL) to the Indian Navy will have LAN connections with a 10g backbone.A veteran in developing ships for the Indian defence, MDL had invited tenders for the project in 2005. The ships are being developed at the Mazgaon Docks. CMC bagged the contract last Friday. The order is valued at Rs 7.4 crore. Arvind Kumar, account manager at CMC said, "We will install LAN for three ships to be developed by MDL for the Indian Navy. We will do complete network integration for these three ships." He added, "10g is a very special requirement. Installed in rare cases, the 10g backbone helps faster transmission and processing of data." At present, most networks run on 1G platform and midrange servers from HP. The OEMs for the project would be Dlink Foundry for switches and backbone, and passage components, HP for servers and Microsoft for software. Kumar refused to divulge more details and said, "It is confidential since the ships are being developed for the Indian Navy." The project involves two-tier network architecture with core and zonal switches. The zonal switches would be strategically implemented and connect to the core switch over 10G Ethernet over fiber. The delta connectivity created due to redundant link would also provide load sharing for entire traffic life. Other bidders for the project were Wipro, HCL and Adlink (Singapore). The project will be completed in three phases. Each ship will be taken up independently per phase. Posted by: john 2006-12-05 |
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