Specifically, the Dutch Ministry of Defense will use advanced technologies, infrastructure services, and expertise from Atos and IBM Global Technology Services to construct new data centres, secure its IT system, and build a proprietary private broadband mobile network to protect government information. "Our work on Groundbreaking IT (GrIT) marks our continued commitment to building secure infrastructures that help global customers accelerate their digital transformations," said Peter `t Jong, head of Atos in The Netherlands. "By collaborating with IBM, a world-class partner with deep experience in helping government organisations across the globe modernise with advanced technology, we will help enable the Ministry to build an agile organisation based on a reliable, secured, future-ready and flexible digital infrastructure."