A lack of venture funding for startups combined with a heightened fear of cyberterrorism may bring greater prominence to a long-time, behind-the-scenes investor in high-risk network research: the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA, the research and development arm of . . .
A lack of venture funding for startups combined with a heightened fear of cyberterrorism may bring greater prominence to a long-time, behind-the-scenes investor in high-risk network research: the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA, the research and development arm of the U.S. Defense Department, has a track record of funding key technologies used in military and commercial communications systems. DARPA is best known for creating the Internet in the early 1970s, but in recent years the agency has driven the development of wavelength division multiplexing and Gigabit Ethernet.