Zero One

The JVNC contracted the actual daily operations of its center to an experienced facilitator. The important advantage to this approach was the ability to move forward as quickly as possible by using the resources of an already extant entity with an existing infrastructure and experience.

Zero One, originally Technology Development Corporation, was awarded the contract because it had experience in operating supercomputing facilities at NASA Ames, and they appeared to have an adequate, if not large, personnel base. As it turned out, apart from a small number of people, all of the personnel assigned to the JVNC were newly hired.