Verizon’s Terremark subsidiary has won an additional $300,000 from the Federal Communications Commission for website support services, Nextgov reports. The move comes after the FCC reported a 55 percent increase in website traffic due to the 2010 open government revamp rollout. New funding covers the procurement of extra security components to ensure compliance of the [...]
Verizon has brought together its enterprise operations under the umbrella of a new global organization, which will serve all of the company’s government and business customers. The company said that Verizon Enterprise Solutions will oversee the company’s enterprise mobility, cloud computing, information technology, strategic networking and advanced communications offerings. Beyond serving public sector clients, the [...]
The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services is reaching out to the private sector to help healthcare providers comply with federal regulations. Over the next three months, the office will release 11 video and audio presentations on compliance topics including major healthcare fraud and abuse laws through its website. The [...]
Verizon has developed an automated fraud detection software platform for government clients, the company announced today. The platform is based on the software it uses to process more than 700 million call records a day. The company said the platform employs predictive modeling, common in the telecommunications and financial services industries, to analyze healthcare payment [...]
Verizon was named one of 21 prime contractors Oct. 26 (GovCon Wire has the full list of contractors here) under the General Services Administration’s CONNECTIONS II contract, which has a ceiling of $5 billion over a period of nine years and three months. “There is an expanding role for IT and professional services in government, [...]
With the expansion of telehealth services across the country — particularly in rural areas like southwestern Virginia — Verizon has decided to pitch in to keep up the growing services. The University of Virginia’s College at Wise is receiving a $20,000 grant from Verizon to help its telehealth nursing curriculum stay to speed with the [...]
Verizon has recently been named a leader in Asia-Pacific next-generation telecom services market by IDC Marketscape’s report. IDC attributes Verizon’s leadership position to the company continuing to upgrade its global network, investment in its datacenters and security capabilities. “Everything we do is designed to strengthen our overall customer experience, and by integrating cloud, managed and [...]
