Jane Edwards
Science Applications International Corp. has signed a multiyear lease deal with CyrusOne to move one of its data centers to the latter“™s data center location in Northern Virginia by the first six months of 2019.
“During the past seven years, CyrusOne and SAIC have developed a strong relationship that will continue to grow with our new long-term lease agreement,“ Bob Fecteau, chief information officer at SAIC, said in a statement published Thursday.
Fecteau added the move to broaden the geographical distance between SAIC“™s data centers seeks to reduce risk and build up business continuity.
The lease agreement supports SAIC“™s goal to widen the distance between its primary and secondary data centers by at least 150 miles.
Fecteau said SAIC established a software-defined data center as part of its data center consolidation effort.
SAIC is one of the 10 firms to secure a design certification from VMware for its SDDC architecture.
