Victory Media has given a Gold-Level Military Friendly Employer award to Windstream for the company’s work to meet six criteria on advancement rates, hiring, military employment application, promotion, turnover and National Guard and Reserve policies. Windstream said Friday it worked on its military hiring program in 2015 with the appointment of Angel Ramos, retired command sergeant major, who […] More

Windstream has finished the construction of customized network platforms at six military and government installations for the Defense Information Systems Agency. The network platforms include fiber builds that are designed to support DISA’s combat support mission and its efforts to expand its Defense Department information network, Windstream said Tuesday. The systems were installed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Naval […] More

Windstream has provided network communications services to approximately 300 Department of Veterans Affairs offices across the U.S. within the initial year of the company’s selection for a potential five-year, $450 million contract with VA. The company is one of the three contractors that won positions in August 2015 on the National Consolidation of Local Exchange […] More

Windstream has signed up for Hewlett-Packard’s team of managed service providers — the HP PartnerOne program — in a move to deliver cloud services to clients. Windstream will offer private cloud, backup as a service and replication as a service to small, medium and enterprise clients, Windstream said Tuesday. “Windstream’s IT as-a-Service provides our joint […] More

Windstream will provide the National Weather Service with Ethernet access, fiber optic circuit installations, technical support and Internet services across regional NWS Weather Forecast Offices under a five-year contract. The company said Dec. 22 that the work includes the setup of the initial circuit infrastructure and related equipment, as well as circuit monitoring, service restoration and maintenance services. Mike Magliato, Windstream […] More