The Environmental Protection Agency has honored Equinix with the 2019 Green Power Leadership Award in validation of the company's usage of clean and renewable energy.

David Peed, vice president and general manager at Equinix, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that there are four steps federal agencies can implement to accelerate their data center modernization efforts and the first step is building network hubs and optimizing network infrastructures.

ExecutiveBiz spoke with David Peed, vice president and general manager of Equinix Government Solutions, about the completed acquisition of Terremark Federal Group, Equinix’s unique interconnection and data center services role and what lies ahead for the company. “With our array of partners operating at our data centers, we’re becoming known …

Equinix has wrapped up the integration of Verizon’s Terremark Federal Group subsidiary into its government solutions business. Equinix said Tuesday it expects TFG to broaden its contract vehicles and help build up its capability to bring data center platforms and interconnection services to federal agencies and civilian research and education …

Data management and cloud storage solutions provider NetApp has appointed Steve Smith, Equinix CEO and president, to its board of directors — which is comprised of 10 other members. Smith started in Equinix in 2007 after work as senior vice president of HP services, where he managed the consulting and integration …

Synergy Research Group has released a new report on market performance of colocation providers in the U.S., Fierce Telecom reported Friday. Sean Buckley writes Equinix and CenturyLink‘s Savvis subsidiary are among the dominant players U.S. colocation market through continued surges in colocation and managed service earnings. Equinix generated $517 million …

NetApp and data center provider Equinix will co-host a webinar Thursday on the risks and proper management of using public cloud storage with private data center resources. The “Private Storage, Public Cloud: How NetApp, AWS and Equinix Enable Flexible IT” webinar will be streamed live at 12 p.m. Eastern time, …

Information technology services provider 1901 Group received a contract under the General Services Administration’s IT Schedule 70 vehicle to help the Peace Corps transition data center operations to a hybrid computing environment.

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Michael Maiorana, Verizon Public Sector senior vice president, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his leadership and sales expertise that led to several big moves and contracts for the company. This marks the first Wash100 award for Maiorana.

ExecutiveBiz spoke with David Morgan, vice president of operations and co-founder, regarding STS International’s track record delivering mission success for federal agencies. ”It’s less about finding out what’s currently happening, but more about predicting when things are going to happen.” ExecutiveBiz: Over the course of your 25 years with STS …

ExecutiveBiz spoke with Gavin Greene, vice president of business development, regarding the data challenges facing NT Concepts’ customers and how the company assists federal agencies in enhancing and making sense of their data. “It’s challenging, important work — we’re excited to help shape the future of AI/ML in national security …

BlackRidge Technology International has appointed four executives to its newly established government advisory board that will work to provide insights on the cybersecurity and network requirements of the Defense Department and other public sector clients. David Peed, vice president and general manager at Equinix Government Solutions with oversight over the firm’s …

Microsoft has made its Azure ExpressRoute cloud integration service available to users of the software company’s Azure Government cloud platform. Yousef Khalidi, Azure networking engineer at Microsoft, wrote in a Microsoft blog post published Tuesday that Microsoft’s Azure ExpressRoute service is designed to establish private connectivity between on-premises data centers and Azure …

Synergy Research Group reports that information technology companies generated a combined revenue of $22 billion from public cloud platforms and services during 2015’s second quarter. The market research firm said Thursday hardware, software and data center infrastructure accounted for $10 billion of the IT industry’s quarterly public cloud revenue. IT …

A team comprising Datapipe and TechAnax have secured a potential five-year contract to provide information technology support services for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The IT firms will work with a group of contractors to plan and carry out data center migration and offer hosting services to VA, Datapipe said Tuesday. Under the …