Zoom has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the enterprise video communications firm's preferred cloud provider. Under a multi-year partnership agreement, Zoom will continue to leverage AWS' global infrastructure and portfolio of services, including capabilities in compute, storage, content distribution and security, to create a seamless, secure extension of its data centers.
Iron Mountain will provide colocation services to a federal civilian agency at two data centers in Northern Virginia and Denver under a lease agreement slated to take effect in 2021's second quarter.
CoreSite Realty has received attestation from an independent third-party assessment organization for data center controls that are relevant to a set of National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines. Schellman & Company conducted the NIST 800-53 assessment on the real estate investment trust's portfolio of 19 multitenant data centers, CoreSite said Wednesday.
Oracle has announced plans to open 12 new data centers across Asia, Europe and the Americas region in a push to expand the geographic reach of the technology firm’s cloud services. The company said Monday it will establish two facilities in the U.S. to serve Defense Department customers and another two in Canada. Other data center locations will […] More
With federal IT budgets under attack and the need to enhance technological capabilities more quickly, agencies are turning to companies like ViON Corporation to provide technology as-a-Service. It was announced in November last year that ViON Corporation, a cloud service provider and IT infrastructure company, had been awarded a three-year, $1.4 million contract by the Department of […] More
As if there was not enough instability in our current political climate, Congress has plans to limit funds for the U.S. Army“˜s battlefield network development program until they submit a modernization plan for its tactical communications and data networks, according to a recent report by C4ISRNET. The final annual defense policy bill contains language to […] More
MacAulay-Brown‘s Enlighten IT Consulting subsidiary has updated its proprietary cyber defense environment in a push to help government clients implement, manage and secure cloud-based technology. Version 2.5 of the Rapid Analytic Deployment and Management Framework provides an option for potential federal customers such as the Defense Department to deploy more than 40 open source technologies at production scale to aid their analytics development […] More
John Gould and Brent Behrman, respectively former president of Stratasys‘ North American business and senior vice president of sales at Compass Datacenters, have joined data center services company CyrusOne‘s sales organization. Gould was appointed executive vice president for global sales and Behrman will serve as EVP for strategic sales, CyrusOne said Wednesday. “As our world enters an exciting […] More
Technavio has forecasted that global defense information technology spending will reach $108.4 billion by 2020 as continued demand for IT and technology offerings in the defense industry drive the need for technological support services. The company said Friday the market will see a compound annual growth rate of at least three percent over the forecast period. IT investments will work […] More
BRIAN NEELY CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AMERICAN SYSTEMS As CIO and CTO for AMERICAN SYSTEMS, Brian Neely leads the overall vision, planning, and management of all technology and information management-related resources throughout the enterprise. Mr. Neely began his career at AMERICAN SYSTEMS in 1996, and has been instrumental in the company's strategic […] More
