Telecom Lead America: General Dynamics has signed two
deals with the United States Army to implement fixed and mobile cloud computing
capacity for the Area Processing Centers Army Private Cloud (APC2) initiative.
The potential value of the deals is $249.8 million to all
awardees.
General Dynamics will set up a secure and cost-efficient
managed service cloud computing platform under the fixed Suite of APC2.
Under the mobile Suite of APC2, General Dynamics will
provide a mobile data center solution to meet Army needs in contingency
operations.
Besides offering strategic cloud computing direction,
General Dynamics will manage network connectivity, information assurance,
certification and accreditation, application migration, private cloud
operations and maintenance and related aspects of the supply chain.
General Dynamics said the company will incorporate its
field-proven design to deliver reliable, secure and transportable mobile data
centers suitable for harsh conditions and remote locations.
“General Dynamics has a strong history of
integrating state-of-the-art technology for high performance, reliable and
scalable data center and cloud solutions,” said Zannie Smith, senior vice
president of the National and Homeland Security Division for General Dynamics
Information Technology.
General Dynamics will leverage its data center expertise
and logistics management skills, as well as its knowledge of the Army’s
processes to help the Army achieve its goal of providing secure, global access to
information, while reducing technology costs and energy usage.
APC2 is a new component of the LandWarNet strategic
initiative. Through this program, the Army plans to lower application
migration, hosting, administration and maintenance costs by moving to cloud
computing and reducing the number of data centers it operates.
The General Dynamics team supporting this contract owns
and operates more than 200 data centers in 23 countries and has successfully
fielded more than 6,000 tactical shelters and containerized systems for the
Army.
General Dynamics bags DISA contract for offering IT services
Recently, General Dynamics received a contract from the
U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to
provide information technology services for Omnibus Network Enterprise (ONE)
program.
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