CenturyLink‘s cloud platform is now available to managed service providers, independent software vendors and other resellers in the U.S. and Canada via Arrow Electronics‘ ArrowSphere cloud services marketplace. “Solution providers, MSPs and ISVs … are now able to utilize CenturyLink Cloud global services for building public, private and hybrid cloud solutions for their business, government and […] More

Greg Taylor joined CenturyLink in 2008 and serves as the vice president of Defense Department-area sales. In this role, Taylor and his team sell and provide CenturyLink offerings such as voice, data, video and professional services to DoD agencies worldwide. Before joining CenturyLink, he spent more than 26 years in the telecom industry serving in various sales and management positions. […] More

CenturyLink will continue to deliver cybersecurity services to U.S. federal civilian agencies under a one-year task order from the Department of Homeland Security‘s office of cybersecurity and communications. The company said Monday the task order is part of a four-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for cybersecurity services that CenturyLink won in March 2013. DHS awarded the order under its EINSTEIN program, which aims to help agencies […] More

A CenturyLink infrastructure-as-a-service offering has been included on a General Services Administration contract vehicle that federal agencies use to acquire telecommunications services. CenturyLink said Thursday its cloud IaaS is now available for purchase through the Networx Universal program as well as the agency’s IT Schedule 70. The data center service offering is designed to help […] More

Wray Varley serves as area vice president of advanced programs for the departments of Homeland Security and Justice at CenturyLink’s federal government industry. In this role, he directs a sales team that focuses on CenturyLink’s national security-related contracts. Prior to this role, Varley had sales and business development responsibility for all civilian government agencies such as the departments of Energy […] More

Kindra Martone, formerly senior vice president of global sales and marketing at IO Data Centers, has joined CenturyLink as global VP of colocation sales as the company continues its global data center colocation services expansion push. CenturyLink said Friday Martone will be responsible for directing the company’s international hosting and colocation market presence following its opening of a data center in Toronto. David Meredith, SVP […] More

CenturyLink‘s data hosting segment has tapped ComEd to support an energy-efficiency project that aims to reduce the energy consumption of CenturyLink’s 125,000-square-foot Chicago CH2 data center by 7.4 million kilowatt hours. In support of CenturyLink Technology Solutions‘ global green data center initiative, ComEd said Sunday it will implement its “Smart Ideas for Your Business” program that offers technical assistance and […] More

CenturyLink has built a new multi-megawatt data center in Arizona and plans to establish more storage locations this summer, the Arizona Republic reported Monday. In the early stages of 2014, the company partnered with Phoenix-based software data company IO on the construction of a new data center, one of 56 worldwide, aiming to meet the growing […] More

CenturyLink will develop a virtual private network for the U.S. Marine Corps Community Services organization under a potential five-year, $3.5 million contract. The company will work to design, configure and modernize the tools for developing a network in support of the MCCS’ quality-of-life services for Mariness and their families, the company said Tuesday. “CenturyLink is […] More

After forging through the Capitol area’s (extended) winter weather season, CenturyLink is heading into Spring with an updated shine and presence around the beltway. New rooftop and street-level canopy signs now adorn the firm’s federal government sales office in Arlington, displaying the CenturyLink name and pathways symbol brightly across the street from the Ballston Metro […] More

Donna Kludsikofsky, an employee at CenturyLink, has been honored by an agency of the Department of Defense for her work to support the Washington State National Guard and Reserve. The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve presented Kludsikofsky with the Patriot Award for her work with the DoD organizations. “The Patriot Award was created by ESGR to […] More

CenturyLink will provide the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency with a fiber optic system to help connect three air bases in Colorado Springs, Colo. under a potential five-year, $1.7 million contract. The company said Wednesday that the system is designed to resist high-altitude electromagnetic pulses and link Schriever Air Force Base, Peterson Air Force Base and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force […] More