Jim Matney of General Dynamics’ information technology business said ease of use, security and cost are the reasons why the addition of VMware and Amazon Web Services offerings to the Defense Information Systems Agency's milCloud 2.0 platform could help defense agencies accelerate the migration of workloads to the cloud, GCN reported Tuesday.

General Dynamics Information Technology executive Jim Matney said the business integrated Oracle’s Exadata offering into the milCloud 2.0 platform in an effort to create a software as-a-service pathway for database users.

Jim Matney, vice president and general manager for DISA and enterprise services at General Dynamics’ information technology business, said the Defense Information Systems Agency saw a twofold increase in the number of workloads migrated to the milCloud 2.0 platform last year, Nextgov reported Monday.

Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), has received a 2021 Wash100 Award in recognition of her strong and notable leadership that helped the company secure IT modernization work with government customers. To date, Gilliland has four consecutive Wash100 awards. You can read Gilliland’s full 2021 Wash100 Award profile by visiting GovCon Wire. 

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 10, 2021 — Cloud services from Amazon Web Services were added to the milCloud 2.0 contract of General Dynamics' information business in an effort to help the Department of Defense speed up its adoption of cloud capabilities as well as its cost saving and mission improvement efforts, ExecutiveGov reported Feb.1.

Kristie Grinnell, global chief information officer and vice president for supply chain at General Dynamics’ information technology business, wrote in a guest piece published Friday on FedScoop that government agencies seeking to optimize the capabilities that cloud offers should first understand their data strategies and identify which cloud service could best support the needs of their organizations.

Jason Henneke, formerly director for growth, operations and strategy at the defense segment of General Dynamics' information technology business, has assumed the role of vice president of business development for military health and veterans affairs at Ventech Solutions, FedHealthIT reported Monday.

Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics’ information technology business and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said GDIT looks forward to continuing its partnership with the General Services Administration, Department of Defense and the Defense Information Systems Agency through the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions cloud contract as part of efforts to meet the goals stated in DoD’s Cloud Strategy.

General Dynamics’ information technology business has received a potential five-year, $306M task order to help the Department of Veterans Affairs convert military veteran records to digital format and automate processing of data.

Paradyme Management has appointed Lisa Douds as vice president of growth and said she will be responsible for the company’s business development and strategic planning functions. Douds will join Paradyme with more than three decades of experience throughout the government contracting (GovCon) sector.

General Dynamics’ information technology business has installed an update to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hera CS500 supercomputer that supports modeling work for weather monitoring efforts.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, as an inductee into the 2020 Wash100 Award for her leadership and efforts to grow the company through major contract awards, support federal agencies and the U.S. military and drive innovation in emerging technology through GDIT’s workforce.