David Young oversees sales activities in the federal government market for Level 3 Communications in his role as a vice president at the multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company. Broomfield, Colo.-headquartered Level 3 operates a Tier 1 network worldwide and its work for federal agencies includes network security, Internet connections for large enterprises and cloud […] More

Hughes Network Systems and Level 3 Communications have partnered to offer federal agencies a suite of managed network service offerings through a U.S. General Services Administration-run enterprise telecommunications contract vehicle. Level 3 added the HughesON digital media and network management services portfolio to the company’s Networx Enterprise contract, Hughes said Wednesday. HughesON works to help organizations receive high-speed […] More

Mark Meleski serves as channel strategy and marketing lead at Level 3 Communications. He has nearly two decades of business development, corporate, strategy and marketing experience in the data analytics, Internet and telecommunications sectors. Before Level 3 Communications, Meleski served as vice president of strategy and business development at Centurion Research Solutions, where he led […] More

Fulcrum IT’s enterprise solutions division has achieved the Capability Maturity Model Integration Continuous Level 3 rating in recognition of the division’s work to adopt process improvement practices in software development. Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute granted the CMMI Continuous Level 3 appraisal after an evaluation of Fulcrum’s division in several process areas. The institute looked at […] More

Level 3 Communications has moved to thwart what it believes is a form of cyber attack by blocking data traffic to a network of servers in China, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The company detected a group of malicious computers that Level 3 says is responsible for denial-of-service-attacks on various websites, Drew Fitzgerald reports. […] More

Level 3 Communications and Comcast have inked a multi-year agreement to interconnect their networks in an effort to fulfill future customer requirements. The companies said Thursday the partnership is meant to expand both companies’ existing network capacity to exchange Internet traffic between the two networks at present and in the future. “We believe the agreement […] More

Noblis has received Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 appraisal from Carnegie Mellon University’s CMMI Institute. The CMMI framework is designed to assess how companies run systems used to achieve improvements in organizational performance. Amr ElSawy, Noblis president and CEO, indicated that the CMMI-DEV v1.3 rating helps affirm the strength of the company’s workforce and processes. “The […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton’s information technology development group has achieved the third level of CMMI for Development Maturity appraisal. Global Process Solutions conducted the evaluation on Booz Allen’s systems delivery processes and implementation activities for two weeks, Booz Allen said Wednesday. Gary Labovich, an executive vice president at Booz Allen and head of the firm’s systems delivery […] More

Level 3 Communications has been selected to deploy network connectivity services to Intelsat‘s Tysons Corner, Virginia-based headquarters and other sites across the U.S. Intelsat will expand its IntelsatOne terrestrial fiber and teleport network connected to Intelsat’s global satellite infrastructure using the service, Level 3 said Tuesday. “Level 3 remains committed to providing the network solutions for Intelsat to continue to grow and […] More

Level 3 Communications will offer Google‘s cloud platform to cloud ecosystem users in an effort to help developers and enterprises develop and deploy applications on Google’s infrastructure. Level 3 intends for the Google Cloud Platform to provide connectivity to enterprises via Google Cloud Interconnect, Level 3 said Wednesday. “The network is a critical link in enabling cloud computing, and the combination of […] More

Level 3 Communications will take on an expansion project in Alpharetta, Georgia, through which the company aims to widen its customer base in the region. Under the plan, the company will seek to connect over 300 on-network buildings and more than 250 metro route miles to its telecommunications network, Level 3 said Thursday. Ed Morche, senior […] More

Level 3 Communications has achieved ISO 9001 certification for quality management at three of its data centers in Brazil. TUV Rheinland and the Argentine Accreditation Body performed the audits on the three facilities located in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Curitiba, including a review of their processes, operations and management systems, Level 3 said […] More