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  • Fortinet Opens FortiCloud European Data Center in Germany - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fortinet Opens FortiCloud European Data Center in Germany

    Fortinet has launched a new cloud data center in Germany that will work to provide local cloud-based data hosting and cybersecurity services to European customers. The company said Monday the FortiCloud European data center aims to address customer privacy concerns through the Fortinet Security Fabric, as well as support compliance for hosting data within the European […] More

  • CyrusOne Continues Phoenix Data Center Campus Expansion Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Continues Phoenix Data Center Campus Expansion Efforts

    CyrusOne has acquired an additional 29 acres of land at the Continuum Business Park in Chandler, Arizona, in support of the company’s expansion efforts in the West Coast. The land purchase extends the company’s Phoenix data center campus to above 85 acres and approximately 2 million square feet of data center space to deliver cloud, internet and data center infrastructure services, the company said […] More

  • CyrusOne Constructs Data Hall to Expand Phoenix Data Center; John Hatem Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Constructs Data Hall to Expand Phoenix Data Center; John Hatem Comments

    Carrollton, Texas-based data center builder CyrusOne will construct  a new data hall at the company’s Phoenix campus in an effort to add 32,000 additional colocation square feet and six megawatts of power. CyrusOne said Tuesday its Phoenix data centers work with cloud, internet and other companies that seek infrastructure to support applications and want to relocate in the area for […] More

  • Microsoft Reaches $3B Cloud Investment in Europe; Satya Nadella Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Reaches $3B Cloud Investment in Europe; Satya Nadella Comments

    Microsoft has reached more than $3 billion in cloud infrastructure investments that support the company’s efforts to meet demand from European partners and clients. Microsoft said Monday the company plans to offer its cloud computing platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics 365 from France-based data centers in 2017. “We continue to invest heavily in cloud infrastructure to […] More

  • Ceres Power, Cummins to Build Data Center Fuel Cell Tech Under DOE Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ceres Power, Cummins to Build Data Center Fuel Cell Tech Under DOE Contract

    Cummins and Ceres Power will collaborate to develop fuel cell power generation technology for potential use in data centers under a $4.9 million contract awarded by the Energy Department. The partnership seeks to create a modular solid oxide fuel cell system in efforts to increase the efficiency of electrical systems by at least 60 percent and support distributed power applications up to 100 kilowatts, Ceres Power said Thursday. “This is […] More

  • QTS Attains PCI DSS v3.1 Certification for Colocation Services at Dallas-Fort Worth Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Attains PCI DSS v3.1 Certification for Colocation Services at Dallas-Fort Worth Data Center

    QTS has attained the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard version 3.1 information security certification and attestation of compliance for the company’s colocation services at its data center in Dallas, Texas. The company said Monday the certification makes the Dallas-Fort Worth data center its fourth PCI DSS v3.1 compliant center. QTS added it implemented a network architecture designed to address more than […] More

  • CyrusOne Plans New Sterling, VA Hyperscale Data Center; Kevin Timmons Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Plans New Sterling, VA Hyperscale Data Center; Kevin Timmons Comments

    CyrusOne has purchased a Sterling, Virginia-based shell building that the company intends to develop into a data center facility as part of efforts to help address customer demand for hyperscale computing services. The 129,064-square-foot building at 511 Shaw Road is close to CyrusOne’s other data centers in Sterling, the company said Thursday. “Given the unprecedented speed of our massively modular engineering capabilities, […] More

  • PFP Cybersecurity to Demo Data Center Router Rack Security Tool; Thurston Brooks Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PFP Cybersecurity to Demo Data Center Router Rack Security Tool; Thurston Brooks Comments

    PFP Cybersecurity has launched a monitoring and security tool for data center router racks intended to help counter malware attacks against enterprises. The new offering features a portable unit for regular cyber scans and a rack-mount monitoring unit that prevents operational disruptions during security checks, PFP Cybersecurity said Monday. PFP will use the tool to […] More

  • VA to Procure Enterprise Cloud Services Through NIH NITAAC Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA to Procure Enterprise Cloud Services Through NIH NITAAC Contract Vehicle

    The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to acquire enterprise cloud computing services through a contract vehicle managed by the National Institutes of Health’s national information technology acquisition and assessment center. VA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the initiative is part of the department’s efforts to update its information technology infrastructure through migration of data to […] More

  • Dan Bennewitz: QTS to Open Mega Data Center in Downtown Chicago - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Bennewitz: QTS to Open Mega Data Center in Downtown Chicago

    QTS Realty Trust will open a 317,000-square-foot data center in downtown Chicago Friday to provide a range of information technology infrastructure services to government and enterprise customers. QTS said Tuesday it collaborated Mortenson Construction and consulting-engineering firm ESD to design and build the mega data center on the former Chicago Sun-Times  complex. The facility is built to offer direct access to long-haul fiber networks for organizations located in Chicago’s central […] More

  • STG to Provide IT Support to Army Civilian Information Services Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    STG to Provide IT Support to Army Civilian Information Services Division

    The U.S. Army has awarded STG Group a potential $11 million contract to provide information technology support services for the service branch’s civilian information services division. The 23-month contract covers data management, software engineering, training, quality assurance, system security, software application support, backup and recovery assistance, and software integration services to CISD, the company said […] More

  • QTS to Offer Hosting Services to Georgia Hospital Association Via Atlanta Data Center; Brandon Hargrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS to Offer Hosting Services to Georgia Hospital Association Via Atlanta Data Center; Brandon Hargrett Comments

    QTS Realty Trust will host Georgia Hospital Association’s information technology systems through the company’s Atlanta-Metro data center under an agreement between QTS and GHA. QTS provides data center migration and managed hosting services in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, the company said Thursday. Brandon […] More