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  • Carpathia’s Colocation Services Receive ISO Certification; Peter Weber Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carpathia’s Colocation Services Receive ISO Certification; Peter Weber Comments

    Carpathia, a QTS-owned subsidiary, has been certified by the International Organization for Standardization for colocation services the company offers through its data center in Northern Virginia. Carpathia said Wednesday the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification specifies security requirements for information technology systems that organizations need to adopt in order to achieve compliance with the standard. Peter Weber, chief […] More

  • QTS Refreshes Cloud-Based Security Services Offerings; Kurt Manske Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Refreshes Cloud-Based Security Services Offerings; Kurt Manske Comments

    QTS Realty Trust has updated the company’s managed security services intended to help clients address network threats. The Alert Logic-powered cloud-based services work with hybrid information technology ecosystems for customers to detect and mitigate vulnerabilities in the network, QTS said Friday. “QTS managed security is built to help customers rapidly respond to and mitigate threats […] More

  • QTS Hosts Forum on Cybersecurity, Compliance Topics in Enterprise IT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Hosts Forum on Cybersecurity, Compliance Topics in Enterprise IT

    QTS Realty Trust‘s Information Security and Compliance Forum on Tuesday gathered at least 100 enterprise information technology professionals to discuss current issues and strategies in the field of cybersecurity. The company said Thursday this year’s forum featured keynote speakers Stephen Coty, chief security evangelist at Alert Logic, and Justin Somaini, vice president and chief trust officer of Box. “We’re […] More

  • QTS Appoints HR Vet Stan Sword Chief People Officer; Chad Williams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Appoints HR Vet Stan Sword Chief People Officer; Chad Williams Comments

    Stan Sword has been named chief people officer at data center provider QTS Realty Trust. “Stan will focus on recruiting and retaining quality employees, while being a steward of QTS’ core values and maintaining our company culture,” QTS CEO Chad Williams said Friday. Prior to QTS, Sword served as vice president of total rewards and relationship […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds QTS Data Center, Cloud Offerings to GSA Schedule; John Lind, John Lee Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds QTS Data Center, Cloud Offerings to GSA Schedule; John Lind, John Lee Comment

    QTS has partnered with Carahsoft Technology Corp. to offer U.S. government customers access to QTS’s information technology service offerings through a General Services Administration acquisition program. QTS said Thursday its data center, colocation and cloud offerings have been added to Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule 70 contract. The QTS 3Cs suite includes a FedRAMP-certified platform designed to […] More

  • QTS Secures FedRAMP Compliance Via CSP Supplied Path; Chad Williams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Secures FedRAMP Compliance Via CSP Supplied Path; Chad Williams Comments

    QTS has established Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliance for its QTS Federal Cloud offering following a third-party security assessment by Veris Group. The company said Wednesday it secured FedRAMP compliance through the CSP Supplied path, allowing federal agencies to assess the company’s security package for agency-specific security authorization. Chad Williams, chairman and CEO of QTS, said FedRAMP compliance enables […] More

  • John Lind: QTS Seeks to Provide Security, Compliance with FedRAMP-Ready Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Lind: QTS Seeks to Provide Security, Compliance with FedRAMP-Ready Cloud

    QTS Realty Trust is set to become the latest cloud service provider to reach FedRAMP Ready status with its QTS Federal Cloud infrastructure as a service solution. The company said Tuesday QTS Federal Cloud’s third-party assessment results and other documentation are now under readiness review from the FedRAMP Program Management Office. The FedRAMP Ready category […] More

  • Executive Profile: John Lind, QTS Federal Sales VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: John Lind, QTS Federal Sales VP

    John Lind serves as vice president of federal sales at QTS and is responsible in leading the company’s efforts to grow its federal systems group, which works with customers across the public sector. He has more than 20 years of information technology and telecommunications operations and sales leadership experience and most recently served as director of federal markets at […] More