Unlimited Mailbox Receives Contract of Award for TIPS/TAPS Government Purchasing Cooperative

New York, NY (Vocus) March 18, 2010

Computer Generated Solutions Inc. (CGS) announces that its Unlimited Mailbox unit has received a contract of award for Email Archiving, Backup, and Disaster Recovery solutions from the Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS/TAPS). The government purchasing cooperative program is available for use by all public and private schools, colleges, universities, cities, counties, and other government entities in fourteen states. These organizations will benefit from agreed upon pricing, terms and conditions, and other purchasing requirements defined in the TIPS/TAPS request-for-quotation and competitive bidding process.

We are pleased to receive the TIPS/TAPS award, noted Michael Wilding, senior vice president of business development for Unlimited Mailbox. This valuable program saves thousands of government organizations precious time and money in the purchase and deployment of the archiving and e-discovery solutions they require to professionally manage electronic messaging and comply with the fast-growing volume of public records requests.

The TIPS/TAPS program currently covers the states of Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. Unlimited Mailbox offers TIPS/TAPS members an all-in-one solution that adds important new email management capabilities to existing email servers, enabling TIPS/TAPS members to remain vendor-neutral as conditions or needs change. CGS offers both on-premise and hosted, cloud computing system options.

About TIPS/TAPS

TIPS/TAPS, the Interlocal Purchasing System, is sponsored by the Region VIII Education Service Center (ESC8) located at 2230 North Edwards, Mt. Pleasant, Texas and is governed by the Region 8 ESC Board of Directors. The Interlocal Purchasing System is available for use by all public and private schools, colleges, universities, cities, counties, and other government entities in the states of Arkansas, Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. TIPS/TAPS Awarded Vendors have submitted proposals under the Competitively Bid Process and received a Contract of Award through TIPS/TAPS. These Awarded Vendors have agreed to provide the best pricing, terms and conditions available to TIPS/TAPS Members. TIPS/TAPS takes pride in providing a purchasing cooperative where both Awarded Vendors and Members benefit.

About CGS

For twenty-five years, CGS has enabled global enterprises, regional companies and government agencies to drive breakthrough performance through technology. With global delivery capabilities, expertise across leading platforms and deep experience in multiple industries, CGS has become the IT partner of choice for thousands of organizations worldwide. CGS delivers a wide array of proprietary and third-party business applications, technology and business services, outsourcing solutions and learning & communications platforms. Headquartered in New York City, CGS maintains a worldwide presence with 20 offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information please visit http://www.cgsinc.com.

For more information on the Unlimited Mailbox solution, please visit http://www.unlimitedmailbox.com.

Unlimited Mailbox is a trademark of Computer Generated Solutions, Inc.

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Unlimited Mailbox Receives Contract of Award for TIPS/TAPS Government Purchasing Cooperative

NYI Teams with Certichron for Secure, Provable Time Solutions for Finance, Government, International Trade and Law Enforcement

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 1, 2010

NYI, a New York City-based, mission-critical data services provider, today announced that it has teamed with Certichron (http://www.certichron.com), the leader in third-party evidentiary time services, to provide secure, provable time-distribution and validation solutions for finance and securities, government, international trade and law enforcement applications.

With this partnership, NYI’s data centers at 100 William (New York, NY), 999 Frontier (Bridgewater, NJ) and 800 South Hope (Los Angeles, CA) where Certichron’s technology will be deployed, all become strategic additions to Certichron’s growing network as well as a source of nationally and internationally compliant time-services–an area expected that has become a billion-dollar market for the legal profession alone over the past several years(*).

“NYI’s reputation for being technologically forward-thinking is no exaggeration,” said Todd Glassey, CTO, Certichron. “They have made a major investment in their data center infrastructure to assure that its feature set and amenities remain the cutting-edge standard for the foreseeable future. We are inspired by their vision and proud to have them as a partner as we establish federally-certified third-party time-data services as both a regulatory standard and audit requirement solution.”

“Certichrons shrink-wrapping of time and trust services as a third-party resource is important in computing. What Certichron is doing will soon become essential, not just for hedge fund managers and securities dealers, but for all regulated systems which need something better than because I said so as a trust model,” said Phillip Koblence, VP Operations, NYI. “In the meantime, being able to deliver such third-party, provable time-data not only protects our customers, it holds NYI up to the highest possible standard.”

Glassey added, “Businesses are increasingly dependent on the complex integration of applications and systems, whether it be consolidating financial reports within the corporation, wiring money or moving data to the Cloud. Ultimately, this data from disparate sources needs to be consolidated into valid transaction records.

“If the time stamps are not consistent, the integrity of the data is undermined. With growing regulation (PCI DSS, OATS, SOX, GLBA, etc.) and judicial intervention (Lorraine v. Markel and In re Vinhnee), the management of time has evolved from an issue of accuracy to an issue of verification and proof.”

Most recently, Certichron has executed a NORAMET Time Service Agreement with the Canadian government. This agreement means that the Canadian Time Server Certichron has deployed at NYI’s main data center in Lower Manhattan can be used as a provable, third-party time source for official government activities because it is the first real-world instance of NORAMET (UTC), better known as Coordinated Universal Time, outside a laboratory.

As Certichron’s technology is more broadly deployed, NYI’s data centers add to their already long list of capabilities, which include support for low-latency connectivity for trading platforms, backup processes, and other latency-sensitive applications. For complete information on NYI’s data centers, including facility specifications, virtual tours and connectivity partners, visit: http://www.nyi.net/facilities.

(*) Source: http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202463900292

About Certichron

Certichron acts as a Trusted Digital Intermediary, with a complete time-evidence and time-content certification practice that is nationally and internationally recognized as a legally provable source of time. To provide uniform time everywhere Certichron delivers its provable time service through a nationwide network anchored against its NIST-calibrated time-service systems. Based in San Jose, CA, with a network extending across the United States, the company hosts ~30% of the NIST public timeservers on the Internet and is the single largest provider of NIST-calibrated time outside of the Federal government. The company’s time-services meet US FFIEC, SEC, and other regulatory standards, in addition to those put forth by NORAMET and other International Treaties, and the compliance requirements of PCI DSS, OATS, SOX, and GLBA. For more information, visit http://www.certichron.com or contact the sales office directly at 800.511.2301.

About NYI

Established in 1996, NYI is headquartered in the heart of the Wall Street area and owns and maintains its own data centers, including 999 Frontier, a flagship 40,000 square foot facility in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The company’s core services include colocation, dedicated servers, web and email hosting, and managed services, as well as turnkey disaster recovery and business continuity solutions from its Bridgewater location. With its high-bandwidth connectivity partners offering immediate, sub-millisecond access to more than 20 markets, NYI specializes in mission-critical data services for the financial services industry, in addition to solutions for customers from a broad range of industries, including media, law, fashion, architecture, life sciences and real estate. NYI is SAS 70 Type II-compliant, in addition to being both PCI- and HIPAA- compliant. NYI’s corporate motto is “Center Your Data.” For more information on how NYI can help you, visit: http://www.nyi.net.

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NYI Teams with Certichron for Secure, Provable Time Solutions for Finance, Government, International Trade and Law Enforcement

MessageSolution Awards Global Partners for Superior Worldwide Enterprise, Government and Education Channel Sales and Support at Lotusphere 2011

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) January 31, 2011

MessageSolution, Inc., an IBM Advanced Business Partner and global technology leader in enterprise email, file systems, SharePoint/Quickr archiving for compliance, eDiscovery, litigation support, storage management, and email cross-platform migrations, announced today the winners of its Global Partner Network at Lotusphere 2011 Expo. These awards are presented to its channel partners that have demonstrated outstanding performance in enterprise, government, and education sales and support during 2010.

MessageSolutions award-winning next generation enterprise archiving and eDiscovery technologies are specifically designed for todays busy enterprise IT and email server administrators. MessageSolution Email Server Cross-Platform Migration System effectively delivers a complete email platform conversion for organizations that are on GroupWise and Domino converting to Exchange or Google platform, with an option of establishing centralized archiving and eDiscovery repository simultaneously.

MessageSolution Global Partner Network experienced over 182% growth in global markets in 2010, said Kevin Mcinerney, MessageSolution’s Global Marketing Strategist, and much of this success is due to our channel partner’s commitment to engage new accounts and their commitment to support for MessageSolutions enterprise information archiving, eDiscovery solutions, and email cross-platform migration.

MessageSolution supports all email server platforms with both in-house and Cloud-based archiving and eDiscovery implementations, holds the industry’s single-server scalability record of archiving more than 20,000 users, and supports over hundreds of thousands of users in enterprise or datacenter user-based hosted email services with clustered multi-archiving server configurations. MessageSolution delivered the first 64-bit archiving & eDiscovery solution in the market and the first integration with Exchange 2010 Web Services platform. MessageSolution requires no on-site engineering support for global enterprise multi-location product deployments and on-going maintenance, significantly reducing the cost of engineering service fees and requiring zero training for global partners to start referring MessageSolution to their clients.

Perpetual Connections of Canada is awarded MessageSolutions Most Engaged Partner of the Year. MessageSolution has provided my clients with the perfect blend of technology and talent. They offered an email archiving and email cross-platform migration solution that no other company could match, and they delivered it well. said Ted De Vos, President of Perpetual Connections.

MessageSolutions global partners such as Extend Networks from Washington, McGladrey & Caturano from Boston, Dell/ASAP from Texas, Custom Technology in Australia, MXSweep from UK, 365i Technology from the UK, PineApp Ltd from Israel, 3T from Switzerland, China Digital and MSLong Corporation from China, DTM from Canada, and Knightsbridge & Woods in Singapore, all of who have contributed in acquiring some of MessageSolution’s prestigious domestic and international customers.

I would like to thank the entire MessageSolution team for their support and collaboration. The experience that I have had with MessageSolution has been great. said Richard Ayanbeku, Senior Account Executive from Data Protections and Recovery Ltd. (BDPR) from Nigeria, Africa. From project initiation to closing, communication and response to issues have been swift. Customer satisfaction is great, the software is user friendly, and support is round the clock. John Ford of Ford and Associates remarked, Ive enjoyed working with the professional team at MessageSolution this year.”

MessageSolution recognized Data Protections and Recovery Ltd. (BDPR) from Nigeria with its Most Active Partner of the Year. Ford & Associates of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and Capital Network Solutions (CNS) of Sacramento, California were awarded Most Promising Partner of the Year. The Managed Service Provider Partner of the Year Award went to Miller Group of St. Louis, MO.

Our Partners honor us with their dedication and we make every effort to recognize their commitment with our innovative technology, continued Mcinerney, we are enthusiastic about supporting our partners in promotional events and activities.

MessageSolution will be exhibiting its leading edge new product developments at IBM Lotusphere 2011 in Orlando Florida at booth #705 from January 30 – February 3, 2011, at Novell BrainShare Expo 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as at Microsoft TechEd Expo 2011 in Georgia, GA.

About MessageSolution Winning Partners:

Perpetual Connections brings together a team of dedicated, professionals with over 50 years experience in network design and Internet services. Perpetual Connections provides Technology Solutions for enterprises of all sizes and combines best products from leading vendors with a full suite of Professional and Managed Services to help organizations save money and grow their business. Perpetual Connections and MessageSolution system deployment teams have worked together and successfully delivered MessageSolution Email Cross-Platform Migration System for GroupWise to Exchange and helped client to build its enterprise archiving and eDiscovery systems.

Business Data Protection Recovery supports clients to solve their data and information related problems by offering them the best solutions, which are engineered by highly skilled and motivated professionals, using the best of breed of proven state-of-the-art technologies. We deploy our solutions in a professional manner by ensuring proper integration with existing IT infrastructure of our clients. Additionally we provide support for any installed hardware or software, and offer professional services, as and when necessary, in order to ensure that our clients derive maximum benefits from their investments in our solutions.

Ford & Associates specializes in providing information system consulting services for government agencies, banks, doctors, lawyers, academic institutions and nonprofits. Working closely collaborating with MessageSolution solution deployment and engineering support teams, Ford & Associates implemented MessageSolution Enterprise Archive for the U.S. Government, educational and commercial organizations successfully with momentum.

Capital Network Solutions is a premier network services and consulting company offers IT services including optimizing computing efficiency, reducing datacenter space, lowering power and cooling requirements and providing comprehensive disaster recovery. Customer service and support is CNS focus when implementing MessageSolutions products for enterprise and non-profit organizations.

Miller Group is one of the earliest managed service provider (MSP) partners and is consistently supporting its Software as a Service (SaaS) SME clients with MessageSolutions multi-tenant datacenter archiving & eDiscovery solutions.

About MessageSolution, Inc.

MessageSolution is the global technology leader in email, file system, and SharePoint/Quickr archiving for electronic discovery, compliance, content storage management, and email server migrations. With products and services delivered both on-premise and as Software as a Service (SaaS) in over 50 countries, MessageSolution enables organizations to mitigate risk, reduce costs and storage requirements, optimize server performance, and comply with industry and federal regulations.

Based in Silicon Valley, California, MessageSolution maintains operations in North America, Europe, and Mainland China, along with distribution channels in Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia Pacific.

MessageSolution Enterprise Email Archive, Enterprise File Archive, Enterprise SharePoint Archive, and Enterprise Migration System are on-premise solutions and Software as a

MessageSolution Awards Global Partners for Superior Worldwide Enterprise, Government and Education Channel Sales and Support at Lotusphere 2011

Ontario Government Facilities Green Business News; Restoration Environmental has been Approved as an Emergency Response Service Contractor CPIC Cleared Staff

Saint Petersburg, FL (PRWEB) February 9, 2011

Restoration Environmental Contractors-REC Demolition announced their 21st anniversary of being GREEN. Established in 1989, and specializing in Mold Remediation, Asbestos Removal, lead abatement and industrial plant cleaning, Demolition, plant decommissioning & closures, site and soil remediation, disaster recovery Emergency Response in the ICI industrial, commercial, institutional, and government sectors.

The Restoration Environmental Project Management and Site Supervisory Team has accumulated more than one million hours of on-site project management experience, and has completed over 10,000 environmental abatement, remediation, restoration and demolition projects throughout Canada, whether they are small or large projects, from emergency service response calls, or maintenance calls, or multi-million dollar demolition, disaster recovery, and environmental remediation projects.

Restoration Environmental prides themselves on their outstanding leadership, their safety record, their commitment to environmental stewardship, the high level of productivity of their skilled unionized workforce and by enforcing the Three R’s – Reduce, Re-use and Recycle, the company’s “Green LEED Philosophy” and market strategy.

REC believes the process should be simple, while at the same time creating options for their clients that offer sound project management and environmental solutions in plant decommissioning, site decontamination, soil remediation and demolition.

The company’s commitment to meet the needs of their clients with experienced, highly skilled unionized workers, well-planned project planning and an assurance to quality means that Restoration Environmental can help with a disaster recovery emergency response readiness plan, plant decommissioning or closure, an asbestos removal, an environmental remediation, demolition or historic restoration project.

Restoration Environmental Contractors – REC Demolition – REC Disaster Recovery services include:

Environmental Abatement and Soil Remediation
Demolition; De-construction, Asset Recovery, Equipment Dismantling
Hazardous Materials Removal; asbestos removal, Mold, PCBs, Lead.
Plant Closures: Industrial Plant and Site Decommissioning, Soil & Site Remediation
Removal and Interior Plant Cleaning of Heavy Metals
Disaster Recovery; Planning Cost saving Service Contracts
Fire, Sewage Backup, Flood, Water, Wind Damage Restoration
Emergency Response: bonded secure, CPIC Police Cleared Staff.

Corporate Profile Background:

Restoration Environmental REC Demolition REC Disaster Recovery is a turnkey, full-service, emergency response contractor and environmental contractor, a recognized leader in the environmental, demolition, restoration and construction industry. Their exceptional reputation, aggressive health & safety program and quality client services make them one of Canada’s leading environmental and government emergency response contractors.

Don Bremner and David Bremner are the founders of The Passion Campaign.ca an awareness campaign bringing together local food banks and thirteen charities that help the poor, homeless and less fortunate every day in Brantford, Hamilton, Markham and Toronto-GTA

Website: http://www.thepassioncampaign.ca ;

Don Bremner and Restoration Environmental Contractors – REC Demolition – REC Disaster Recovery were the Proud Owners of The Markham Waxers Junior “A” Hockey Club for 11 years, from 1994-2005

Website: markhamwaxersarchives.ca

Don Bremner is the President and majority owner of Abcott Construction Ltd. a Design Build General Contractors (Est. 1972), an awarded Butler Builders, Project Managers and Construction Managers. Builders of ICI specializing in manufacturing, commercial, institutional, government (schools), steel and automotive dealerships / industries.

Website; http://www.abcott.ca

Press Contact: Don Bremner

P.O. Box 746, 10 Stalwart industrial Drive Unit 5

Gormley, Ontario, Canada, L0H 1G0

Tel:1-905-888-0066 fax: 905-888-0071 Call Toll-free1-800-894-4924 Canada/USA

Please forward all Project or Tender Related E-Mails to: rec (at) restorationenvironmental (dot) com or info (at) abcott (dot) ca

For more information on all REC’s services, please visit our Websites: http://www.recdemolition.com , http://www.environmentalhazards.com , http://www.recdisaster.com

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Application Security, Inc. Partners With Carahsoft to Bring Database Security Software to Government

New York, NY and Reston, VA (PRWEB) May 15, 2012

Application Security, Inc. (AppSecInc), the leading provider of database security solutions for the enterprise, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., the trusted government IT solutions provider, today announced a partnership through which the companies will make AppSecIncs industry-leading database security software and services available to the public sector via Carahsofts GSA schedule.

In an effort to improve efficiency and deliver additional value to our public sector business and channel partners, we have named Carahsoft Technology as our U.S. government master aggregator, said Neil Herron, Vice President of Federal Sales, AppSecInc. We look forward to leveraging Carahsofts proven government expertise, its proactive sales and marketing activities, and its extensive ecosystem of partners to further increase demand for our solutions.

AppSecInc products allow organizations to cost-effectively meet regulatory mandates and secure sensitive data. They help organizations understand their database ecosystem, focus on suspicious and unauthorized database activity and streamline operations through a unique approach called precision database activity monitoring.

AppSecIncs product line is the most broadly deployed database security solution in the government sector, said Michael Shrader, Vice President of Innovative Solutions at Carahsoft. The award-winning technology empowers agencies to assess, monitor and protect their most critical database assets in real time, while simplifying audits, monitoring risk, and automating compliance requirements. We are excited to expand our portfolio of cyber security solutions with their award-winning technology and to make it available to our partners and customers.

AppSecInc’s database security platform, DbProtect, helps organizations gain control of their database processes to cost-effectively meet regulatory mandates and secure sensitive data. DbProtect integrates automated database discovery and asset management, vulnerability management, database activity monitoring, audit and threat management, active threat response, policy management, and reporting and analytics to enable proactive remediation of vulnerabilities and the implementation of compensating controls for issues that cannot be immediately fixed. DbProtect scales easily to address the needs of small to medium-sized organizations as well as large enterprises and government agencies.

AppDetectivePro is a database scanning and vulnerability assessment solution used by corporate auditors, IT advisors, and Federal Government Office of Inspector Generals (OIGs) to audit and assess database security issues. IT auditors and advisors, regardless of skill level, can perform easy and repeatable database security assessments, capture all results for manual control checks, and generate compliance reports.

AppSecInc has a strong presence within U.S. Federal Government Agencies that deploy AppDetectivePro or DbProtect to meet their database security and compliance requirements. AppSecInc’s presence within the Inspector General community creates substantial demand for DbProtect and AppDetectivePro from line organizations subject to database security audits. DbProtect demand is also driven by government agencies looking to adhere to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Continuous Monitoring mandates.

In December 2011, AppSecInc’s DbProtect, received a Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) from the U.S. Army, approving its use in the Army Enterprise Infrastructure (AEI) and in earlier this month the U.S. Air Force once again selected AppDetectivePro and DbProtect as the database security cornerstones for its Software Assurance Center of Excellence (ASACoE).

AppSecIncs products are available on Carahsoft GSA Schedule GS-35F-0119Y. To learn more about how these solutions can improve your agencys database security, register for a complimentary webcast, Database Security and the OMB Mandate for Continuous Compliance, to be held at 2:00 p.m. EDT, on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. To register or for more information, contact Steve Jacyna at Carahsoft at 703-871-8680.

About Carahsoft

Carahsoft Technology Corp. is the trusted Government IT solutions provider. As a top-ranked GSA Schedule Contract holder, Carahsoft serves as the master government aggregator for many of its best-of-breed vendors, supporting an extensive ecosystem of manufacturers, resellers, and consulting partners committed to helping government agencies select and implement the best solution at the best possible value.

The companys dedicated Solutions Divisions proactively market, sell and deliver VMware, Symantec, EMC, Adobe, F5 Networks, Open Source, HP, SAP, and Intelligence products and services among others. Carahsoft is consistently recognized by its partners as a top revenue producer, and is listed annually among the industry’s fastest growing firms by VAR500, CRN, Inc., Washington Technology, Washington Business Journal, and SmartCEO. Visit us at http://www.carahsoft.com.

About Application Security, Inc.

AppSecInc is a pioneer and leading provider of database security solutions for enterprise of all sizes. By providing easy to deploy and manage, highly scalable software-only solutions AppDetectivePro for auditors and IT advisors, and DbProtect for the enterprise AppSecInc helps customers achieve unprecedented levels of data security, while reducing overall risk and helping to ensure continuous regulatory and industry compliance. Used by more than 1,300 active commercial and government customers worldwide, our proven and award-winning enterprise solutions are backed by the worlds most comprehensive database security knowledgebase from the companys renowned team of threat researchers, TeamSHATTER.

For more information, please visit: http://www.appsecinc.com and follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/appsecinc | http://www.twitter.com/teamshatter.

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Government Agencies Seek Tech Solutions That Promote Efficiency, Reduce Costs, New CompTIA Study Finds

Downers Grove, IL (PRWEB) May 17, 2011

Challenged by tight budgets, bureaucratic hurdles and a dramatic rise in cybersecurity attacks, government agencies are looking for technology solutions that help them become more efficient while at the same time reducing costs, according to new research released today by CompTIA, the non-profit association for the information technology (IT) industry.

CompTIAs Second Annual Government IT Purchase Plans study finds that the top influencer driving government IT purchase plans over the next 12 months is a desire to become more efficient and reduce long-term costs. It was identified as an influential or very influential factor in purchase decisions by 60 percent of the government IT decision makers or influencers surveyed.

A significant number of respondents, 54 percent, said the need to comply with a mandate or regulation is a driving factor in IT spending. Other top purchase influencers include responding to the needs of citizens and staff (53 percent); and the need to modernize aging systems (47 percent), especially systems that are vulnerable to security threats due to dated technology.

Though budget challenges and the burden of bureaucracy can slow the pace of change, government technology spending will continue, particularly on solutions that help to ease the challenges of resources and security, said Amy Carrado, director, market research, CompTIA.

But with money to spend increasingly precious, agencies are likely to demand greater returns on their investments and require vendors to clearly prove the effectiveness of their solutions.

Nearly four in ten (39 percent) of federal, state and local government IT decision makers and influencers identified new data backup and recovery solutions as a priority over the next 12 months. Security applications were cited by 37 percent of respondents, followed by virtualization solutions (30 percent) and content management solutions (24 percent). Options such as unified communications and cloud computing (18 percent each) ranked slightly lower on the list.

This may be a signal that government users need further education from their IT providers on how cloud computing and unified communications can effectively address their objectives of greater operational efficiencies, Carrado said.

Among specific products on government shopping lists, desktop PCs (51 percent) and laptop PCs (48 percent) hold the top two spots, according to the CompTIA study. Local government agencies are especially bullish on purchases of new PCs, including tablet PCs.

Other purchase priorities for the next 12 months include servers (37 percent), printers (33 percent), operating systems (32 percent), productivity suites and software (28 percent), network infrastructure (27 percent) and smart phones (23 percent).

Agencies Plan More Training

Nearly half (44 percent) of government IT respondents at the federal, state and local levels plan to implement employee training for both IT staff and end users over the next 12 months

This suggests that even under severe budget constraints, government agencies continue to recognize the importance of a well-trained workforce that understands how to effectively use technology, Carrado said.

Among the training priorities: PC maintenance, help desk and tech support; security; disaster recovery and backup; and networking. Project management, business intelligence and data management and analysis also appear on the training priority list.

Increased interest by government agencies in training is something that technology vendors and solution providers should note, according to Carrado.

Technology providers should consider providing training sessions as a value-add when government organizations purchase a product, or offering mini-tutorials to employees at agencies where there is potential for purchases in the near future, she said.

CompTIAs Second Annual Government IT Purchase Plans study was developed from a survey of 375 federal, state and local IT buyers and influencers. The data was collected during late February 2011.The full report is available at no cost to CompTIA members at http://www.comptia.org or by contacting the research department at research(at)comptia(dot)org.

About CompTIA

CompTIA is the voice of the worlds information technology (IT) industry. As a non-profit trade association advancing the global interests of IT professionals and companies, CompTIA is the recognized authority for IT education and credentials and the primary advocate for IT businesses and workers. Through its foundation, CompTIA also enables disadvantaged populations to gain the skills they need for employment in the IT industry. CompTIAs vision of the IT landscape is shaped by more than 25 years of global perspective and more than 2,000 members and 1,000 business partners. For more information, visit http://www.comptia.org or follow CompTIA on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/comptia.

Contact:

Steven Ostrowski

Director, Corporate Communications

CompTIA

630-678-8468

sostrowski(at)comptia(dot)org

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Government Agencies Seek Tech Solutions That Promote Efficiency, Reduce Costs, New CompTIA Study Finds

Ignition Supports the Cayman Islands Government Relocation

Grand Cayman (PRWEB) May 23, 2011

Ignition Ltd., an expert in document and records management services, is supporting the Department of Planning in their recent move to the new Government Administration Building by scanning, indexing and storing over 30,000 documents.

The relocation of the Department of Planning, part of Cayman Islands Government, is part of a wider phased approach by the government to move many departments to the same location. To support this initiative, Ignitions expert team is providing services on-site and off-site to ensure all Department of Planning documentation is managed appropriately. Ignition is using state-of-the-art scanning equipment and indexing expertise to oversee the project.

Sonya Sherman, Senior Business Analyst of Ignition Cayman and professional archivist says Were delighted to support the Department of Planning in their move. Not only will this reduce the need for physical storage space at the new location, but the Department will be able to offer faster access to its records and improved customer service. The digital images provide added value for backup and disaster recovery.

The Department of Planning project is being approached in phases, with phase one expected to conclude by September this year.

Contact

For further information please contact:

Stephanie MacDonald

Group Marketing Specialist

The Ignition Group of Technology Companies

Direct: 345-525-5771

Email: smacdonald(at)ignitionmsp(dot)com

About Ignition

Ignition is an off-shore IT services organization with clients in Europe, throughout the Caribbean and North America. Founded in 1998 in Bermuda, Ignition has grown significantly and is one of the leading IT service providers with offices in Bermuda, Halifax, Atlanta and Cayman Islands with representative offices in Curacao, Bahamas, Jamaica and Trinidad. Visit http://www.ignitionmsp.com for more information.

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Infonetics Research Report on DDoS Solutions Identifies Arbor Networks As Global Leader in Carrier, Enterprise, Mobile and Government Markets

Chelmsford, MA (PRWEB) July 17, 2012

Arbor Networks Inc., a leading provider of network security and management solutions for enterprise and service provider networks, was cited in a new report by Infonetics Research as the global market leader for DDoS prevention in the Carrier, Enterprise, Mobile and Government markets. Infonetics DDoS Prevention Appliances Report also named Arbor Networks number one in global market share with nearly 60 percent of total DDoS prevention appliance revenue.

Without a doubt, the number-one driver for the DDoS prevention market is the attacks themselves. The threat landscape is getting bigger, more complex, and scarier at an alarming rate, said Jeff Wilson, principal analyst for security at Infonetics Research. Arbor is the clear leader in this market, and has maintained dominant market share for years.

Arbors leadership position across all segments of the DDoS market speaks to the team we have. They are incredibly smart and driven people who are passionate about solving critical issues for our customers, starting with the challenge of maintaining network availability itself, said Arbor Networks President Colin Doherty. Arbor is best known on the DDoS issue for our decade of service provider experience. It is rewarding to see our market leadership in enterprise, mobile and government recognized as well.

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Expanding Applications and Government Support Drives the Global Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) August 07, 2012

Follow us on LinkedIn With the introduction of advanced network technologies, traditional mobile networks, which have been for long predominantly used for voice communications by enabling mobile phone users to make/receive phone calls, have been transformed into an intriguing communications medium, capable of supporting even non-voice data traffic generated by mobile phones, such as text/media messaging, GPS Navigation, real-time multimedia and a host of web-based applications and services. Most importantly, the new mobile networks have taken mobile communications beyond human beings, and are now increasingly facilitating industries and organizations in establishing communications even between the machines or devices they frequently use, thus allowing for machine to machine (M2M) communication.

Cellular communications network is already being leveraged to transport data from one connected machine to another in order to affect a change, be it for flipping switches or raising an alarm. The network is also being used to establish communication between a machine and the business information center, which controls the operations of these machines. Use of cellular networks for M2M communications is especially prominent when machines in question are mobile, such as cars, trucks or any other mobile device. For instance, cellular M2M is increasingly being used by fleet managers to track and trace their connected commercial vehicles over mobile networks.

Poised to benefit from increasing use of cellular networks for M2M communications is the market for the cellular M2M modules, which are increasingly being integrated with machines in order to make them transmit data and support automated machine operation. Given the expanding mobile network coverage, growing focus of telecom operators on data services, growing usage of telemetry and telematics, and evolving technical advances in M2M markets, cellular M2M network modules are increasingly being applied within M2M applications. Thanks to key benefits that they offer in M2M applications, including bringing the much required mobility and global connectivity to M2M communication, providing instant activation, and enabling interconnectivity with the world wide web (www), cellular communication modules come as most appropriate technology for deployment of intelligent and next-generation intelligent network connectivity, thereby finding increased demand.

Although still in a nascent stage, the cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) module market is expected to grow at a rapid pace over the next few years, primarily driven by expanding applications of Cellular M2M communications in a range of industry segments. While fleet management and remote monitoring & control of industrial and agricultural machinery continue to be the leading end-use application areas for cellular M2M modules, growth in the market over the next few years will be primarily driven by growing adoption of cellular M2M communication in security, electronic payments and automotive applications. The accelerated transition from wired communications solutions to wireless communication solutions in these industry segments is significantly contributing to the adoption of cellular M2M communications and subsequently for cellular M2M modules.

Technology advancements in cellular M2M modules at the end-user application front further opens up new possibilities and applications for the technology, thereby driving the market prospects further. For instance, introduction of mobile automatic meter reading devices are increasing the use of cellular M2M network modules for smart metering application among electronic utilities. Similarly, use of mobile devices for patient tracking and remote health monitoring is helping cellular M2M modules find demand in the healthcare sector. Deployment of cellular M2M modules for building automation is also expected to increase over the next few years, thereby adding to the overall market.

The cellular M2M modules market is gaining significant traction from Government support in promoting use of advanced wireless solutions in key industry segments, and adoption of M2M communications in state-sponsored projects. For instance, Government intervention and regulatory guidelines, which mandate use of telematics systems for new-age automobiles, both in the consumer market and for commercial fleet management sectors, is driving demand for cellular M2M modules to be integrated within these systems. Government efforts in creating awareness about benefits of using such advanced wireless solutions for vehicle/driver safety, security and accident response, are also helping increase the adoption of telematics systems, thus generating orders for cellular M2M modules in the automotive sector.

Government policies supporting the use of in-vehicle intelligent transportation system is also helping drive demand for cellular M2M modules in the automotive and transportation sector. For instance, the Japanese governments policy to promote intelligent transport systems has led to increased adoption of in-vehicle vehicle information and communication systems (VICS), thus driving up demand for necessary cellular M2M modules. Government energy projects for automatic meter reading and smart grid such as US NISTs Smart Grid Interoperability Standards project, and Europes smart metering regulation and legislation, are also contributing significantly to growth of cellular M2M modules in the energy sector. Government policies for reducing utility services consumption, focusing on energy conservation and environment protection is especially lending traction to use of smart metering solutions, thus driving up demand for cellular M2M modules. Meanwhile government healthcare projects such as US state and federal telehealth/telemedicine project are significantly driving adoption of cellular M2M modules for remote wireless patient monitoring and medication solutions.

As stated by the new market research report on Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Europe represents the largest regional market for Cellular M2M modules, accounting for a majority share in both global market revenue and volume sales. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing regional market with annual revenue and volume sales from the region waxing at a CAGR of about 22.3% and 33.5%, respectively, over the analysis period. By end-use, Fleet Management is the largest end-use application segment for Cellular M2M modules. Security market represents the fastest growing end-use segment for cellular M2M modules, by value, with annual revenue from the segment waxing at a CAGR of about 25% over the analysis period.

Major players in the global marketplace include Cinterion Wireless Modules GmbH, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., iWOW Connections Pte., Ltd., Neoway Technology, Novatel Wireless, Inc., Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd., Sagemcom, Sierra Wireless, Inc., SIMCom Wireless Solution Co., Ltd., Telit Communications PLC, u-blox AG, and ZTE Corporation, among others.

The research report titled Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M): A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. The report provides market estimates and projections for Cellular M2M modules both in revenue (in US$ million) and volume sales (in thousand units) for major geographic markets including the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World. Key end-use segments analyzed include Fleet Management, Remote Monitoring and Control, Security, Electronic Payment Systems, Automotive and Others.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit

http://www.strategyr.com/Cellular_Machine_to_Machine_M2M_Market_Report.asp

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Expanding Applications and Government Support Drives the Global Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Cibecs Releases App to Address Risk Assessment on the Back of Failed Government IT Audit Reports

(PRWEB) January 26, 2012

The latest auditor-general report (on National Audit Outcomes) cited the lack of adequate IT systems across government as a key obstacle to service delivery.

Cibecs Marketing Manager Brandon Faber believes that “this issue should be top of mind for all large organizations in 2012, and more specifically for Government Departments and Municipalities where data protection and Corporate Governance Compliance are paramount.”

The recent Auditor General report illustrated how 90% of South African Government Departments have inadequate information security controls.

Failings highlighted include:

Cibecs Releases App to Address Risk Assessment on the Back of Failed Government IT Audit Reports

Databarracks awarded a G-Cloud Services II framework agreement by Government Procurement Service

(PRWEB UK) 26 October 2012

Databarracks can supply Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Specialist Cloud Services.

The government hopes G-Cloud will increase the provision of cloud services by SMEs to the public sector, with the aim of 80% of all government departments using the G-Cloud in some form by 2015.

G-Cloud is a great initiative making it easier for the public sector to take advantage of cloud services, says Peter Groucutt, Managing Director at Databarracks. It is vital that governmental agencies and the public sector only use suppliers who can maintain the high standards of data security they need for the sensitive and confidential information they hold.

At the same time, over-regulation and too much red tape can prevent the public sector from being flexible and having access to the best technology and cost savings that are available from cloud services. G-Cloud has the admirable aim of trying to merge these two conflicting requirements and we are proud to be a part of it.

As our name suggests, data security is our number one concern, which is especially applicable to the government institutions as they hold so much sensitive and confidential information, adds Groucutt.

By using Databarracks, government departments and the wider public sector will have access to cloud services from arguably some of the most secure hosting facilities in the world. Databarracks Tier 4, ex-nuclear bunker data centres are located in low-risk but accessible areas in England.

As one of the UKs largest providers of managed online backup and disaster recovery services, Databarracks already works with a broad range of public sector organisations including colleges, schools, NHS Trusts and local councils.

Marie-Helene Durif, Head of Sourcing & Category Management – ICT, at the Government Procurement Service states:

At the Government Procurement Service our priority is to provide procurement savings for organisations across the UK public sector. The inclusion of Databarracks to the G-Cloud framework will strengthen our offering and provide public sector buyers with a tried and tested route to achieve value for money.

About Databarracks:

Established in 2003, Databarracks has been a cloud service provider for almost a decade, implementing disaster recovery and production environments for companies of all sizes throughout the world.

http://www.databarracks.com

Contact:

Leonie Guguen, Communications Manager, Databarracks

Tel: 0800 033 6633

E: leonie.guguen (at) databarracks (dot) com

Databarracks awarded a G-Cloud Services II framework agreement by Government Procurement Service

CloudCentral Secures First Contract for Australian Government (AGIMO) Data Center as a Service (DCaaS) Multi Use List (MUL)

Canberra, Australia (PRWEB) November 16, 2012

CloudCentral, a leading provider of Australasian cloud services today announced it has secured its first contract since being included in the recently released Australian Government Information Management Office Data Center as a Service Multi Use List (AGIMO DCaaS MUL) and Service Catalogue.

CloudCentral will be providing managed Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) to an Australian Government agency to support service delivery of a new content management and delivery system. Under the terms of the agreement, CloudCentral will provide managed services including enterprise server management, monitoring, security and data backup . Services will be provided from CloudCentrals Canberra, Australia based data centres including NextDC C1 and TransACT.

The CloudCentral system provides customers with scalable on-demand access to computing, storage and network resources that can be scaled up and down in accordance with demand. Customers can deploy and manage their resources via a web user interface and integrate their systems via a Application Programming Interface (HTTP REST API).

Being awarded a Government contract in less than a month of CloudCentral joining the AGIMO DCaaS MUL is great news and validates our ability to deliver innovative and robust Pay-as-you-Grow (PAYG) cloud services to Australian Enterprise and Government customers. said Kristoffer Sheather, CEO, CloudCentral.

Our well established service delivery approach contrasts with that of foreign cloud providers as services will be delivered from two Australian located data centers, providing our customer with a high level of assurance around data sovereignty and security. Similarly, CloudCentral delivers all customer service and support via locally based support engineers providing customers with a local throat to choke, continued Sheather.

Established in October 2012, the DCaaS MUL provides a service catalogue of pre-approved cloud service offerings to enable Australian Government departments and agencies to efficiently procure cloud services with a contract value of up to $ 80,000 for terms of 12 months or less.

CloudCentrals listing comprises 17 different services including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) and Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS).

About CloudCentral

CloudCentral is a 100 percent Australian owned and operated provider of highly scalable, secure, dynamic cloud infrastructure services. We focus on providing superior services to Australian software developers, IT service providers, and enterprise and government customers.

CloudCentrals cloud infrastructure services are provided on-demand, with a true pay-as-you-grow model with no upfront costs. CloudCentral delivers services from its two Australian data centers, and provides data sovereignty guarantees that all customer data is retrained within Australia.

In 2011, CloudCentral was announced the ACT winner of the AIIA iAwards Start-up Company category award, and also ranked as a leading Australian cloud provider in Longhaus Australias Trusted Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud Provider Market study.

Contact

Caroline Williams

CloudCentral

caroline.williams [at] cloudcentral.com.au

+61 403 922 679

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Garden City, New York (PRWEB) November 29, 2012 Data Storage Corporation (OTC QB:DTST), a long-standing leader in cloud storage and cloud computing with over 11 years experience in providing IaaS and SaaS solutions insuring disaster recovery, business continuity and compliance, today announced continued momentum in its Governmental Sector business segment, recently completing a number of information technology, disaster recovery, business continuity and hosted services programs with various State and local municipal government offices and departments. According to InformationWeek Government, third annual Federal Cloud Computing Survey, Cloud adoption in the Government sector is accelerating as more than half of the agencies surveyed have identified use cases for cloud services and 46% have evaluated cloud products and services. Fifty percent of survey respondents said that their agencies are moving ahead with cloud adoption or are in the early stages of doing so versus only 40% last year. The survey also indicated that of those agencies using or assessing cloud services, 18% are using public clouds and 14% are using private clouds but demand is building for private clouds, with 39% of these respondents indicating they’re highly likely to adopt them. Finally, when asked about the cost impact of Cloud adoption, lowering the cost of IT operations and reducing investment in servers and data center equipment was important, cited by 54% and 51% of respondents, respectively. Fifty-one percent say their organizations have performed cost analyses and determined that the cloud offers some level of saving. Data Storage Corporations proven experience serving the data management and protection needs of organizations operating in highly regulated industries including Healthcare and Financial Services, makes it a top choice for State and local governments seeking cost effective, cloud-based, hosted services. With the addition of advanced message archiving and analytics technology from recently acquired Message Logic, Data Storage Corporation can provide unmatched expertise in the development and management of secure, cost effective solutions for organizations with complex, distributed and heterogeneous information technology environments. As a specialist in IBM iSeries/AS400, Linux and Windows environments, only Data Storage Corporation is able to implement solutions featuring best-in-class technology from leading technology providers and partners including Asigra, Blue Arc (Hitachi Data Systems), VMWare, Dell, Cisco, IBM, Veeam and others. We are pleased at the pace of growth in our Government Sector business during the first half of 2012, said Matthew Grosso, executive vice president and CTO at Data Storage Corporation. This growth is a testament to Data Storage Corporations ability to understand the unique needs and security requirements of working within the different levels of State and Municipal government. As one of the leading experts in managing both IBM and Windows environments, we are one of the few hosted solutions providers that can deliver the level of consultative planning and system design backed by a commitment to high level service that is required by Government Sector clients. Data Storage Corporations growing list of Government sector clients includes: Data Storage Corporation Announces Update on Government Sector Business Unit

Garden City, New York (PRWEB) November 29, 2012

Data Storage Corporation (OTC QB:DTST), a long-standing leader in cloud storage and cloud computing with over 11 years experience in providing IaaS and SaaS solutions insuring disaster recovery, business continuity and compliance, today announced continued momentum in its Governmental Sector business segment, recently completing a number of information technology, disaster recovery, business continuity and hosted services programs with various State and local municipal government offices and departments.

According to InformationWeek Government, third annual Federal Cloud Computing Survey, Cloud adoption in the Government sector is accelerating as more than half of the agencies surveyed have identified use cases for cloud services and 46% have evaluated cloud products and services. Fifty percent of survey respondents said that their agencies are moving ahead with cloud adoption or are in the early stages of doing so versus only 40% last year. The survey also indicated that of those agencies using or assessing cloud services, 18% are using public clouds and 14% are using private clouds but demand is building for private clouds, with 39% of these respondents indicating they’re highly likely to adopt them. Finally, when asked about the cost impact of Cloud adoption, lowering the cost of IT operations and reducing investment in servers and data center equipment was important, cited by 54% and 51% of respondents, respectively. Fifty-one percent say their organizations have performed cost analyses and determined that the cloud offers some level of saving.

Data Storage Corporations proven experience serving the data management and protection needs of organizations operating in highly regulated industries including Healthcare and Financial Services, makes it a top choice for State and local governments seeking cost effective, cloud-based, hosted services. With the addition of advanced message archiving and analytics technology from recently acquired Message Logic, Data Storage Corporation can provide unmatched expertise in the development and management of secure, cost effective solutions for organizations with complex, distributed and heterogeneous information technology environments. As a specialist in IBM iSeries/AS400, Linux and Windows environments, only Data Storage Corporation is able to implement solutions featuring best-in-class technology from leading technology providers and partners including Asigra, Blue Arc (Hitachi Data Systems), VMWare, Dell, Cisco, IBM, Veeam and others.

We are pleased at the pace of growth in our Government Sector business during the first half of 2012, said Matthew Grosso, executive vice president and CTO at Data Storage Corporation. This growth is a testament to Data Storage Corporations ability to understand the unique needs and security requirements of working within the different levels of State and Municipal government. As one of the leading experts in managing both IBM and Windows environments, we are one of the few hosted solutions providers that can deliver the level of consultative planning and system design backed by a commitment to high level service that is required by Government Sector clients.

Data Storage Corporations growing list of Government sector clients includes:

Data Storage Corporation Announces Update on Government Sector Business Unit