ROUND ROCK, Texas, Sept. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
News summary
- Enterprise-as-a-Service program to serve up to 776,000 users in
the Air Force, Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers
- Award is largest-ever federal cloud-based unified
communications and collaboration contract
- Includes Dell EMC Consulting Services for profiling and
migrating applications to Microsoft Office 365
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Dell EMC and its industry partners, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD)
and Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT), have been awarded a $1 billion five-year U.S. Air Force contract to
implement a Cloud Hosted Enterprise Services (CHES) program. It
will improve efficiency and agility, encourage innovation, and
generate cost savings across the Air Force's information technology
enterprise.
The Air Force launched its IT transformation initiative in 2015
with Collaboration Pathfinder, deploying Microsoft Office 365
including email, productivity tools and communications. Dell,
Microsoft and General Dynamics Information Technology were awarded
that contract, and more than 140,000 users have been migrated over
the past two years. CHES is the follow-on to that program, but with
a far wider scope, making it the largest-ever federal cloud-based
unified communications and collaboration contract in the federal
marketplace. The task order was awarded by the General Services
Administration's Federal Acquisition Service in Denver.
Enterprise-as-a-Service delivered through cloud has long been a
top-level priority for the Department of Defense, and the Dell EMC
solution meets that requirement. Under CHES, information,
communications, email, collaboration services, office productivity
and records management will be provided for up to 776,000 users.
The Defense Logistics Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
will be among additional government users to benefit from CHES. The
objective is to roll out the entire program in under a year, a
schedule that will allow the services to focus on their core
mission and reduce costs as data centers are consolidated under
this effort.
The contract includes Dell EMC Consulting Services for migrating
the communications and collaboration systems, as well as
application profiling services to assess applications for cloud
suitability, migration or retirement. Dell EMC consultants have
years of experience handling enterprise-scale migrations and
helping customers achieve their business objectives by combining
automated tools, unparalleled Microsoft subject-matter expertise
and proven methodologies.
Executive quotes:
Steve Harris, senior vice
president and general manager, Dell EMC
Federal
"We're grateful for the Air Force's continued
confidence in Dell EMC and our industry partners to expand and
further support its IT modernization efforts. This new contract
builds on the foundation and success of Collaboration Pathfinder
that launched the department's modernization initiative. Dell EMC
has the strengths in cloud, defense and consulting services needed
to implement quickly and manage enterprise-scale migrations. We
will help deliver a robust CHES infrastructure, enabling the
service to focus on mission accomplishment."
Dan Busby, vice president and
general manager, General Dynamics Information Technology Global
Solutions Division
"General Dynamics Information Technology
is proud to continue our support to the U.S. Air Force, Defense
Logistics Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This
contract provides a solution for unified communications that
accelerates migration to cloud-based IT and communications
capabilities while enabling the warfighters to focus on their core
missions."
Leigh Madden, general manager,
U.S. Defense, Microsoft Corp.
"The CHES contract extends the
ability of the Air Force to collaborate across the enterprise. We
aren't just delivering a secure productivity solution, we're
freeing up resources, so our airmen can focus on mission critical
tasks."
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