Accelera Teams with Carpathia To Win NATO Seasparrow Contract

DULLES, Va., Sept. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Carpathia, a trusted cloud operator and leading provider of compliant cloud services and managed hosting, announced that Accelera Solutions, Inc, a Fairfax, Virginia based cloud and virtualization solution provider, teamed with Carpathia to win a $3.1 million contract for information technology support for the NATO Seasparrow program. Carpathia provided compliant managed services delivered via its IBX Vault, one of the industry's most advanced, secure and federally compliant data centers, to support Accelera's hybrid cloud solution.

"Carpathia's government and technology expertise played a critical role in the Accelera team winning the Seasparrow award," said Joe Brown, President of Accelera Solutions. "From start to finish, Carpathia was a true partner in the process, enabling us to deliver NATO the best overall combination of quality, value, and technical capability to help them deliver on their mission objectives."

NATO's Seasparrow program began 44 years ago when four countries—Denmark, Italy, Norway and the United States—signed a historic memorandum of understanding to form a state-of-the-art naval missile defense system. The program has since grown to a global initiative that includes 12 member nations. For the contract, the Seasparrow program desired a new hybrid cloud environment that could support Microsoft applications, continuity of operations, overcome the limitations of a physical environment, and enable the development and deployment new and enhanced platforms and services.  

Carpathia worked with Accelera to develop a hybrid cloud solution based on Accelera's unique Secure Optimized Cloud architecture, a private cloud built to FISMA NIST 800-53 Moderate controls for security and data protection. Taking the burden off of the program office, Carpathia and its IBX Vault were chosen to support all of the infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), network, and systems management functions including facilities, hardware, bandwidth, network management, and back-up management.

"We worked closely with the Accelera team to deliver a solution that could meet NATO's extensive purpose-built security controls, continuous monitoring, and complete certification and accreditation requirements," said Stu Fleagle, Vice President Carpathia Government Solutions.  "We are pleased our deep government expertise and federally secure and compliant IBX Vault helped the team secure this prestigious Seasparrow contract."

About Accelera Solutions
Accelera Solutions is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions with a focus on desktop, application and server virtualization; private, public, and hybrid clouds; and mobile computing.  Accelera provides our customers with maximum availability, flexibility, mobility and speed for accessing and utilizing critical information. We simplify complex and siloed systems into a centralized enterprise that improves manageability, efficiency, and security while optimizing your organization's resources. Leveraging technologies from Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware, Accelera has successfully deployed solutions for over 1,000 commercial clients, and more than 400 federal, state, and municipal government clients.

About Carpathia
Carpathia is a trusted cloud operator and leading provider of cloud services and managed hosting, providing secure, reliable and compliant IT infrastructure and management for some of the world's most demanding enterprises and federal agencies. Carpathia's cloud platform delivers solutions for every stage of the cloud journey, empowering organizations to meet their unique security and compliance requirements. Carpathia's experienced customer care team and innovative data center facilities provide 24x7 global support to ensure optimum performance and reliability. Backed by its E3 Promise™, Carpathia consistently delivers an experience that exceeds expectations. Contact Carpathia at 1.888.200.9494, or visit www.carpathia.com for more information.

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