GTSI Forms Strategic Relationship with Terremark to Deliver Cloud Computing Solutions for Government

HERNDON, Va., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GTSI Corp.(R) (Nasdaq: GTSI), a leading IT infrastructure solutions and services provider to government, today announced a strategic relationship with Terremark Worldwide, a global provider of IT infrastructure services to deliver Enterprise Cloud Solutions to federal, state, and local government. The relationship will also allow GTSI to expand its cloud computing infrastructure offerings and immediately increase the availability of enterprise cloud-based solutions to government agencies through the Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (SEWP) and Information Technology Enterprise Solutions (ITES) 2H contract vehicles.

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The Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model offered by GTSI and Terremark allows agencies to address increasing demands on government IT to deliver services more effectively, reduce energy usage, facilitate Telework, and decrease operational costs while maintaining security.  This new approach enables agencies to:

• More efficiently share and use IT resources such as compute, storage, and network capacity;
• Rapidly deploy on-demand capacity to support business needs;
• Increase flexibility by easy access to bursting capacity during spikes in web traffic;
• Offer cost management transparency; and 
• Provide a high level of service and security.

"The shift to cloud computing allows agencies to harness the power of the Internet to improve services to end-users and citizens, while freeing up scarce capital, staff resources, and IT assets for mission-critical investments," said Mohamed Elrefai, GTSI VP Enterprise Solutions Group and Marketing. "Our approach to cloud computing permits agencies to deliver IT services addressing the agency's mission while remaining in full control of their IT environment. We're excited to partner with Terremark to deliver secure, cloud-based solutions tailored to government customers who are looking to take advantage of shared, on-demand, and self-service provisioning infrastructure services. We're also delighted that our partner, Terremark, is recognized by industry and Gartner as a leader in web hosting and cloud infrastructure services."

Said Bruce Hart, COO of Terremark Federal Group, "We're proud to work closely with GTSI. For more than a quarter century, GTSI has been successfully delivering IT solutions to government.  With the combined experience in providing solutions to government customers and our global expertise we are well positioned to serve the government's unique IT infrastructure needs and deliver the agility, scale, and economic benefits of cloud computing to mission-critical applications."

More information about Terremark Worldwide can be found at www.terremark.com.

GTSI has written a white paper on the Cloud Computing Maturity Model which provides a step-by-step guide to implementing a cloud environment.  Copies of this recent white paper are available at www.gtsi.com/cms/documents/White-Papers/Cloud-Computing.pdf.  

About GTSI

GTSI Corp. provides a Technology Lifecycle Management (TLM) approach to IT infrastructure solutions delivered through industry-leading professional and financial services. GTSI employs a proactive, strategic methodology that streamlines technology lifecycle management, from initial assessment to acquisition, implementation, refresh, and disposal. TLM allows customers to implement solutions quickly and cost-effectively. GTSI's certified engineers and project managers leverage strategic partnerships with technology innovators. These experts use proven, repeatable processes to design, deploy, manage, and support simple to complex solutions, to meet client's current and future requirements and business objectives. GTSI is headquartered in Northern Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. and was named as one of "Best Places to Work" in 2009. Further information about the company is available at www.GTSI.com.

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