How do you feel about the federal helps from the Sun Microsystems?
Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced it has teamed with leading software, service and solution providers to open a new iForce(SM) Solutions Center for Government in the Washington, D.C., region to build a real-world environment that government and commercial customers can leverage to more quickly, securely and reliably define and solve integration challenges and promote interoperability across multi-vendor solutions. The new testing center is designed to mitigate risk, reduce cost and help in the development of solutions that address specific business processes. “This is another example of Sun’s strong commitment to focus on the specific requirements of vertical industries like government. Across the board, government organizations demand the most cost effective, least complex and most manageable systems. Most agencies also face critical requirements for trusted and secure infrastructures. Sun’s iForce Solutions Centers help address these challenges, and our new center in Northern Vi
Welcome to the internet: Sun Microsystems Federal! Today I’d like to welcome Sun Federal to the internet! Sun Microsystems Federal is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Microsystems targetting the special requirements of the US government. Because the government is generally every computer vendor’s largest customer, an organization with the skills and capabilities of SunFed is required to comply to the various laws and procurement restrictions. For example, our employees are US citizens and we are required to keep customer data in the US. We also have staff with the unique skills and experence to help respond to government RFP and GSA schedule requirements. Scott McNealy is now the Chairman of the board for SunFed (in addition to being Chairman of SMI). Bill Vass has moved from being Sun’s CIO to a role as the COO of SunFed. Anthony Robbins manages Federal Sales. The majority of SunFed’s roughly 500 personnel are located in the Washington D. C. area at offices in McLean, Reston and Ashbu
