MELBOURNE, Fla. and
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- New center's Trusted Enterprise Service portfolio brings
advanced security, trust, and performance to cloud computing.
- Next-generation data center has already received national
recognition and industry awards for innovation, design,
availability, and energy efficiency.
- Features industry-leading solutions partners including VCE,
EMC, VMware, RSA, Cisco, BMC, HP and Lee Technologies.
Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications
and information technology company, today held a ribbon-cutting
ceremony unveiling the new Harris Cyber Integration Center (CIC), a
next-generation data center that provides trusted cloud computing
for enterprise clients with critical cyber infrastructure through a
secure cloud service, in collaboration with the IT industry's
market leaders. The 140,000-square-foot integrated technology
and service facility is located in the Mid-Atlantic region.
"The Harris Cyber Integration Center is the foundation for our
Trusted Enterprise Cloud services and a critical enabler to our
work as a cyber integrator," said Dan
Pearson, executive vice president and chief operating
officer, Harris Corporation. "Today we celebrate the
tremendous efforts of hundreds of Harris professionals and
solutions partners who designed, engineered, and constructed this
world-class facility and its integrated technology systems."
The Harris Cyber Integration Center was designed from the ground
up to offer technology and services that are engineered to meet the
highest industry and government standards for reliability and
security. These standards include NIST 800-53 High, ISO
27001, SAS 70 and compliance and automation frameworks including
S-CAP, HIPAA, PCI, and Sarbanes- Oxley. In addition, the facility
was awarded Tier 3 certification for high availability by the
Uptime Institute, LEED Silver certification for energy and
environmental efficiency, and a Green IT "Audacious Idea" award for
its innovative water management and conservation system.
Harris Trusted Enterprise Cloud is a unique
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering that enables clients to
extend and enhance their IT operations, resulting in improved
operational agility and reduced costs. Key differentiators in
the offering are its proprietary trust enablement technologies,
including the Global Trust Repository. These technologies --
combined with Harris' virtualization and automation systems, the
Harris Cyber Integration Center and networked facilities -- provide
continuous monitoring, assurance, and attestation that the software
and configurations in the cloud environment are deployed and
operating according to specification and have not been
compromised.
Today's ribbon cutting ceremony featured presentations by:
- Howard L. Lance, Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Harris Corporation
- Dale W. Meyerrose, Vice
President and General Manager of Harris Corporation's Cyber
Integrated Solutions
- James D. Duffy, Jr.,
Commonwealth of Virginia Secretary
of Technology
- The Honorable Bob Goodlatte United States House of
Representatives
- Julian Kudritzki, Vice
President, The Uptime Institute
"The journey to the cloud is well underway," said James Duffey, Secretary of Technology for the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
"Harris' Cyber Integration Center and Trusted Enterprise
Cloud services pave the way for organizations to move to the cloud
with confidence realizing the inherent benefits of greater agility
and lower costs."
"Harris Corporation's opening of their new Cyber Integration
Center is welcome news for folks here in the Shenandoah Valley,"
said Rep. Bob Goodlatte. "In
addition to the good work that Harris does to protect our nation's
critical information infrastructure, this new facility will bring
many high tech jobs to Harrisonburg, helping to restore confidence in
our economic future."
In cyber integrated solutions, Harris helps commercial and
government enterprises move their operations to a trusted cloud
environment in the most effective and efficient manner – reducing
costs, expanding IT service delivery, increasing security and
compliance, and establishing a new level of organizational agility.
As an established cyber integrator, the company brings
together an innovative combination of patented trust methodologies,
industry-leading technologies, partnerships with market leaders,
and world-class infrastructure.
About Harris Corporation
Harris is an international communications and information
technology company serving government and commercial markets in
more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
approximately $6 billion of annual
revenue and more than 16,000 employees — including nearly 7,000
engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing
best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and
services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is
available at www.harris.com.
SOURCE Harris Corporation