Harris Corp. Awarded $30.5 Million Contract to Develop & Deploy Federated Data Repository for Department of Veterans Affairs
December 08 2011 - 10:17AM
Business Wire
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications
and information technology company, has been awarded a 4.5-year,
$30.5 million contract, structured as an 18-month base contract
with three option years. This program, awarded in June, develops a
centralized network monitoring system that will help the Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) better manage its computer network systems
and more quickly find and fix problems as they arise.
Under the Enterprise Management Foundation Federated Data
Repository (EMF FDR) contract, Harris will develop and deploy a
system that provides a unified, federated view of data repositories
the VA has distributed throughout the U.S. The VA currently
monitors these regional Managed Data Repositories using manual
reports, which often leads to delays in addressing critical system
problems.
The Harris system will provide the centralized management that
is needed for a more accurate, automated reporting of the network’s
status, and will allow the VA to perform predictive analysis and
modeling to identify areas of potential concern. Harris will use a
set of commercial-off-the-shelf components to reduce the need for
custom development and reduce maintenance costs.
“With a network as large and as diverse as the VA’s, it is
critically important that we have the ability to identify and
address problems within our network in a timely, efficient manner
wherever and whenever they arise,” said Jeff Shyshka, deputy
assistant secretary of Enterprise Operations and Field Development
for the VA. “A federated repository combining all enterprise-wide
system data will allow us to provide the kind of quality assurance
our veterans deserve.”
“The EMF FDR project will help ensure that the VA systems
serving our veterans with the best possible healthcare are online
and ready to go at all times,” said Jim Traficant, president,
Harris Healthcare. “Harris is providing the VA with the ability to
quickly and seamlessly identify and solve system problems when they
arise and maintain its invaluable service to our veterans.”
The Harris team, along with subcontractors 4Points Technologies,
7 Delta, Inc., EM&I, iTKO, LSI, NIS Solutions, and Qbase LLC
will provide engineering support services and ensure
interoperability among existing applications. Harris has
successfully integrated and modernized federated IT infrastructures
of several government clients, including the Federal Aviation
Administration and the U.S. Census Bureau.
A nationally recognized leader in federal healthcare IT
integration, Harris also offers commercial providers a full range
of interoperability solutions, including IT infrastructure and
management, clinical workflow and analytics, health information
exchange, and imaging. Harris solutions improve healthcare quality,
safety, efficiency, cost and outcomes by ensuring that the right
information travels, with security and privacy, to the right
person, at the right time, on the right device, at the point of
care.
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 about
17,000 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.
Forward-Looking Statements
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reflect management's current expectations, assumptions and
estimates of future performance and economic conditions. Such
statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company cautions investors
that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends to
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value of the program to Harris are forward-looking and involve
risks and uncertainties. Harris disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
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