SAIC Launches Innovation Factory
October 23 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Virtual lab environment to accelerate time to
delivery of new technologies for federal government
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) announced
today the opening of a virtual lab environment, also known as an
Innovation Factory, to deliver software services and solutions
quicker to the U.S. government. This new initiative, called the
SAIC Innovation Factory, will enable federal government departments
and agencies to accelerate time to delivery of software and other
solutions and move at a pace similar to startups.
“SAIC’s Innovation Factory will address our customers’ IT
transformation needs today and help them quickly and easily try out
new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, augmented and
virtual reality (AR/VR), blockchain, and Internet of Things
solutions, in order to be ready for the future,” said Charles
Onstott, SAIC senior vice president and chief technology
officer.
SAIC Innovation Factory is managed by SAIC and uses technologies
developed and refined by SAIC as well as Red Hat, the leading
provider of open source solutions. The new Innovation Factory will
enable customers to make rapid progress toward IT and Application
transformation projects by providing DevSecOps teams who are expert
at using Agile/DevOps practices combined with cloud-native
architectures built on Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s most
comprehensive enterprise Kubernetes platform.
The virtual lab environment uses Red Hat OpenShift as a
foundation, augmented by best-in-class toolchains that enable the
software development processes to operate even faster than by
implementing the processes alone. Red Hat OpenShift Container
Platform is the industry’s most comprehensive enterprise Kubernetes
platform, helping to manage hybrid- and multi-cloud deployments and
optimized for developer productivity.
The initial SAIC Innovation Factory is being launched in SAIC’s
headquarters in Reston, Virginia, but this cloud-based environment
can also be delivered on customer site.
Government agencies are faced with making progress on IT
transformation efforts despite budget and procurement process time
limitations. While traditional software acquisition contracts can
take years to deliver working solutions, SAIC’s Innovation Factory
solution enables agencies to see tangible progress on their
initiatives in weeks to a few months instead of years.
“SAIC will accelerate time to solution for our customers by
leveraging Red Hat technologies, our jointly developed best
practices for agile and DevOps, and providing DevOps teams that are
already experienced in the technologies and processes,” said Kevin
Ikeda, SAIC vice president of software integration.
SAIC will continue to invest resources in the Innovation
Factory, and also plans to contribute to the Red Hat Open
Innovation Labs Stack push-button infrastructure code base.
Additionally, SAIC plans to continue to train personnel on Red Hat
technologies and Agile/DevOps practices to ensure availability of
teams of developers for government projects.
“We are very pleased that SAIC has brought their Innovation
Factory to life using fully open technologies from Red Hat. Digital
transformation is fueled by agility and open source, and SAIC now
has a ready-made lab to help their customers get started with
DevOps, Linux containers, and more,” said Eric Dorsch, director,
Strategic Alliances, Red Hat.
About SAIC
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life
cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering,
intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC
is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain
knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and
integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC’s more than
15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve
customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston,
Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion.
For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing
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