CenturyLink's cloud solutions now available to government
agencies in all states
MONROE, La., Jan. 18, 2017 /CNW/ -- CenturyLink, Inc.
(NYSE: CTL) today announced it has been awarded a ten-year NASPO
ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Master Agreement, allowing CenturyLink
to sell the company's cloud solutions to state and local
governments. This Master Agreement allows participating state and
government agencies to leverage CenturyLink's cloud solutions and
managed services. Master Agreements are awarded to cloud solution
providers whose offerings meet stringent security and data
protection requirements.
"With many government agencies hosting highly sensitive
information in the cloud today, maintaining a secure and reliable
environment is more critical than ever," said Marty Leavengood, vice president, GES sales,
CenturyLink. "By securing this NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions
Master Agreement, CenturyLink can offer a wide variety of cloud
services to the public sector – including
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). CenturyLink is proud to offer an
innovative, secure and reliable cloud infrastructure that serves
the vast needs of government agencies."
This multi-state cooperative procurement, led by the
State of Utah, gives participating
state agencies and their authorized political subdivisions,
including school districts, counties and cities, access to
high-quality, cloud-based solutions.
By leveraging CenturyLink's cloud solutions, state and local
agencies can effectively address current and future IT needs while
reducing costs and improving overall efficiency of IT departments.
These agencies can also utilize CenturyLink's managed services
portfolio to connect to the power of the digital world, deliver
secure government services to citizens, and lower operational and
maintenance risks. CenturyLink manages critical infrastructure for
thousands of businesses and government agencies worldwide. In early
2016, CenturyLink launched a FedRAMP-certified government cloud
offering that is available through this NASPO ValuePoint Master
Agreement.
CenturyLink's NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Master Agreement
is valid through September 2026.
General information and additional contract details are available
on NASPO ValuePoint's website.
About NASPO ValuePoint
The NASPO ValuePoint
Cooperative Purchasing Organization (formerly WSCA-NASPO) provides
the highest standard of excellence in public cooperative
contracting. By leveraging the leadership and expertise of all
states with the purchasing power of their public entities, NASPO
ValuePoint delivers the best value, most reliable,
competitively-sourced contracts. Since 1993 NASPO ValuePoint or its
predecessor has been the cooperative purchasing arm of NASPO (the
National Association of State Procurement Officials) encouraging,
fostering, and guiding the nation's most significant public
contract cooperative. NASPO ValuePoint is a unified,
nationally-focused cooperative aggregating the demand of all 50
states, the District of Columbia,
and the organized United States
territories, their political subdivisions, and other eligible
entities, spurring the best value, innovation, and competition in
the marketplace.
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global
communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company enabling
millions of customers to transform their businesses and their lives
through innovative technology solutions. CenturyLink offers network
and data systems management, Big Data analytics and IT consulting,
and operates more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband, voice,
video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile
U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport
network. Visit CenturyLink for more information.
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