FALLS CHURCH, Va., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- General
Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General
Dynamics (NYSE:GD), announced today the signing of Microsoft
Partner Agreement for Online Services-Government (AOS-G). The new
agreement provides federal customers with the capability to access
Azure services and offerings, including the classified regions of
Azure Government. Through the recently awarded Defense Enterprise
Office Solution (DEOS) contract, GDIT is now enabled to provide
Department of Defense customers with migration to both Microsoft
365 and Azure.
"Clients across the federal government are rapidly adopting
cloud and Software-as-a-Service solutions," said Ben Gianni, vice president and chief technology
officer of GDIT. "Microsoft offers Microsoft 365 for collaboration,
Azure for cloud based workloads and Dynamics 365 for customer
relationship management."
"GDIT's agreement with Microsoft is an important component of
our cloud strategy and provides federal customers the full set of
offerings to meet their enterprise and mission requirements," said
Gianni.
"Microsoft and GDIT have long partnered to support the most
complex missions across the government sector," said Greg Myers, vice president of Microsoft Federal
at Microsoft Corp. "This agreement will further solidify this
relationship through GDIT's deep knowledge of the government
programs to enable cloud technology to support modernization and
digital transformation efforts across the federal government."
Microsoft is a Strategic Alliance Partner within GDIT's
technology partner program, enabling GDIT to deliver a wide range
of solutions on Azure, including cloud computing, storage,
analytics and machine learning. GDIT's agreement with Microsoft
helps the federal government leverage cloud technology for its
missions, streamline costs and incorporate best-practice
maintenance services.
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that
offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business
aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles,
weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and
services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people
worldwide and generated $37.9 billion
in revenue in 2020. More information about General Dynamics
Information Technology is available at www.gdit.com. More
information is available at www.gd.com.
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