Welcome to the Federation Family, Virtustream

Question: What should be on every agency’s must-have list, but is difficult to find?

Answer: A FedRAMP-certified Cloud Service Provider (CSP). Why?

So far, the joint certification board has issued just 14 certifications.

As reported in InformationWeek, one certified CSP is Virtustream, a Bethesda-based CSP that migrates, runs, and manages mission-critical applications in the cloud. Virtustream has been approved by the Department of the Interior as a FedRAMP-authorized supplier of services.

Why We’re Excited

Good news for our Federal customers: EMC recently announced the acquisition of FedRAMP-approved Virtustream as our new managed cloud services business. With the addition of Virtustream, EMC will continue to accelerate customers’ journeys to move all applications to cloud-based IT environments – acting as a single source for hybrid cloud infrastructure and service needs.

Today, we offer the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution – an on-premise private cloud offering that provides on-ramps to public cloud services such as VMware vCloud Air. The VMware Government vCloud is also FedRAMP-certified.

New Managed Cloud and Services Capabilities

Virtustream brings a managed cloud software and services capability to the EMC portfolio – whether on or off premise – which we will incorporate into the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution. By adding Virtustream, EMC will enable customers to move their entire application portfolio into a cloud environment.

In another recent piece, InformationWeek writer Charles Babcock notes that Virtustream and VMware both offer basic Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) with virtual machine self-provisioning and automated management. Virtustream is hypervisor-neutral, and oriented toward managed applications.

Our chairman and CEO, Joe Tucci, said it best, “We could not be more delighted that Virtustream will be joining the EMC Federation family. It’s a game changer.”

Welcome to the family.

More on Cloud:

• “Journey to the Hybrid Cloud”: http://publicsectorblog.emc.com/bernie-baker/journey-to-the-hybrid-cloud/
• “Hybrid Cloud – Your Key to the Best of Both Worlds”: http://publicsectorblog.emc.com/audie_hittle/hybrid-cloud-your-key-to-the-best-of-both-worlds/

Author information

Barry Morris

Vice President, EMC Federal Division

Barry Morris, Vice President of EMC’s Federal Division, is responsible for general division management, providing leadership and vision to the Federal team, government contractors and partners, and Federal systems integrators. In this role, he is dedicated to helping agencies redefine IT in a more agile, trusted, and cost-efficient way. Morris brings 30 years of experience driving sales to the Federal government, and expanding coverage into the state and local government, education, and medical markets. As a top achiever across all sectors of the business model, he ensures customer satisfaction and has boosted sales and retention at each position he has held. Before joining EMC, Morris was the President of Public Sector at Polycom, where his responsibilities included driving sales and retention – ensuring customers were heard and their key needs were addressed through strategy, product development, and customer service. Prior to this role, he held leadership positions at IT companies including Cogent Communications, where he created and managed revenue growth from zero to more than $6.75 million of monthly recurring revenue, and Nortel, where he was instrumental in the growth of the organization's revenue from $4.5 million to over $300 million. Morris is a contributing author to EMC’s Public Sector Blog, “Government Perspectives,” where he regularly shares insight on trends in information technology. He is also an active member in key industry groups and major government associations, such as AFCEA. Morris holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Georgia. He has been married to his wife Ellen for 30 years and has two children, Christina and Blake.