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  • in Government Cloud, News

    QTS Buys VMware Govt Cloud Platform in Push to Expand Hybrid Cloud Portfolio; Dan Bennewitz Comments

    QTS Realty Trust has purchased a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant cloud platform from VMware for an undisclosed sum. QTS said Wednesday it has rebranded VMware vCloud Government Service as QTS Government Cloud and expects the acquisition to help expand QTS’ portfolio of hybrid cloud platforms designed to help federal information technology professionals meet IT infrastructure compliance requirements. […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    QTS Attains PCI DSS v3.1 Certification for Colocation Services at Dallas-Fort Worth Data Center

    QTS has attained the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard version 3.1 information security certification and attestation of compliance for the company’s colocation services at its data center in Dallas, Texas. The company said Monday the certification makes the Dallas-Fort Worth data center its fourth PCI DSS v3.1 compliant center. QTS added it implemented a network architecture designed to address more than […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Dan Bennewitz: QTS to Open Mega Data Center in Downtown Chicago

    QTS Realty Trust will open a 317,000-square-foot data center in downtown Chicago Friday to provide a range of information technology infrastructure services to government and enterprise customers. QTS said Tuesday it collaborated Mortenson Construction and consulting-engineering firm ESD to design and build the mega data center on the former Chicago Sun-Times  complex. The facility is built to offer direct access to long-haul fiber networks for organizations located in Chicago’s central […] More

  • in News, Products & Service

    QTS to Offer Hosting Services to Georgia Hospital Association Via Atlanta Data Center; Brandon Hargrett Comments

    QTS Realty Trust will host Georgia Hospital Association’s information technology systems through the company’s Atlanta-Metro data center under an agreement between QTS and GHA. QTS provides data center migration and managed hosting services in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, the company said Thursday. Brandon […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    QTS, Virtustream Enter Cloud Hosting & Compliance Services Partnership

    QTS will host two Virtustream Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant cloud platforms in QTS data centers in Texas and Virginia as part of a newly formed agreement between the two companies. QTS said Thursday it will also deploy Virtustream’s Viewtrust system, which works to provide risk identification, mitigation and compliance automation as part of the former’s portfolio. Virtustream has […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    QTS to Open Chicago-Based Data Center in IaaS Market Push

    QTS Realty Trust is establishing a mega data center in downtown Chicago as the company aims to help address a demand for colocation, managed hosting and cloud computing services in the Midwest. QTS said Tuesday the 317,000-square-foot facility will be built to provide infrastructure as a service to government and other enterprise customers. Construction on the first phase of the QTS Chicago […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    QTS to Support Y2Fox Gov’t Business Expansion With VMware Cloud Platform

    Y2Fox Data Solutions has selected QTS Realty Trust to provide a FedRAMP-compliant cloud platform that works to help meet the requirements of government customers and expand Y2Fox’s business in the public sector. QTS said Wednesday it will support the deployment of Y2Fox’ production environment on the FedRAMP-compliant VMware vCloud Government Service built on the VMware vSphere platform. “The […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    QTS Gets FISMA Authorization for Dallas-Fort Worth Data Center; Oliver Schmidt Comments

    QTS has received a government authorization to operate its Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metropolitan region data center in recognition of the company’s compliance with data security requirements set by the Federal Information Security Management Act. FISMA third-party party assessment organization Coalfire conducted an audit of the colocation and data center services QTS offers through the DFW facility based on the act’s latest version, QTS […] More

  • in News

    QTS to Exhibit Disaster Recovery Platforms at 2016 HIMSS Conference; Dan Bennewitz Comments

    QTS Realty Trust will showcase at the 2016 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference its portfolio of disaster recovery platforms designed to protect data of healthcare organizations following a natural disaster. The five-day annual HIMSS conference and exhibition will kick off Feb. 29 in Las Vegas, QTS said Friday. William Yasnoff, a member of QTS Healthcare’s advisory […] More

  • in News

    QTS to Showcase Gov’t-Focused Cloud, Managed IT Services Portfolio

    QTS Realty Trust has announced it will hold a networking reception in Vienna, Virginia, to present the company’s expanded portfolio of managed information technology hosting, data center and cloud migration service offerings designed for federal agencies. The event for QTS channel partners, technology providers and clients will take place at the Tower Club on Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, News

    QTS Adds Vormetric Encryption Platform to Data Security Offerings; Jim Reinhart Comments

    QTS Realty Trust and Vormetric have teamed up to help QTS’ government and commercial data center customers in efforts to meet data compliance requirements and protect their network infrastructures from potential data breaches. The partnership will allow QTS to provide its clients with Vormetric’s software platform, which works to secure data through encryption, user access control […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    QTS Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure Services Receive Cisco Cloud Certification; Frank Eagle Comments

    QTS Realty Trust has received a Cisco cloud and managed services certification for the former company’s disaster recovery as a service and infrastructure as a service products. Cisco audited QTS’ enterprise and federal cloud offerings designed to provide Cisco-powered DRaaS and IaaS services, QTS said Friday. Frank Eagle, vice president of business development at QTS, said Cisco’s certification […] More