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| Mark Hatton said Sophos was delighted to have
been chosen as part of the team. |
Sophos, a world leader in integrated threat management
solutions, today announced that it is part of the team headed by
Lockheed Martin that has been selected by the U.S. Army to compete
for up to $20 billion in future information technology task orders
under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - Services
(ITES-2S) contracting vehicle.
ITES-2S is a performance-based,
indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity contract established by the
US Army's Program Executive for Enterprise Information Systems and
managed by the Army Small Computer Program. It will be used by the
Army and other federal agencies to obtain IT services, products and
solutions for the next nine years. The award to Lockheed Martin
includes three base years and three two-year options.
"We are pleased to have been chosen as a member of this team led
by Lockheed Martin," said Mark Hatton,
president of Lynnfield-based, Sophos. "Sophos is uniquely
positioned to deliver the highest level of protection for
organizations as we have more than 20 years of experience in
providing integrated network security."
The new contract continues the original ITES-Enterprise Mission
Support Services Solutions vehicle awarded to Lockheed Martin in
November 2003. Services to be provided under ITES-2S include
information security, education and training, business process
re-engineering, IT services, network support, systems operations
and maintenance, program management, and enterprise design - all to
support the warfighter.
For more information, please visit the Lockheed Martin
website.
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.