Lockheed Martin to Offer Expanded Cloud Computing Services to UK Government

Lockheed Martin (News - Alert) has a strong presence in the cloud security space. The company now brings its secure cloud computing expertise to the broader U.K. public sector, as part of its G-Cloud 3 framework agreement with the U.K. government. This agreement succeeds the previous G-Cloud 2 program.

Lockheed Martin UK has provided the U.K. government with various cloud computing services through the G-Cloud 2 program. Under the terms of G-Cloud 3 agreement, now the company is going to offer an expanded cloud service offering that includes IT service integration and management, known as SIAM.

In a multi-vendor environment, it becomes difficult for government departments to efficiently monitor and manage multiple IT service providers. Lockheed Martin’s SIAM services will enable various government departments to effectively manage the multi-vendor environment in a variety of ways, which may include providing architecture design support, helping in the service desk implementation and providing management information related to the services.

The services will be delivered through the company’s Solutions-as-a-Service (SolaS) secure cloud delivery platform. According to the company’s website, the platform has been designed to enable the government organizations to securely move their various computing, collaboration and storage tasks to the cloud.

It’s worth mentioning here that as a prominent government cloud provider, Lockheed Martin will be among the first companies in the U.S. to receive FedRAMP authorization this spring for its SolaS Secure Community Cloud solution.

“We are applying our strong cyber security expertise to ensure secure cloud computing and help governments realize cost-savings and efficiencies from the use of advanced technologies. Our inclusion in G-Cloud 3 will strengthen the corporation's IT service activities across the broader UK public sector,” explained Vicki Schmanske, vice president of information technology and security solutions for Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Solutions.

Recently Lockheed Martin deployed FBI's Next Generation Identification Increment 3 for the FBI's NGI system. The upgrades reportedly provided significant improvement in latent fingerprint search accuracy and a new nationwide palm print identification system to help solve cold cases and improve crime-solving capabilities.