BCS Data Center Operations Broadens the Solution Portfolio to Include Government Programs

BCS Data Center Operations (BCS) announces the addition of a new BCS Government Programs branch to its solution portfolio, committed to supporting the mandate of federal, state, and local governments, as well as their partners. The expansion enables BCS to adapt rapidly to vital infrastructure needs triggered by recent government reforms.

Craig Harris, a veteran of the business and government initiatives, has been elected senior vice president and chief federal programs officer, in charge of directing BCS Government Programs activities. He joins BCS with two decades of operations experience, including overseeing colocation operations for a top data center provider, leading the Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure team responsible for U.S. government contracts, leading IT process-design projects for the federal government, and launching state-of-the-art fulfillment centers for Amazon.

Harris worked as a lead associate for Booz Allen Hamilton, where he headed projects for the United States Department of Homeland Security, the Office of Naval Research, the United States Navy, the United States Army Materiel Command, and the United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. He was in the Marine Corps for 14 years.

BCS currently manages over 6 million square feet and 350 MW of critical power under contract, with a considerable portion of it handling highly supervised, compliant, uptime-dependent environments for three of the world's leading financial service firms. BCS reported earlier this year that they had earned the Uptime Institute's M&O Stamp of Approval, as well as a good Service Operation Control (SOC) 2 Type II survey and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) evaluation for the Phoenix data center campus.

BCS utilizes a complete lifecycle of solutions delivered by trained and accredited people, best-in-class processes, and cutting-edge technology through a single integrated delivery system, allowing agencies and their clients to concentrate on their primary tasks. Because of BCS's single-source, self-performance model, BCS staff provide at least 80% of all services.

About BCS

BCS is an enterprise-level essential facility operations company that focuses solely on data centers. Via a single completely developed self-performance model, the BCS strategies portfolio includes facility management, IT services, physical security, and a variety of value-added professional services. To achieve improved efficiency, reliability, and scale, BCS employs sophisticated technologies and centralized services such as BCS CriticalWorksTM, BCS CriticalCareTM, and the BCS Tactical Operations Center. With over 6 million total square feet and more than 350 MW of data center critical power under contract, BCS meets the demands of Fortune 500 companies.