GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Appian | December 09, 2020
Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today reported a joint effort with Accenture Federal Services (AFS), an auxiliary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), to additionally disentangle the federal acquisition measure through low-code robotization. Through the joint exertion, AFS is growing new delivery accelerators to upgrade Appian's Acquisition Solutions, which streamline the acquisition cycle and approve that the cycle completely follows the Federal Acquisition Regulations for defense and regular citizen organizations, their enhancements and approaches.
"Federal procurement teams are often bogged down by systems and manual tasks that complicate the acquisition process, increase risk, lower efficiency and add unnecessary costs," said Aaron Jackson, digital platforms lead at Accenture Federal Services. "Appian's low-code automation platform, coupled with Accenture's experience in automation and artificial intelligence, simplifies the acquisition process and delivers tremendous value, helping organizations eliminate process bottlenecks and ensure timely delivery of products and services."
In the present computerized scene, federal pioneers are entrusted with mechanizing complex work processes a lot while being needed to safely bind together information, individuals, the advanced labor force, and all business measures. This places a hefty weight on obtainment groups that are attached to obsolete frameworks and have severe spending limitations. To change, organizations must use their present IT ventures and broaden the capacities of their inheritance frameworks, which should be possible with a low-code computerization stage.
"Accenture is a long-time collaborator with Appian, and we are thrilled to expand our relationship into federal services," said Marc Wilson, senior vice president of Global Partnerships & Industries, Appian. "Partners play a key role in helping garner awareness for the benefits of low-code automation and we continue to see success when we work together. The new delivery accelerators being created by Accenture Federal Services for the Appian Government Acquisition solutions suite will further aid the government to make changes in their digital automation strategies that have lasting impact."
The new delivery accelerators from AFS seamlessly incorporate into the new Appian Award Management arrangement, which progresses the cycle for contract closeout, while rearranging selection and fast execution.
About Accenture Federal Services
Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, is a U.S. company with offices in Arlington, Virginia. Accenture's federal business has served every cabinet-level department and 30 of the largest federal organizations. Accenture Federal Services transforms bold ideas into breakthrough outcomes for clients at defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian and military health organizations.
About Appian
Appian provides a low-code automation platform that accelerates the creation of high-impact business applications. Many of the world's largest organizations use Appian applications to improve customer experience, achieve operational excellence, and simplify global risk management and compliance.
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GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
ARRIA | August 20, 2021
ARRIA, A leading provider of NLG, Natural Language Generation Technology, today announced that it has been named a manufacturer on the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 (ITES-SW2) contract for the U.S. Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS). This contract is held by Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, and is effective through August 30, 2025.
ITES-SW2 is a firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract vehicle for commercial off-the-shelf software products and related services and hardware. The contract has no fees, and ordering is open to all Army, DoD and Federal agencies and authorized systems integrators on a worldwide basis. Under this contract, Carahsoft provides software, software maintenance, and ancillary services from ARRIA NLG to support Federal agencies’ enterprise infrastructure goals.
“A truly data-driven culture, like the Army, DOD and Federal Government agencies, need a data literacy strategy, that democratizes data, engages its stakeholders and gets rapid user adoption. Arria humanizes the way we interact with data. That’s how you optimize the business value of data,” said Sharon Daniels, CEO, Arria NLG. “We are excited to be named to the ARMY-ITES-SW2 contract and we believe that the partnership with Carahsoft is a great fit.”
Arria NLG is a form of artificial intelligence that transforms structured data into natural language. Through data analysis, knowledge automation, language generation and tailored information delivery, Arria software replicates the human process of expertly analyzing and communicating data insights. Arria dynamically turns data into written or spoken narrative—at machine speed and on a massive scale.
ARRIA NLG software, software maintenance, and ancillary services are available through Carahsoft’s ITES-SW2 Contract W52P1J-20-D-0042. For procurement information, contact Carahsoft’s ITES-SW2 contract team at (703) 871-8681 or ITES-SW2@carahsoft.com; or visit Carahsoft’s dedicated ITES-SW2 contract resource center.
About ARRIA NLG
Arria is the world's leading provider of natural language generation (NLG) technology. The Arria Language Platform drives Arria’s technology suite as well as industry led product solutions — giving data the power of language to accelerate the communication and understanding of data insights and actionable intelligence.
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GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
BCS | April 21, 2021
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.
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