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Data SheetVirtustream Cloud andManaged Services Solutions forUS State & Local Governmentsand EducationAvailable through NASPO ValuePointCloud Services
VIRTUSTREAM CLOUD AND MANAGED SERVICES SOLUTIONS FOR US STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND EDUCATION P. 2US public sector entities faceincreasing pressure to delivermore with fewer resources.Recognizing this, the NationalAssociation of StateProcurement Officials (NASPO)has established a ValuePointmaster contract, CloudSolutions, to help delivercloud computing services tostate agencies via a publicsector/industry competitivelysolicited vehicle.Virtustream, a DellTechnologies business, has aproven portfolio of cloud andmanaged services designedfor the public sector and is acloud provider on theValuePoint Cloud Servicescontract.By combining industry-leading uptime and performancebased SLAs with a flexible pricing model that supportscapacity on demand and true consumption-based billing,Virtustream’s offerings will satisfy all the requisite needsof a SLED customer, while providing better applicationperformance, greater agility and efficiency, and morerobust security.Proven Public Sector DeliverySpecific to US state and local governments (SLED),Virtustream offers an array of cloud services through theNASPO ValuePoint Cloud Services contract. Many federal,state and local agencies already trust Virtustream to runtheir most critical workloads. For example, a USgovernment cabinet-level agency is running their entireSAP environment, consisting of over 380 servers and500TB of storage, in Virtustream Federal Cloud. Severalstates are running similar mission-critical applications inVirtustream Federal Cloud, with some trusting Virtustreamto provide comprehensive management of not only thebasic infrastructure, but also security and compliancemonitoring and reporting at the application level.Public Sector Offerings Compliant with HighestInternational Security and StandardsVirtustream helps public sector and governmentorganizations drastically increase the performance andreliability of their mission-critical applications — includingSAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Blackbaud CRM and many others.With experience and proven, repeatable processes,Virtustream helps organizations navigate the complexitiesNASPO IaaS FeaturesVirtustream service offerings, available via ValuePointCloud Services, include basic server hosting servicesthrough fully managed ERP environments, managedsecurity services and a broad suite of professionalservices to assist customers as they transform their ITlandscapes to take advantage of new cloudbased paradigms.of digital transformation and modernization.Virtustream Clouds, including Virtustream EnterpriseCloud and Virtustream Federal Cloud, are architected tothe highest security and compliance standards and cansignificantly contribute as an enabler in achieving andmaintaining compliance with FedRAMP, FISMA, SSAE16/SOC2/ISAE3402, PCI-DSS 3.2, IS0 27001:2013, ISO9001:2015, ISO 22301:2012, HIPAA/HITECH/HITRUST andDesigned from the ground-up to support mission-critical,other certification and compliance frameworks.performance-intensive applications, Virtustream’s IaaSVirtustream’s governance, risk and compliance team leadcloud leverages industry-leading Intellectual Propertyall audits to meet security, compliance and certificationbased on more than 10 years of virtualization experience,objectives. Architected with the same security andcombined with best-in-class security features to supportcompliance standards in mind, Virtustream Storage Cloudthe vast array of state and local governmentis certified against applicable HIPAA/HITECH, PCI, ISO,agency applications.SOC 2, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)-STAR andCJIS criteria. 2018 VIRTUSTREAM, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WWW.VIRTUSTREAM.COM
VIRTUSTREAM CLOUD AND MANAGED SERVICES SOLUTIONS FOR US STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND EDUCATION P. 3Why Virtustream?A key differentiator to the Virtustream offering is theconsumption-based Virtustream MicroVM (µVM) resourcemanagement and billing model. Virtustream MicroVMcomprises CPU, RAM, storage I/O and network resourcespricing model lets public sector IT organizations only payfor what they use — improving economics beyond basicvirtualization and freeing up budgetary funding to beallocated to other areas.calculated by the microsecond. Leveraging this patentedVirtustream Viewtrusttechnology, Virtustream makes sure customers are onlyActively protecting data is instrumental to keeping a SLEDbilled on what they consume, unlike other offerings in theIT environment running efficiently. Virtustream Viewtrustmarket based on the amount of resources provisionedgoes beyond traditional compliance monitoring andbut not on actual consumption. Leveraging µVMdelivers continuous risk management across the ITtechnology also guarantees that required resources willenvironment — regardless of function, geographic locationbe available on demand, using the µVM data to provideor vendor. Viewtrust heightens the security of agranular metrics that allow resources to be optimizedtechnological landscape by providing continuousmore accurately than other cloud offerings.monitoring and a 360 degree view of all assets. ByVirtustream’s tiered service offerings enable SLEDcustomers to employ an ideal solution to each workloadand scale their services, based on business fluctuation indemand, rapidly and safely.Virtustream NASPO IaaS Offerings:delivering real-time analysis of threats and their potentialimpact on applications and data, Viewtrust usesactionable intelligence to proactively mitigate any risksbefore they can become impacting problems.Virtustream Storage Cloud Compute, Storage / BackupVirtustream Storage Cloud was engineered to secure, SAP HANA Physical Appliancesmanage and store the exponentially growing data of the Network/Load Balancing Cloud & Storage Connect - Security Services:Network Based (Perimeter Defense) Firewall, IPSec VPN, Intrusion Detection Service Security Services: VM Basedworld’s largest enterprises and public sectororganizations. Virtustream Storage Cloud provides theresiliency that SLED organizations require for their mostcritical data but in a cloud environment. Built-inredundancy is designed to provide 99.999% (5 nines) ofavailability and up to 99.99999999999% (13 nines) of data Anti-Virus / Anti-Malware (AV/AM) - VM-leveldurability. Virtustream Storage Cloud meets rigorous Intrusion Detection Service (IDS) - VM-levelsecurity and compliance requirements, with an ongoing File Integrity Monitoring, IDS, Encryption,Vulnerability Scanning, Log Management, SecurityPolicy Auditing, Two-Factor AuthenticationVirtustream Federal Cloudcertification and third-party audit program.Virtustream Managed ServicesSLED organizations face several challenges as they lookto transform and optimize operations. UnpredictableA specialized instance of Virtustream Enterprise Cloud,costs, increasing complexity and knowledge gaps are justVirtustream Federal Cloud is an integrated IaaS solutiona few examples of today’s main impediments to well-runthat enables system integrators and SLED ITIT operations.organizations to deliver enterprise-class applicationservices to their customers. While an organization’s publicsector IT budget remains stagnant, expectations for newtechnology continue to rise. Virtustream Federal Cloudallows organizations to cut costs from their mostexpensive and time-consuming mission-criticalapplications. Virtustream’s true consumption-based 2018 VIRTUSTREAM, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WWW.VIRTUSTREAM.COMWith Virtustream Managed Services, organizations gainthe insight, experience and expertise needed throughcomprehensive IT management solutions that raise thebar on current operations enable a transformationaljourney, and ensure that SLED organizations gain themost value and performance from their informationinfrastructure.
VIRTUSTREAM CLOUD AND MANAGED SERVICES SOLUTIONS FOR US STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND EDUCATION P. 4Migration ServicesBlackbaud CRMVirtustream begins the planning and migration process byVirtustream creates secure, multi-tenant cloudgiving SLED IT leaders a comprehensive view of theirenvironments that deliver assured SLA levels for the mosttechnology consumption, so they can quickly and clearlycomplex, mission-critical applications like Blackbaudidentify opportunities for growth. Using VirtustreamCRM. Virtustream does more than merely host theAdvisor — a proprietary analysis and planning tool —Blackbaud CRM application; we make it run faster, moreconsultants assess current IT assets and provide a clearefficiently and more economically than ever before.picture of workloads, consumption and performance. TheVirtustream does a cloud assessment to recommend theresult is a transparent, data-driven, CFO-friendly proposalideal solution to meet an organization’s needs, includingfor migrating mission-critical IT to the Virtustreamthe appropriate level of availability, data protection withenterprise-class cloud platform. Besides Virtustreamintegrated disaster recovery, and performance.Advisor, Virtustream’s other planning and migrationservices include cloud advisory, onboarding andproduct implementation.Contact UsFor more information about Virtustream’s US state andlocal government and education offerings, please contactus at info@virtustream.com or visit us at www.virtustream.com. 2018 VIRTUSTREAM, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WWW.VIRTUSTREAM.COM
VIRTUSTREAM CLOUD AND MANAGED SERVICES SOLUTIONS FOR US STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND EDUCATION P. 5Virtustream Provides Cloud and Managed Services forState / LocalGovernments &EducationSoftware and solutions thatare architected to the highestsecurity and compliancestandards, including FedRAMPA dramatic increase in theperformance and reliability ofmission-critical applicationssuch as SAP, Oracle, BlackbaudCRM and MicrosoftConsumption-based pricingthrough Virtustream’sinnovative µVM technology,allowing organizations to payfor only what they useTransform public sector ITinto a mission enabler thatadvances business ownerstoward modernization andinnovation instead of logisticsand maintenanceAbout VirtustreamVirtustream, a Dell Technologies Business, is the enterprise-class cloud service and software provider trusted by enterprises worldwide tomigrate and run their mission-critical applications in the cloud. For enterprises, service providers and government agencies, Virtustream’sxStream management platform and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) meets the security, compliance, performance, efficiency andconsumption-based billing requirements of complex production applications in the cloud – whether private, public or hybrid. 2018 VIRTUSTREAM, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WWW.VIRTUSTREAM.COM
services include cloud advisory, onboarding and product implementation. Blackbaud CRM Virtustream creates secure, multi-tenant cloud environments that deliver assured SLA levels for the most complex, mission-critical applications like Blackbaud CRM. Virtustream does more than merely host the Blackb
