VAZATA Takes Colo to the Cloud with Enhanced Offering

Plano, Texas – September 27, 2011 – VAZATA, formerly named Horizon Data Center Solutions, announces an enhanced offering that enables traditional colocation customers to easily and cost-effectively explore the benefits of cloud solutions through the company’s robust vStructure™, an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform. “We’ve listened to the market and responded with unique solutions[…]

Horizon Data Center Solutions Changes Name to VAZATA

Dallas, Texas – Sept. 21, 2011 — Cloud computing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider Horizon Data Center Solutions has announced a corporate name change to more accurately reflect the company’s offering and future vision. Lance Black, CEO, said, “We’re excited to announce our new name: VAZATA. We’ve been rapidly evolving the business well beyond our early[…]

Three U.S. Federal Government Agencies Select Horizon’s vStructure for Cloud Solutions

Dallas – August 23, 2011 – Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and colocation provider, Horizon Data Center Solutions, announced today that the company has deployed cloud computing solutions for three federal agencies, expanding its customer portfolio in the U.S. Government sector. The announcement comes just one month after being the first vendor to secure an Authority to Operate[…]

IMS Provides Best-In-Class IaaS Through Partnership with VAZATA

PLANO, Texas –(Business Wire)–Innovative Management Solutions (IMS) and VAZATA (formerly Horizon Data Center Solutions) are elevating their partnership to provide best-in-class application hosting to Oracle (News – Alert) end users. “This strategic partnership will provide our customers access to the best available Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), in VAZATA’s purpose built cloud computing environment,” says[…]

Federal Cloud Initiative Moves Forward as General Services Administration Grants First “Authority to Operate” to Horizon Data Center Solutions and EyakTek

Dallas – July 5, 2011 – Horizon Data Center Solutions has received a formal “Authority to Operate” (ATO) as a cloud computing solutions provider to the federal government after completing a lengthy eight month Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) compliance process. The company and their federal technology integration partner, Eyak Technology, LLC (EyakTek) are[…]

Virtualization Tools Enhance IT Department Abilities

Dallas, Texas – May 25, 2011 — Horizon Data Center Solutions has completed the full integration of VMware’s vCloud Director, adding new capabilities to its vStructure enterprise-class Infrastructure as a Service offering. For many existing VMware customers, including those using vSphere, this introduces an entirely new means of deploying, provisioning and managing the capacity of[…]

Cloud First Computing Options on NASA SEWP IV Contract Now Available from Affigent (formerly TKC Integration Services, LLC) and Partner Horizon Data Center Solutions

Washington, DC – March 18, 2011 — Top SEWP IV contractor Affigent (formerly TKC Integration Services, LLC), a Washington, D.C. area company that provides a comprehensive range of lifecycle technology solutions to the federal government, has teamed with Horizon Data Center Solutions of Plano, Texas, to offer Cloud Computing solutions to government agencies through their[…]

Horizon closes in on becoming federal IaaS provider

US data center services company Horizon is making a big push into the market for providing cloud services to the US federal government. The firm has recently completed the document submission process for securing accreditation to become a technology services provider to government agencies, Horizon CEO Lance Black told DatacenterDynamics. Leveraging cloud-based services is a[…]