VAZATA Launches Public Sector Division, Names Stephen R. Kovac Executive Vice President

Plano, Texas, November 20, 2014 – VAZATA, a full service cloud infrastructure, managed services and colocation provider, announced the launch of VAZATA’s Public Sector and named Stephen R. Kovac Executive Vice President of the Public Sector Division. He will design the company’s Public Sector product roadmap, develop a procurement strategy and assist in furthering agency relationships.

VAZATA announced earlier this year that the organization was “FedRAMP Ready” after having their systems and documentation reviewed by the FedRAMP program management office and successfully completing the PMO readiness review process. VAZATA is currently addressing accredited assessment results from SecureInfo, an accredited 3PAO, in preparation of FedRAMP provisional authorization process.

“Public sector is a very complicated marketplace that requires highly compliant and secure solutions including complex procurement vehicles. VAZATA has built a highly secure and trusted infrastructure that currently meets the needs of all government agencies. I am thrilled to join the team at this exciting time to lead VAZATA and the Public Sector business to the next level. With FedRAMP approval on the horizon and the addition of several new procurement vehicles and partners, VAZATA Public Sector will be a uniquely focused government business that addresses our customer’s rigor and security boundary requirements, yet remaining flexible to address custom government solutions”, said Stephen Kovac.

Mr. Kovac is a 23-year veteran of the information systems industry with extensive experience in both the private and public sector. Prior to joining VAZATA, he was Senior Vice President of Sales and Delivery for Pinnacle Technical Resources, an IT consulting services and staffing firm. Prior to that, Mr. Kovac served 16 years at Verizon where he was Vice President at Terremark Federal and Area Vice President of Verizon, Government Services, where he was responsible for developing the IT and Security Services sales and solutions teams for the Federal and SLED market. These solutions included: Cloud computing, managed hosting and data center infrastructure, information assurance, and cyber security.

About VAZATA

VAZATA is a complex managed hosting, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and colocation provider serving Global 1000 businesses, U.S. Federal Government Agencies. The company provides highly secure, compliant and scalable technology solutions that meet the challenges of its global customers using a proprietary cloud architecture called vStructure™. In 2011, VAZATA was the first company to receive an Authority to Operate as a cloud services technology provider to federal agencies. The backbone of support is its purpose built IaaS supported by four world class data centers, which have all achieved FISMA and SSAE 16 Type II compliance. Data centers are located in Texas and Northern Virginia.

In 2014, VAZATA was deemed “FedRAMP ready” and is currently addressing accredited assessment results from their 3PAO in preparation of FedRAMP provisional authorization process.

Contact Information

Alma Coronado
marketing@vazata.com
6900 Dallas Parkway, Ste. 800
Plano, Texas 75024
214-302-0076