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FREDERICKSBURG: The United States maintains the upper hand in military might, largely due to its technology capabilities, but in order to stay on top, new and innovative technologies must be produced at a break-neck pace. This leaves many of our military personnel scrambling at the implementation stage, with handheld devices that have more features than anyone is willing to commit to memory and a wide array of incompatible components at every node.
October 18, 2006, Acolyst stepped up to the challenge by opening a COTS (commercial off the shelf) Integration Solution Center that uses emerging technologies as building blocks to keep the war-fighter ahead of the game.
The center itself is a maze of technology. A flight simulator with dual screens sits by the blue glow of Acolyst's disaster recovery, remote mirroring system. The walls remind you that IT works on a global scale with Las Vegas and New York, sitting left and right of the city of your choosing, compliments of 3 high-resolution projectors. Mobile technologies from ruggedized hard- drives and laptops to VoIP capable pocket PCs linked to security cameras and databases. With 4 separate servers, the center is networked for flexibility. Proof-of-concepts can be made on demand.
Education sessions are used to help government personnel understand the technologies at their disposal. It also allows Acolyst's COTS Integration team the opportunity to identify visitors' pain points and demonstrate customized solutions based on end user objectives, allowing them to test the solution before purchase. By integrating technologies for best possible use and testing complete solution sets, Acolyst is eliminating risk and guesswork; ultimately saving the everyday taxpayer by ensuring that cutting-edge technologies do not bleed IT budgets dry.
“Acolyst, with the Solution Center, is leading the market. The federal government is no longer buying point solutions. What they want is practical applications that save all of us money. The company is making a mark on the entire industry,” commented Lawrence M. Walsh, editor of VARBusiness and GovernmentVAR Magazine at the opening of Acolyst's Integration center. Mr. Walsh also identified the center as a model to all other solution centers with his article “Anatomy of a Solution Center.”
