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Engility Launches Cloud Computing Service Aimed At Federal Agencies

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

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Engility Launches Cloud Computing Service Aimed At Federal Agencies

Federal engineering services company Engility Holdings [EGL] launched their new cloud computing enterprise Cloud ASCEND on Wednesday aimed at providing modernization services to federal agencies, specifically the Department of Defense and the intelligence community.Engility’s Cloud ASCEND will provide end-to-end solution cloud computing optimization aimed specifically at meeting the needs of highly-secure government operations.The new system is meant to combine the latest cloud tools with Engility’s proprietary methods and experts to move towards seamless, secure digital transformation, according to a statement…

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