Verizon Business says it is building a special security operations center for OneNet. OneNet will be a common, secure Internet Protocol-based network that supports more than 5,000 DHS offices worldwide. Verizon Business will create a consolidated backbone network for the 5-year-old DHS to replace separate wide-area networks used by its 22 agencies, including Customs Service, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Coast Guard, Secret Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Losing bidders on this much-anticipated deal were AT&T and Qwest. Department of Homeland Security that is valued at $678.5 million. Verizon Business has captured one of the largest federal network deals of 2008: a 10-year contract to provide managed network and security services to the U.S.
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