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Amazon’s HQ2 Arrival Touches Old Virginia Coal Mining Country
October 31, 2019
Amazon’s long-term “HQ2” second headquarters plan to create 25,000 high tech jobs in Arlington, Virginia, has sparked a renewed zest in the training of computer and electrical engineers in areas of the state where tobacco and coal mining were once king…
1901 Group Provides 24×7 Managed Services, Cybersecurity, Management, & Optimization Of Mission-Critical Systems In The Cloud
September 24, 2019
1901 Group is a leading provider of information technology (IT) services focusing on public sector customers that benefit from leveraging highly secure, cloud resources…
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Partners with 1901 Group to Provide Strategic AI Force Expertise
August 29, 2019
1901 Group announced it has entered into a letter agreement, under its joint venture partner agreement with the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) for data innovation support…
1901 Group Officially Breaks Ground on Blacksburg Expansion
August 14, 2019
Blacksburg, VA – 1901 Group, the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (VTCRC), and local leaders all join to celebrate the groundbreaking of 1901 Group’s Enterprise IT Operations Center (EITOC) expansion in Blacksburg, VA…
NOVA tech firm says quality of life key reason for growing its largest office in Blacksburg
August 14, 2019
BLACKSBURG — 1901 Group founder and CEO Sonu Singh tossed dirt and posed with shovels at a Wednesday groundbreaking ceremony, but it was certainly not his first time playing in the rocky soil of Southwest Virginia…
1901 Group Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary: Then and Now
July 17, 2019
1901 Group has reached an exciting milestone as the company celebrates a decade of delivering innovative IT solutions that dramatically improve the functionality, performance, quality, and security of customers’ mission systems through cloud computing, managed services, and IT delivered “as a service”…
Lawmakers Seek Improved Cyber Safeguards With IoT Security Bill
July 01, 2019
‘My hope is that we can use the federal purchasing power to shape the wider consumer, enterprise and industrial markets for IoT devices … and given the current market failure we see in securing these devices, this seems as good a place as any for the federal government to serve as an impetus,’ U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) tells CRN…
20 Public Sector Partners Achieve Government and Education Competencies
June 10, 2019
AWS Competency Partners have the expertise to help you succeed at each stage of your cloud journey. The AWS Competency Program helps you identify and choose top APN Partners that have been vetted, validated, and verified by Amazon Web Services (AWS)…
1901 Group to Help Migrate Peace Corps Data Center to Hybrid Cloud
May 16, 2019
Information technology services provider 1901 Group received a contract under the General Services Administration’s IT Schedule 70 vehicle to help the Peace Corps transition data center operations to a hybrid computing environment…
Federal-Focused MSP Finds Groove In Hybrid Offering
May 08, 2019
‘A vast minority, like 5 percent of the workloads in the federal space, are in the cloud today, so that means up to 95 percent are in the queue to be moved,’ says Brendan Walsh, senior vice president of partner relations with 1901 Group…
1901 Group Featured in VEDP's Economic Review
April 23, 2019
1901 Group has been quoted (pg. 7) and featured in a story (pg. 30) in VEDP’s Economic Review. Read the entire report via the link below…
1901 Group Snags Spot on $2.5B SEC Contract
April 11, 2019
1901 Group, a leading FedRAMP authorized managed services provider specializing in delivering cloud, cyber security, and enterprise managed services today announced it has been 1901 Group has won a position on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ONE IT indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract vehicle to provide IT infrastructure and management support…
1901Group Wins Role on $2.5B BPA by Securities and Exchange Commission
April 10, 2019
1901 Group, a leading FedRAMP authorized managed services provider specializing in delivering cloud, cyber security, and enterprise managed services today announced it has been awarded a position on the Securities and Exchange Commission…
Virginia Has Second Highest Concentration of Tech Workers
April 02, 2019
While there is no surprise that California has the highest concentration of tech workers in the country, Virginia now has the second highest concentration in the country, according to newly released data from the Cyberstates 2019 report…
Virginia Career Works Podcast: IT Careers in Virginia - Opportunities and Trends
March 15, 2019
In this episode you’ll discover initiatives in the region to help workers upskill and find well paying IT jobs. You’ll hear from companies who are looking for IT workers, and the impact that Amazon’s new headquarters may have on tech talent in Virginia…
1901 Group Wins $1.8M Subcontract to Provide Commerce Department with Next-Gen IT
February 27, 2019
The Commerce Department has awarded a contract to Halvik Corp and 1901 Group to deliver a next-generation IT service delivery model to enterprise services and for infrastructure assessment of the Bureau of Industry and Security…
Radford University partners with 1901 Group to enhance tech talent pipeline
February 20, 2019
A recent industry partnership with 1901 Group, a thriving cybersecurity and cloud technologies company, has enabled students in Radford University’s Department of Information Technology to gain valuable experience and skillsets in one of the Commonwealth’s fastest-growing and in-demand job markets…
1901 Group Partners with Radford University to Help IT Students Prep for Jobs of the Future
February 13, 2019
1901 Group is joining forces with Radford University’s Artis College of Science and Technology and its Applied Research Center to help students in the IT field explore emerging technologies…
2019 Market Outlook: 1901 Group’s Sonu Singh on Hybrid Cloud, Academia and Talent Retention
January 28, 2019
We look forward to the new year and new opportunities for innovation and growth in the government contracting community. This past year, the public and private sectors both experienced more emphasis and demand for cybersecurity, merging technology with health care, and how to best mitigate the insider threat…
IT Firm 1901 Group Completes AWS Public Sector Cloud Migration Training Program
January 24, 2019
Reston, Va.-based information technology services provider 1901 Group has completed a training, assessment and enablement program meant to help Amazon Web Services partners gain skills and experience necessary to support public sector customers in cloud migration efforts…
1901 Group Successfully Completes 100-Day AWS Public Sector Partner Transformation Program (PTP)
January 23, 2019
1901 Group LLC, today announced it has successfully completed the 100-Day Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector Partner Transformation Program (PTP) from the AWS Partner Network (APN)…
1901 Group Achieves Advanced Consulting Partner Status in the Amazon Web Services Partner Network
January 9, 2019
1901 Group, LLC, a leading managed services provider specializing in delivering cloud, cyber security, and enterprise managed services, today announced it has achieved Advanced Consulting Partner status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN)…
2018 in business: the top stories of the year – 1901 Group expands
December 30, 2018
The Reston-based IT services company announced plans in November to grow its Blacksburg Enterprise IT Operations Center to the tune of 580 new jobs, marking one of the largest technology industry expansions the region has seen in years…
General Dynamics Vet Don Hirsch Joins Cloud Service Provider 1901 Group in SVP Role
December 20, 2018
Don Hirsch, a former vice president of General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has joined 1901 Group as senior VP of service delivery at the Reston, Va.-based cloud computing services contractor…
Government contractor to watch: Meet 1901 Group
December 13, 2018
Sonu Singh had spent more than three years at SRA International after selling his company, Spectrum Solutions Group, to the Fairfax giant when he got the itch to start another new company. It was in 2009, in the teeth of the financial crisis…
“Collaboration Culture” Builds Businesses at Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center
December 11, 2018
The numbers were big: nearly 600 new jobs and a 20,000 square foot expansion by IT services company 1901 Group. The announcement last month was the latest success story at Virginia Tech’s Corporate Research Center—a foundation-owned business park located next to the university in Blacksburg…
Government Matters: Impact of the Cloud Smart Strategy on industry
November 26, 2018
Government spending on cloud services contracts will continue to grow in 2019, according to projections from Bloomberg Government. The numbers have been growing steadily for several years now, and Bloomberg pegs this year’s total cost at $6.5 billion…
CRN: Amazon Intros Intelligent Tiering For S3 Storage To Optimize Cost
November 26, 2018
The cloud giant’s new S3 Intelligent-Tiering class of storage features the same latency as its Standard class, but automatically moves data between two separate tiers depending on how frequently it is accessed. But it may not be the right class for all data…
1901 Group to invest $4 million to expand Enterprise IT Operations Center and corporate footprint, 580 jobs in Montgomery County
November 17, 2018
Governor Ralph Northam today announced that 1901 Group, a trusted provider of IT services for the public and private sectors, will invest $4 million to expand its Enterprise IT Operations Center headquartered in Montgomery County and its corporate offices in Fairfax County…
1901 Group Adds 580 Jobs in Blacksburg
November 15, 2018
RICHMOND — Governor Ralph Northam today announced that 1901 Group, a trusted provider of IT services for the public and private sectors, will invest $4 million to expand its Enterprise IT Operations Center headquartered in Montgomery County (Blacksburg, VA) and its corporate offices in Fairfax County…
VEDP: Governor Northam Announces 805 New Jobs in Montgomery and Fairfax Counties
November 15, 2018
WASHINGTON — Reston, Virginia-based government and commercial IT contractor 1901 Group will invest $4 million to expand its corporate offices in Reston and an IT operations center in Blacksburg, Virginia…
Washington Business Journal: Reston IT firm bringing more than 800 new jobs to Virginia
November 15, 2018
1901 Group Inc., a Reston-based IT services provider, is investing $4 million to expand its corporate and Montgomery County, Virginia, offices, creating 225 and 580 new jobs in the respective jurisdictions by 2021…
Big Issues for Small Contractors: Small Businesses with no Set-Aside Status
November 6, 2018
Brendan Walsh, Sr VP Partner Relations at 1901 Group and Ed DeLisle, principal attorney and chair of the Government Contracting Group for Offit Kurman, join host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center to discuss the challenges facing small contractors with no set-aside status…
Focus First: “How” and “Where” to Start Application Migration
September 13, 2018
A guest post by Brendan Walsh, Senior Vice President, Partner Relations, 1901 Group: As federal fiscal year 2018 comes to an end and with budgets to spend and IT plans in place for 2019, the questions of “how and where do we start migrating mission-critical applications to the cloud?” still loom on many federal IT executives…
1901 Group Announces Two Executive Vice President Promotions to Drive Continued Growth and Customer Success
August 23, 2018
1901 Group, the leading provider of innovative IT solutions for public and private sectors specializing in delivering cloud, cyber security, and enterprise managed services, today announced two executive promotions to drive strategic direction and growth…
How Government Goes All-In on the Cloud
July 17, 2018
Joint NetApp, 1901 Group, and Equinix solution helps agencies find security and cost efficiency. Growing complexities in technology and the cybersecurity protections needed in today’s digital world are putting government agencies under increasing pressure to modernize IT and shift to the cloud. However, this can be a confusing transition slowed by concerns about costs, procurement and data security…
Equinix and 1901 Group – Accelerating Government’s Journey to the Cloud
July 15, 2018
Government agencies can implement a unique hybrid cloud strategy that aligns with Cloud First, FedRamp, and recent IT Monetarization initiatives. While ensuring stringent data control, governance, and side-stepping the creation of silos in the cloud and maintain the chain of custody of your data…
CRN: NetApp Channel Connect: CEO Kurian Tells Partners NetApp Ready To Lead In Cloud, HCI, Flash
June 27, 2018
Brendan Walsh, VP of 1901 Group, speaks with CRN: “A channel partner like 1901 Group is most valuable to clients, especially to the kind of government clients it serves, where there is what Walsh calls “IT spaghetti,” or a complex mix of architectures that seem especially prevalent in government…
AWS Public Sector Summit
June 20, 2018
1901 Group is supporting the The AWS Public Sector Summit 2018 hosted at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC. Global leaders from government, education, and nonprofit organizations will come together for the ninth annual AWS Public Sector Summit. The move to the cloud is unlike any other technology shift and the summit provides an opportunity to learn how to use the cloud for complex, innovative, and mission-critical projects. For the 3rd consecutive year, 1901 Group is a Bronze Level Sponsor of the Summit focused on providing U.S. Federal Agencies with a Cost Neutral Cloud Journey (CNCJ) and a proven blueprint for cloud migration…
GITEC Summit 2018
April 22, 2018
1901 Group is supporting GITEC as a sponsor of the GITEC Summit 2018, Revolution of Solutions-Transforming Government on April 22-24 at the Westin Annapolis in Annapolis, Maryland. The 2018 Summit will highlight the transformation of government IT programs, initiatives and policies, as well as the evolution of those technologies including cyber and acquisition themes. The Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC) is a non-profit organization that provides a professional development forum for government and industry leaders to collaborate and innovate on mission critical solutions enabled through IT.

Modernizing Government IT Now
February 7, 2018
1901 Group has been invited to participate at the ServiceNow Federal Forum: Modernizing Government IT Now on February 7, 2018 from 7:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C. Speakers include: Jack Wilmer, Senior Policy Advisor for Cybersecurity and IT Modernization within the Office of Science & Technology Policy; Bob Osborn, Federal CTO at ServiceNow and former CIO at NNSA; and Tony Cossa, Acting CTO at USDA. Agenda includes discussing best practices for leveraging automation, enterprise IT Service Management, and 1901 Group’s FedRAMP Authorized Managed Services powered by the Now Platform…

1901 Group Becomes a RedHat Solutions Partner
January 29, 2018
1901 Group is now a RedHat Solutions Provider, and Regional Systems Integrator (SI) Partner focused on servicing U.S. Public Sector clients. The RedHat relationship enables 1901 Group to consume RedHat technologies for customer as-a-service engagements, as well as, providing RedHat with procurement and delivery options for customers requiring Operating Expenditure (OpEx) fee models or consumption-based contract agreements…