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1901 Group Named ‘Advanced Consulting Partner’ by AWS
January 17, 2018
1901 Group has earned a seal of approval from cloud giant Amazon Web Services. The Reston, Virginia-based managed-services provider has been named an Advanced Consulting Partner in AWS’ partner network…
How to Develop Soft Skills in Cybersecurity Professionals
January 14, 2018
According to a new survey from IT analyst, research, validation, and strategy firm ESG, 53% of respondents reported a problematic shortage of cybersecurity skills within their company or organization…
1901 Group Achieves Advanced Consulting Partner Status in the Amazon Web Services Partner Network
January 9, 2018
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)…
What Contractors and Government Employees Should Do During the Government Shutdown
January 7, 2018
The government shutdown is already over two weeks long (but still shy of the record of 22 days)…
What the Government Shutdown Means for Contractors
January 4, 2018
What began as the third shutdown of the Federal government in 2018 became the first shutdown for the New Year. The partial government shutdown began just before Christmas…
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…
1901 Group Adds Seasoned IT Expert Don Hirsch To Drive Service Delivery
December 20, 2018
1901 Group has named a new senior executive whose focus will be on driving excellence in program delivery and business growth…
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…
1901 Group adds GD vet Hirsch
December 19, 2018
Reston, Virginia-based 1901 Group has hired three-decade federal IT market veteran Don Hirsch as senior vice president of service delivery…
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…
1901 Group Joins Forces with Habitat for Humanity
December 10, 2018
1901 Group has teamed with Habitat for Humanity in southern Virginia work on building an affordable duplex for two families…
45 Volunteers Unite to Build a Duplex in Christiansburg, VA
December 6, 2018
1901 Group and Habitat for Humanity Work Side by Side to Build a Better Future…
Finding a Workaround to the Defense Talent Shortage
December 1, 2018
1901 Group and Habitat for Humanity Work Side by Side to Build a Better FutureAs the competition for cleared IT talent continues to heat up, many employers are looking to college students to combat the defense talent shortage…
1901 Group’s $4M Investment to Expand Will Bring 100s of New Jobs
November 28, 2018
1901 Group has announced it will invest $4 million to expand its enterprise IT Operations Center headquartered in Montgomery County, Maryland, and its corporate offices in Fairfax County…
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…
Augusta Press: Morgan Griffith: Job growth in the Ninth District
November 25, 2018
Southwest Virginia is open for business. That’s the message I heard in November, as several companies announced expansions or new operations around the Ninth District…
NRVNEWS: Job Growth in the Ninth District
November 25, 2018
Southwest Virginia is open for business. That’s the message I heard in November, as several companies announced expansions or new operations around the Ninth District…
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…
WDBJ 7 News: IT company to create 580 new jobs in Blacksburg
November 16, 2018
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) — Tucked away in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center is 1901 Group, an IT service provider whose corporate offices are in Fairfax County…
WSLS 10 TV: Blacksburg growth: How Virginia Tech, county leaders are preparing
November 16, 2018
Virginia Tech, Montgomery Co. leaders discuss effects of expansion…
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…
The Roanoke Times: Cloud computing company to expand in Montgomery County, adding 580 jobs
November 15, 2018
A technology startup with local roots is undertaking a major expansion that promises to bring 580 jobs to Montgomery 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…
WTOP: Reston’s 1901 Group will create more than 800 new jobs
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…
Reston Now: 1901 Group to Expand Footprint in Reston with 225 New Jobs
November 15, 2018
IT services firm 1901 Group (2003 Edmund Halley Drive) will bring more than 200 jobs to Reston in the next three years as part of a $4 million expansion…
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…
WTOP: 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…
Virginia Business: Company’s expansion in two locations to bring 805 jobs to Va.
November 15, 2018
IT contractor 1901 Group announced Thursday it is bringing 805 new jobs to Montgomery and Fairfax counties over the next three years…
Governor Northam Announces 805 New Jobs in Montgomery and Fairfax Counties
November 15, 2018
1901 Group to invest $4 million to expand Enterprise IT Operations Center and corporate footprint…
Big Issues for Small Sontractors: Small Businesses With No Set-aside Status
November 6, 2018
Brendan Walsh, SVP Partner Relations of 1901 Group and Ed DeLisle, Principal Attorney and Chair of Government Contracting Group of Offit Kurman, join host Mark Amtower on the Amtower Off-Center Podcast…
WashingtonExec: 1901 Group Marks 4th Straight Year of FedRAMP Compliance
October 25, 2018
1901 Group’s offerings have received the federal government’s cloud security seal of approval for the fourth consecutive year…
1901 Group has achieved the ServiceNow MSP and Sales Partner designations
October 25, 2018
1901 group enables federal government customers with ServiceNow solutions…
1901 Group Achieves Managed Services Provider and Sales Partner Designations from ServiceNow
October 23, 2018
By leveraging ServiceNow over the past 7 years, we have been able to help our agency customers re-think IT operations by developing accelerators and templates to drive rapid change…
1901 Group Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification
October 11, 2018
Demonstrating Commitment to Quality Management to Continuously Drive Improvements…
1901 Group to Participate in First-Ever VIP Media Day at Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center
September 13, 2018
Providing Insight to Trends, Digital Transformation, and Leveraging Cloud Computing for Advancing Organizations…
1901 Group Execs Discuss Cloud Migration Strategies
September 13, 2018
What’s behind a successful approach to cloud? That’s one of the questions 1901 Group LLC executives Paul Wilkinson and Sonu Singh tackled in a recent interview with WashingtonExec…
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 Elevates 2 EVPs to Focus on BD, Operations
August 29, 2018
Reston, Virginia-based IT services firm 1901 Group has promoted two executives to business development and operation positions…
1901 Group Elevates 2 EVPs to Focus on BD, Operations
August 28, 2018
Government IT integrator 1901 Group has promoted a pair of management team members in Paul Wilkinson and James Christopher to the executive vice president ranks…
1901 Group Announces Two Executive Vice President Promotions to Drive Continued Growth and Customer Success
August 23, 2018
Paul Wilkinson’s Role Expands to EVP Leading Corporate Strategy and Business Development; James Christopher’s Role Expands to EVP of Operations…
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…
FCEDA Business Spotlight – 1901 GROUP
July 27, 2018
Read 1901 Group’s interview with The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority…
PARTNER SPOTLIGHT – 1901 GROUP
July 26, 2018
1901 Group and Equinix: Changing the Way Enterprises Consume IT. Q&A with Sonu Singh, CEO, 1901 Group…
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…