RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) announced today
the opening of a virtual lab environment, also known as an Innovation
Factory, to deliver software services and solutions quicker to the U.S.
government. This new initiative, called the SAIC Innovation Factory,
will enable federal government departments and agencies to accelerate
time to delivery of software and other solutions and move at a pace
similar to startups.
“SAIC’s Innovation Factory will address our customers’ IT transformation
needs today and help them quickly and easily try out new technologies,
such as artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR),
blockchain, and Internet of Things solutions, in order to be ready for
the future,” said Charles Onstott, SAIC senior vice president and chief
technology officer.
SAIC Innovation Factory is managed by SAIC and uses technologies
developed and refined by SAIC as well as Red Hat, the leading provider
of open source solutions. The new Innovation Factory will enable
customers to make rapid progress toward IT and Application
transformation projects by providing DevSecOps teams who are expert at
using Agile/DevOps practices combined with cloud-native architectures
built on Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s most comprehensive enterprise
Kubernetes platform.
The virtual lab environment uses Red Hat OpenShift as a foundation,
augmented by best-in-class toolchains that enable the software
development processes to operate even faster than by implementing the
processes alone. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is the industry’s
most comprehensive enterprise Kubernetes platform, helping to manage
hybrid- and multi-cloud deployments and optimized for developer
productivity.
The initial SAIC Innovation Factory is being launched in SAIC’s
headquarters in Reston, Virginia, but this cloud-based environment can
also be delivered on customer site.
Government agencies are faced with making progress on IT transformation
efforts despite budget and procurement process time limitations. While
traditional software acquisition contracts can take years to deliver
working solutions, SAIC’s Innovation Factory solution enables agencies
to see tangible progress on their initiatives in weeks to a few months
instead of years.
“SAIC will accelerate time to solution for our customers by leveraging
Red Hat technologies, our jointly developed best practices for agile and
DevOps, and providing DevOps teams that are already experienced in the
technologies and processes,” said Kevin Ikeda, SAIC vice president of
software integration.
SAIC will continue to invest resources in the Innovation Factory, and
also plans to contribute to the Red Hat Open Innovation Labs Stack
push-button infrastructure code base. Additionally, SAIC plans to
continue to train personnel on Red Hat technologies and Agile/DevOps
practices to ensure availability of teams of developers for government
projects.
“We are very pleased that SAIC has brought their Innovation Factory to
life using fully open technologies from Red Hat. Digital transformation
is fueled by agility and open source, and SAIC now has a ready-made lab
to help their customers get started with DevOps, Linux containers, and
more,” said Eric Dorsch, director, Strategic Alliances, Red Hat.
About SAIC
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle
services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and
enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity
through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of
systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex
projects. SAIC’s more than 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and
mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government.
Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of
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