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December 1, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI to support Scaled Agile Framework 5.0 (SAFe 5.0) and Program Management Agile Transition for a Federal Financial Agency <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDCI to provide technical Agile subject matter expertise and Agile transition support for an upcoming mutli-trillion-dollar software development initiative as a subcontractor. Scope of work includes formalization of culture, processes, and tooling necessary to adopt Scaled Agile Framework 5.0 as the baseline for a multi-team program. Work includes technical implementation necessary to align and automate existing Agile tooling with SAFe 5.0 program-specific processes, rituals, and artifacts. \n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

November 12, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI recertified as a WOSB by the Small Business Administration (SBA) <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDCI obtained recertification as a Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) from the SBA. To help provide a level playing field for women business owners in underrepresented industries, competition for certain contracts is limited to qualified WOSB and\/or EDWOSB that participate in this Federal Contracting Program.\n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

September 30, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI to provide Data Analytics, Data Lake, and Data Warehouse Platform for Department of Defense (DoD) Epidemiologists<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDCI's technologists will deploy, configure, support, and maintain a cloud-based DoD CC SRG Impact Level 2 compliant data analytics platform that includes new data warehouse and data lake capabilities with state-of-the-art interactive data visualization software. The cloud-based data lake will provide a centralized repository to organize, store, and query unstructured data in its native format at scale. <\/P>

The data lake will integrate with a cloud-based data warehouse that stores historical structured data at scale for real-time high-performance ad hoc queries and reporting. The data analytics platform provides and epidemiologists and global foreign military partners with actionable insight to improve data driven decision making.\n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

September 16, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI awarded contract to provide AWS Professional Services for NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDCI awarded prime contract to provide AWS professional services to NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR). The contract includes AWS foundational services in preparation for full-scale cloud migration. The scope of work includes consolidating identity management in AWS with the objective of creating a centralized managed Single Sign On service for the several labs operating under OAR. DCI will configure AWS services\u2019 security and governance controls to meet NOAA security and reporting for operating at the required security control baseline, deliver a TIC compliant Desktop as a Service offering to support NOAA\u2019s remote workforce, and provide project management support.\n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

July 30, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI completes ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013 Surveillance Audits, and ISO 20000:2018 Transition Audits <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDCI\u2019s ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013 surveillance, and ISO 20000:2018 transition audits were completed remotely and successfully. The services, systems, and processes we follow internally and provide to our customers continue to meet the current International standards for Quality Management, Service Management, and Information Security Management. The audit identified best practices resulting from the high degree of automation in our Information Security Management and Change Management processes.\n\n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

May 1, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI to support Cloud, DevOps, and DevSecOps service to a Federal Financial Agency<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDCI to provide professional services for cloud services, DevOps, and DevSecOps engineering necessary to obtain Authorization to Operate (ATO) for an Agile software development tooling platform hosted in the AWS GovCloud community cloud as a subcontractor. Responsibilities include the design and execution of contingency and recovery processes for all development operations.

DCI will create Disaster Recovery Exercises (DREs) to optimize recovery time and recovery point objectives of potential cloud service failure modes including loss of compute devices, databases, block storage, shared network storage, shared object storage, domain name services, load balancers, etc.\n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

January 3, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI to support The Unique Patient Identification Project (UPID) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDCI in partnership with SejenCI of C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, will provide biometric scanning software development and support to Unique Patient Identifier (UPID) program. This project is funded by the United States President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention to assist the C\u00f4te d'Ivoire Ministry of Health with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention. <\/p>

\nDCI will support the design and development of a custom fingerprint reader application, a web service interface, and a COTS application hosted on AWS to compare fingerprint minutiae data and obtain an anonymized correlation identification code through interoperability with the National Electronic Medical Records (EMR) database SIGDEP2. This project creates new capabilities that securely and confidentially leverages biometric fingerprint minutiae data to uniquely identify HIV\/AIDS patients accessing treatment facilities throughout C\u00f4te d'Ivoire.\n\n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

August 20, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI completes ISO 20000-1:2011 and ISO 27001:2013 Surveillance Audits <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDCI successfully completed the surveillance audit for ISO 20000-1:2011 and ISO 27001:2013 certifications. The successful completion of this integrated Service Management System and Information Security Management System audit demonstrates DCI\u2019s commitment to standards of professionalism and excellence.\n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

August 1, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI to support ongoing AWS Cloud Migration for a Federal Financial Agency <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDCI subcontracted to provide professional services to create DevSecOps infrastructure-as-code automation, design, and integration of a new container-based form and data management platform for a multi-trillion-dollar Federal payment processing platform.<\/P>

DCI\u2019s scope of work includes architectural design of the continuous integration and delivery automation, container orchestration, and application deployments across multi-node clusters in development, quality, and production environments. \n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

June 3, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI completes ISO 9001:2015 Surveillance Audit <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDCI successfully completed the surveillance audit for ISO 9001 certification. The successful completion of this Quality Management System audit demonstrates DCI\u2019s commitment to providing exceptional quality services to our customers.\n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

January 17, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI to support DevOps, DevSecOps, Compliance and Governance for a Federal Financial Agency<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n DCI subcontracted to provide professional services to create a centralized platform to standardize tools, processes, consolidate licenses, and standardize Agile service management and development tooling.\n<\/p>

\nDCI will provide Cloud, DevOps, and DevSecOps engineering consultation necessary to support security, compliance, and governance activities in the development of policies, procedures, documentation, and training for incident management, change management, and release management processes.\n\n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

December 18, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n \"Image\"\n<\/span>\n

DCI Awarded DoD DHAPP AWS Cloud Migration Contract<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n DCI awarded DoD contract to provide cloud migration, hosting, and partner resold AWS cloud services for two DOD FedRAMP compliant data systems for DHA HIV\/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) at Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA.\n<\/p>

\nThe DoD HIV\/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) seeks to reduce the incidence of HIV\/AIDS among uniformed personnel across the globe. DHAPP assists partner militaries in the development and implementation of military-specific HIV prevention programs in collaboration with other U.S. Government, non-governmental organizations, academe and United Nations programs.\n<\/p>

\nDCI will plan, design, and implement a cloud-based IaaS solution to support the migration of the DHAPP Site Improvement through Monitoring System (SIMS) application and data to a FedRAMP compliant cloud environment. Our team will also provide the cloud infrastructure necessary to support the development of a new application, DHAPP Central 2.0 (DC2).\n<\/p>

\nAs an authorized AWS Government solution provider, DCI will work with our partner at Amazon to establish DHAPP\u2019s initial connectivity to AWS and provide technical assistance for submitting to the Defense Health Agency the DOD Risk Management Framework (RMF) compliance and Authorization to Operate (ATO) documentation for both data systems.\n<\/p>

\nDCI will also provide a Learning Management System and basic user training to DHAPP for data security and life cycle management of the two systems, as well as an ISO 20000 compliant Service Desk for on-going operational support, incident, and service management.\n<\/P><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

September 30, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n \"Image\"\n<\/span>\n

DCI Awarded DoD OHARNG Contract for Secure Enterprise Wide Collaboration Platform <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nDCI awarded DoD contract to implement a secure enterprise wide collaboration platform consistent with DoD cybersecurity policies, standards, and architecture for the Ohio Army National Guard. \n<\/p>

\nThe system security implementation will conform to DOD STIG requirements DODD 8500.1, DODI 8500.2, DODD 8570, CJCSI 6510.01, \nand AR 25-2. The system will be configured for high availability and disaster recovery operations to meet DISA Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) standards. \n<\/p>

\nDCI will enhance OHARNG organizational awareness and management of projects through the implementation of an integrated collaboration toolset that will centrally manage, track, document, and display project progression and impediments. The resultant toolset will improve transparency among stakeholders and customers by consolidating project management artifacts into a unified searchable repository.<\/P>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

August 18, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI named as one of the Top Five Favorite Government Technology Contractors from NCMA World Congress 2018<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n The National Contract Management Association's (NCMA) World Congress is the largest education event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals. Individuals from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and commercial business come together for networking and training for all career levels. The 2018 event had over 2000 and nearly 300 exhibitors. DCI was selected as one of the top five favorite government contractors from the NCMA 2018 by Public Spend Forum. \n

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August 1, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI to support DevSecOps Infrastructure as Code automation for a Federal Financial Agency<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n DCI subcontracted to provide professional services for cloud services, DevOps, and DevSecOps engineering necessary to create an Agile software development tooling platform hosted in the AWS GovCloud community cloud. Scope of work includes foundational platform services including federated identity management integration, multi-tenant configuration, delegated administration configuration, and development tooling subject matter expertise. <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

July 30, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI is ISO\/IEC 20000-1:2011 and ISO\/IEC 27001:2013 Certified<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

SRI Quality System Registrar is pleased to announce that it has recently awarded an ISO\/IEC 20000-1:2011 Service Management System certificate and ISO\/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management System certificate to Development Consultants Inc., located in Marysville, Ohio, for Development Consultants Incorporated’s Information Technology (IT) Professional Services and Cloud Services in the fulfillment of Agile High-Performance Software, Cloud, Security, and Process Engineering to global private and public sector customers.<\/p>\n

According to Edward L. Maschmeier, Associate Vice President, Certification: \u201cWe are pleased to acknowledge that Development Consultants Inc. has demonstrated effective implementation of a management system. ISO\/IEC 20000-1 and ISO\/IEC 27001:2013 certification provides evidence to customers, suppliers, employees, and their community of their commitment to delivering a quality service and providing superior customer satisfaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

ISO\/IEC 20000-1:2011 and ISO\/IEC 27001:2013 are process-based; certification recognizes organizations that can link business objectives with operating effectiveness. Companies that achieve management system certification to ISO\/IEC 20000-1:2011 and ISO\/IEC 27001:2013 have demonstrated effective implementation of documentation and records management, top management\u2019s commitment to their customers, establishment of clear policy, good planning and implementation, good resource management, and efficient process control, measurement, and analysis. Continual improvement has been institutionalized.<\/p>\n

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\nClick here for ISO\/IEC 27001:2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

June 15, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Completes ISO 20000-1:2011 and ISO 27001:2013 Integrated Stage II Audit<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI has been recommended for certification in ISO 20000:2011 and ISO 27001:2013 standards. The successful completion of this integrated Service Management System and Information Security Management System audit demonstrates DCI’s commitment to standards of professionalism and excellence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

May 29, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Completes ISO 9001:2015 Annual Surveillance Audit<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI has completed one year of ISO 9001:2015 certification and our first annual surveillance audit. No non-conformities were noted and our ISO 9001:2015 certification will be maintained. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

May 15, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Partners with Acquia <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI has partnered with Acquia to provide our customers with comprehensive Web Content Management (WCM) solutions. In partnership with Acquia, DCI will offer our customers a managed services solution with a more reliable framework to support their web application and web content management requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

May 1, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Federal Subcontract to Develop a Data Analytics Center (DAC) in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire Africa<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI and our partner Sejen CI received a multi-million dollar grant from The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to provide innovative, market-driven, sustainable and results-based data analytics to combat AIDS on the African continent. This project is one of two proposed MCC investments in C\u00f4te d’Ivoire to leverage the data revolution and empower stakeholders to use data to improve lives through better decisions, budgetary alignment and optimization and citizen engagement. The Data Analytics Center Project in C\u00f4te d’Ivoire falls under a broader Data Collaboratives for Local Impact Program (DCLI) program that has been successfully operating in Tanzania since 2016.<\/p>\n

DCI will provide AWS cloud related professional services necessary to implement a Data Analytics Center in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire. The DAC will meet the growing needs for higher-level data management capabilities and service experts in the fight against HIV\/AIDS. The DAC will be a point of access delivery for consulting services, data collection management exchange and system development; the center will also serve as a training center for data services consultants and subject matter experts. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

April 1, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Partners with Gartner <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI has partnered with Gartner, Inc. to leverage Gartner\u2019s IT research and advisory services to provide our clients with solutions driven by latest technology trends, industry best practices, and data-driven research.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

March 12, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Joins the Center for Internet Security (CIS)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI is now a member of Center for Internet Security (CIS) to automate global industry best practices and stay current with latest cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities. The Center for Internet Security provides cybersecurity compliance reviews, assessment tools, remediation content, and full format benchmarks. CIS offers a variety of tools, memberships, and services to assist with DCI’s ISO 27001 compliance initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

February 28, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n \"Image\"\n<\/span>\n

DCI Awarded Army Cloud Computing Enterprise Transformation (ACCENT) Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI awarded Army Cloud Computing Enterprise Transformation (ACCENT) Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA). DCI will provide cloud computing services to the U.S. Army and is one of the eighteen companies being on-boarded to ACCENT. The ACCENT BOA is the Army’s preferred contract vehicle to procure cloud computing, transition support, and application modernization services. The Army\u2019s objective is to move designated IT applications, systems, and associated data to authorized commercial cloud service providers (CSP). ACCENT is valued at $247.7 million over the next 2 years. <\/p>\n

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October 25, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded OhioMBE 2017 TOP Female Business Enterprise (FBE)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI is honored to receive the OhioMBE 2017 Top FBE award. DCI was selected from twenty nominees from across the state for Top MBE and FBE. The OhioMBE awards recognize small businesses and their advocates annually. The awards were held at the Vault and sponsored by the Columbus Airport Authority, Wesbanco Bank, and the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. Franklin County Auditor and candidate for State Treasurer Clarence Mingo delivered the keynote speech.
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August 1, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded the State of Ohio State Term Schedule (STS) for Information Technology Services<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

The State of Ohio awarded DCI the State Term Schedule (STS). State Term Schedules are established with suppliers of Information Technology products and services. The State of Ohio purchase over $2 billion in supplies, services, and information technology needs each fiscal year. DCI will supply Information Technology services to support the state\u2019s agencies, boards, commissions, and institutions. DCI has over sixteen years of experience providing IT professional services in Central Ohio and will extend their comprehensive list of IT services, including Cloud Computing services to the State.
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July 28, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Federal Prime Contract BPA Task Order from the Department of Defense Air Force Special Operations Command for Cloud Services<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

DCI received a one-year Task Order award on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) BPA to provide Cloud Infrastructure as a Services (IaaS), and 24×7 technical and engineering support to the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

July 21, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Federal Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) from the Department of Defense Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

DCI was awarded Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) by the Department of The Air Force, 1ST Special Operations Wing (AFSOC) to provide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) compliant Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in GovCloud and other regions in the United States. GovCloud is an isolated region designed to host sensitive data and regulated workloads in the AWS cloud. GovCloud supports U.S. Government compliance requirements including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and FedRAMP.<\/p>\n

As a sole BPA awardee, DCI will also provide 24×7 technical and engineering support for all task orders issued under this BPA. The period of performance will be July 21, 2017 to July 20, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

June 21, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Certified ISO 9001:2015 Compliant<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI has received the ISO 9001:2015 with Design certification. This international standard on quality management was developed to help organizations meet regulatory requirements, achieve continual improvement, reduce risk, and increase customer satisfaction.
\nFor DCI the certification in more than a quality management benefit, it\u2019s a comprehensive tool that will allow for automating process workflow and identifying areas that require improvement to enable a more efficient management approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our first ISO certification in a series of other industry specific certifications we are planning on obtaining.\u201d said Kauser Kabealo, CEO \u201cI am extremely appreciative of our internal team that employed agile practices typically used in software development to organize, develop, and manage an outstanding Quality Management System. Our ISO audits and certification process was effortless without any non-conformities.\u201d
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June 13, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded GSA 8(a) STARS II Government Wide Acquisition Contract<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

Development Consultants Incorporated (DCI), a Marysville, Ohio based company providing Information Technology and Cloud Computing Services to the Federal Government, was recently awarded the 8(a) STARS II Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC).
\n8(a) STARS II, is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery\/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract that allows federal agencies access to cutting-edge technology solutions from GSA\u2019s thoroughly vetted small businesses. With a $10 billion program ceiling and a five-year option, this contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 Million.<\/p>\n

DCI was selected under all four Functional Area NAICS Codes: (FA1) NAICS 541511-Custom Computer Programming Services; (FA2) NAICS 541512-Computer Systems Design Services; (FA3) NAICS 541513-Computer Facilities Management Services; and (FA4) NAICS 541519-Other Computer Related Services. The selection was made based on factors including past performance, price, and responsibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing selected as a STARS II industry partner is a strategic milestone that reinforces our commitment to provide excellence in information technology. We\u2019ve been providing innovative IT services to federal agencies since 2009 and are enthusiastic for the many new opportunities offered to us through the STARS II contract.\u201d said Kauser Kabealo, CEO of DCI. The STARS II award adds another to DCI\u2019s long list of contract vehicles including GSA IT Schedule 70 for SIN 132-51 IT Professional Services and SIN 132-40 Cloud Computing Services.
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April 6, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded GSA IT Schedule 70 for Cloud Services and Professional Services<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

GSA awarded DCI the IT Schedule 70 for Special Item Number (SIN) 132-51 IT Professional Services and SIN 132-40 Cloud Computing Services. This schedule enables federal, state, and local customer agencies to obtain the best value for innovative technology products, services, and solutions; while ensuring compliance and reducing buying cycles by up to 50 percent over open market.<\/p>\n

DCI is one of the 3488 unrestricted and one of the 126 woman-owned, certified 8(a) pre-vetted vendors awarded the IT 70 for SIN 132-51which includes resources and facilities management, database planning and design, systems analysis and design, network services, programming, conversion and implementation support, network services project management, data\/records management, and other services.<\/p>\n

DCI is one of the 56 unrestricted and the only woman-owned, certified 8(a) pre-vetted vendors offering Cloud Computing Services under SIN 131-40. The much-coveted cloud SIN includes commercially available cloud computing services such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) and emerging cloud services. <\/p>\n

This contract vehicle will enable DCI to provide cloud services to the Federal Government. DCI successfully performed the first cloud migration of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) initially to DHS\u2019 private cloud and subsequently to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment. DCI is an authorized AWS government and private sector consulting partner and reseller.
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March 15, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Receives AWS Government Consulting Partner and Government Value-Added Reseller Authorization<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI has successfully fulfilled the certification process with Amazon to become an authorized AWS Government Consulting Partner and Government Value-Added Reseller. DCI has over a decade of experience in cloud hosting and cloud migration. DCI\u2019s cloud journey began with hosting private sector clients, including Hewlett Packard, Gillette, Kohls, Victoria\u2019s Secret and Victoria\u2019s Secret Pink in the Rackspace and AWS cloud. Becoming a Government Consulting Partner and Reseller will leverage DCI\u2019s private sector cloud experience to public sector customers that require expertise in cloud hosting, cloud migration, and cloud security. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

December 7, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Receives AWS Commercial Consulting Partner and Commercial Value-Added Reseller Authorization<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI has been selected as an Amazon Web Services Consulting Partner and Channel Reseller. DCI\u2019s cloud architects and engineers acquired all the certifications necessary to complete the process of joining the APN network. DCI is currently providing cloud computing services to both public and private sector customers, and will continue to provide value-added services and solutions to new and existing customers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

September 30, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Federal Prime Contract from the Department of Defense Ohio Army National Guard<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI was awarded a sole source prime contract from the Department of Defense to increase the Ohio Army National Guard (OHARNG) computing services at each facility in the State of Ohio. The contract includes a state-wide network and compute infrastructure assessment with the objective of increasing each facility’s computing capability. The capability enhancement target will allow 20% of the traditional authorized force structure to perform computer based training concurrently on equipment that is dedicated for M-Day use. <\/p>\n

DCI will perform an assessment that will identify any potential deficiencies with facility itself, the facility\u2019s network infrastructure, and compute resources, and will provide recommendations to remediate any equipment, policy, and procedural deficiencies that impede achievement of the objective.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

September 15, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Successfully Concludes a Federal Prime Contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Cloud Migration<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

SEVP is a part of ICE\u2019s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division that bridges government organizations with an interest in nonimmigrants coming to the United States to be students. On behalf of the DHS, SEVP manages 8,687 U.S. schools, 1.18 million students and 200,861 exchange visitors currently study in the United States. The program is a technology collaboration between ICE, Customs and Border Patrol, and the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, State, Education, Labor, and Justice. The SEVP program technology infrastructure includes hundreds of computers, middleware technologies, databases, commercial products, as well as multiple teams developing custom software.<\/p>\n\n\nDCI provided comprehensive service desk and engineering services for the SEVP program, including two cloud migrations in three years. The first migration moved the entire program from physical infrastructure at ICE to the DHS Private Cloud. The DHS Private Cloud lacked self-provisioning, rapid elasticity, and ultimately proved cost prohibitive for the program. The second cloud migration that we performed moved SEVP from the DHS Private Cloud to the AWS Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Public Cloud.<\/p>\n\n\nMoving SEVP to AWS was particularly challenging because it was the first program at ICE to use AWS. Our team provided ICE and DHS network engineers, security officers, and information assurance officers all technical data to obtain AWS Certification and Accreditation (C&A), as well as the required Authorization to Operate (ATO) for SEVP. Our AWS design met all Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Moderate security controls including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). <\/p>\n\n\nThe SEVP technology stack included identity and access management, workstations, integrated development environments, continuous integration, application servers, web servers, database servers, and data analytics and reporting tools. Our team was also responsible for the performance engineering, monitoring, and support for all technologies, including the network, web servers, application servers, database, and reporting technologies. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

December 20, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Commercial Prime Contract from Intersections to Perform AWS Cloud Architecture, Design, and Migration Professional Services<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI has been contracted by Intersections Inc., a Chantilly, VA company that helps consumers with the risks associated with identity and personal information. DCI\u2019s AWS certified SysOps Administrators and AWS certified Solutions Architects will provide cloud architecture, infrastructure, and operations services to support Intersections Inc\u2019s cloud initiatives. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

November 1, 2014<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

DCI Awarded a Federal Subcontract for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Leadtrac to Provide Production Support Services<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

LeadTrac is a database owned by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Counterterrorism and Criminal Exploitation Unit (CTCEU). DCI will provide enterprise production support services to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2019s LeadTrac Modernization Software Development. As a subcontractor, DCI will provide infrastructure and middleware subject matter expertise to support the LeadTrac application environment including operational security, problem identification, problem classification, issue tracking and ticketing, and knowledge-based problem resolution.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

June 5, 2014<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Award a Federal Subcontract for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Criminal Alien Identification Initiatives (CAII) to Provide Software Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Support Services<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

ICE developed the Modernized Alien Criminal Response Information Management System (ACRIMe) to interface with the FBI NCIC service to provide real-time criminal history information is support of enforcement and removal operations. ACRIMe is a mission critical, high performance, ultra-high security system involving sophisticated software development, middleware, infrastructure, and network technologies.<\/p>\n

DCI as a subcontractor will provide definitive subject matter expertise for each component in the ACRIMe technology stack. DCI will provide configuration, change, release management; software development to develop and maintain the NCIC service interface; and middleware and infrastructure services to create and maintain all of the infrastructure and middleware necessary to host ACRIMe, including National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLets) and message switch technologies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

June 1, 2014<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Contract Modification from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) to Increase Scope to Include Production AWS Cloud Professional Services<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI was issued a contract modification by ICE to include SEVP production environments, production data analytics, and reporting services, as well as migration of all SEVP environments to the AWS FedRAMP cloud. DCI will provide the subject matter expertise needed to perform two complete cloud migrations of the SEVP system to the DHS Private Cloud and AWS FedRAMP clouds. DCI\u2019s team will setup, administer, operate, and maintain DHS Private Cloud and Amazon Web Services FedRAMP Public Cloud. DCI\u2019s team will be responsible for ensuring technical compliance with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and all applicable laws, directives, and DHS and ICE policies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

June 1, 2014<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Federal Subcontract for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems (SEVIS) Admissibility Indicator (AI) to Provide Infrastructure Engineering Services<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

The Admissibility Indicator (AI) is a custom software application used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to determine whether nonimmigrant students and their dependents can enter the United States based on the current status of their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) records. <\/p>\n

DCI will provide infrastructure and middleware subject matter expertise in support of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems (SEVIS) Admissibility Indicator (AI) application, as a subcontractor. DCI\u2019s enterprise production support engineers will interface with the customer, software developers, and technology vendors to develop the best course(s) of action required to support the AI application environment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

September 15, 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Federal Prime Contract from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) to Provide AWS Cloud Professional Engineering and Support Services<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) is a part of ICE\u2019s Homeland Security Investigations division that bridges government organizations with an interest in nonimmigrants coming to the United States to be students. On behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), SEVP manages 8,687 U.S. schools, 1.18 million students and 200,861 exchange visitors currently study in the United States according to the March 2016 edition of SEVIS by the Numbers. The program is a technology collaboration between ICE, Customs and Border Patrol, and the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, State, Education, Labor, and Justice.<\/p>\n

Development Consultants Incorporated (DCI) awarded contract to provide Engineering Support Services for ICE\u2019s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). DCI\u2019s tasks will include infrastructure support, continuous integration, configuration management, and project management to successfully engineer, operate, and maintain SEVP information technology resources.<\/p>\n

DCI will also implement migration of the non-production SEVP to the DHS Private Cloud, and provide service monitoring and performance engineering of all these technologies, including network, web servers, application servers, database, and reporting technologies.
\nThis contract is an exciting and substantial step forward for DCI as a prime contractor, in the Federal market. DCI\u2019s core competency is infrastructure and cloud engineering, and this contract encompasses both. DCI is looking forward to leveraging this award to build a direct relationship with DHS and provide unparalleled expertise in supporting ICE\u2019s mission critical systems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

August 16, 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Commercial Subcontract to Host the HP Discover Platform in the Cloud<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI contracted by Resource Ventures to migrate HP Event Platform to the HP Private Cloud. DCI will create ITG and PRD environments in the HP Private Cloud for hosting the HP Discover RxD Application. The Discover RxD Application consists of CIO-Summit, Digital GPC, Discover web components and Databases. DCI\u2019s team will migrate all systems necessary to support the application including websites, databases, scheduled tasks, and configuration items to the HP Private Cloud. In addition to cloud hosting, DCI tasks will include enterprise production support of the HP Discover cloud server infrastructure under this contract.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

April 20, 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Commercial Prime Contract from Wendy’s International for Performance Engineering<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI contracted by Wendy’s International to provide web performance testing and performance engineering solutions. DCI has performed performance testing and engineering for The Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Honda Of America Manufacturing, Victoria\u2019s Secret Pink, Select Comfort, Bush Beans, Propel, Kohl\u2019s, Resource Interactive, and many more. Past load tests have ranged from 500 to 40,000 concurrent virtual users. Our tests are almost infinitely scalable because we employ on-demand cloud-based load generation. The cloud allows us to distribute the user load over many geographic locations nationally or globally, which provides a more realistic load simulation. Cloud-based testing also significantly reduces our overhead, we also use open source tool suites for test execution and performance monitoring, further reducing the cost typically associated with large-scale load testing. DCI load tests typically cost 20% of our competitors due to our exclusive use of cloud and open source technologies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

January 4, 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Commercial Prime Contract from Jarden to Host Crock-Pot\u00ae Create A Crock in the Cloud<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI was contracted by the Jarden Corporation to host the Create-A-Crock subdomain of crockpot.com. Create-A-Crock allows users to create a customized Crock-Pot\u00ae slow cooker using uploaded photos. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

October 1, 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Federal Subcontract for Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enterprise Engineering Services<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI has been certified as a Participant in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program. Our nine (9) year program term begins August 2010.<\/p>\n

8(a) participants can receive sole-source contracts, up to a ceiling of $4 million for goods and services and $6.5 million for manufacturing. While we help 8(a) firms build their competitive and institutional know-how, we also encourage you to participate in competitive acquisitions.<\/p>\n

8(a) firms are also able to form joint ventures and teams to bid on contracts. This enhances the ability of 8(a) firms to perform larger prime contracts and overcome the effects of contract bundling, the combining of two or more contracts together into one large contract. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

January 3, 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Commercial Subcontract Contract to Provide Performance Engineering to Victoria’s Secret Pink<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

Victoria’s Secret Pink is a viral interactive digital media platform that includes web, mobile, social, blog, video, and streaming content to more than ten-million members. DCI is excited to support Pink’s exponential growth by providing comprehensive performance engineering services to Pink Nation. In response to the slowdown experienced during the 2010 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, a contract modification is being issued to DCI to identify and remediate and software, database, or infrastructure performance issues in order to support a target of 40,000 concurrent users. This contract modification expands the scope of DCI’s existing cloud services contract issued in 2009. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

August 9, 2010<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Certified as a Small Business Administration 8(a) Business Development Program Participant<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI has been certified as a Participant in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program. Our nine (9) year program term begins August 2010.<\/p>\n

8(a) participants can receive sole-source Federal contracts, up to a ceiling of $4 million for goods and services and $6.5 million for manufacturing. While we help 8(a) firms build their competitive and institutional know-how, we also encourage you to participate in competitive acquisitions.<\/p>\n

8(a) firms are also able to form joint ventures and teams to bid on contracts. This enhances the ability of 8(a) firms to perform larger prime contracts and overcome the effects of contract bundling, the combining of two or more contracts together into one large contract.
\nMore<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

December 7, 2009<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded Commercial Subcontract to Host Victoria’s Secret Pink in the Cloud<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI as a prime contractor to Resource Interactive will host Victoria\u2019s Secret Pink Web, Social, and Mobile technologies in the cloud. DCI\u2019s team will assume responsibility for operations; engineering services; performance engineering; security engineering; written, graphical, and video web content management; web and mobile application development; web and mobile quality assurance; change, configuration, and release management; cloud hosting; and social, blog, and digital media support services. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

July 5, 2009<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Federal Subcontract Award for Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enterprise DevOps Engineering<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI now supports the United States Federal Government by providing Engineering Support Service (ESS) as a subcontractor to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). DCI\u2019s engineers will create the first enterprise source control and enterprise continuous integration environment at ICE. In addition, DCI\u2019s team will maintain, and support the enterprise wide adoption of continuous integration, continuous delivery, and Agile technologies. DCI\u2019s IT professional services will include automating the change, configuration, and release management processes at ICE.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

April 6, 2009<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Prime Contract from Resource Interactive for Enterprise DevOps and Cloud Services<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

Resource is full service digital agency trusted by some of the biggest brands in the world. As a prime vendor to Resource, DCI will provide cloud service hosting to AutoDesk, HP, Bath and Body Works, Bush Beans, Kohls, Propel, Select Comfort, CVS, Victoria\u2019s Secret, Sherwin Williams, and Gillette Venus. <\/p>\n

DCI\u2019s DevOps team will provide internal software process improvement services to improve corporate efficiency, security, and governance. DCI\u2019s tasks under this contract will consist of designing consolidated enterprise source control; software change, release, and configuration management process automation; enterprise continuous integration; and continuous delivery solutions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

September 7, 2007<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Prime Contract from National City Corporation for Service Oriented Architecture Product Ownership<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI received a prime contract award from National City Corporation to provide Enterprise Java Product Ownership and administration of Enterprise Java container services as a part of a service oriented architecture initiative. Enterprise Java Product Ownership encompasses the ITIL Service Owner and Service Level Manager roles, with responsibilities that include negotiation of Service Level Agreements and Operational Level Agreements, service delivery measurement, service level compliance, determination of total cost of ownership, license compliance, and service leadership of technical support specialists.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

October 9, 2005<\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI Awarded a Prime Contract from Honda of America Manufacturing for Enterprise DevOps<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>

DCI was awarded prime vendor status with Honda of America, Mfg. (HAM) and a contract award to implement enterprise wide continuous integration and build automation system. DCI\u2019s contract will include the assessment, selection, and maintenance of all Enterprise Java development toolsets, source control environments, continuous integration environments, automated build tools, and determination of development standards and processes. <\/p>\n

As part of the continuous integration effort DCI will supply the technical expertise, and guidelines for the successful implementation of Honda\u2019s automated build tool environment. In addition, DCI will also provide technical support of IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (WAS) and WebSphere Portal Server (WPS) environments. <\/p>\n

\u201cNot only are we are delighted to have received a direct award from Honda, we are also honored that Honda has chosen us to support their critical assembly line systems. Cumulatively we have several decades of experience supporting mission critical systems and I am confident in our team\u2019s ability to deliver.\u201d said Kauser Kabealo CEO of DCI. <\/p>\n

DCI will be responsible for supporting Honda\u2019s critical assembly line systems including global production control and global line control applications where downtime costs exceed $240,000 per minute.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1608,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-blank-4.php","meta":[],"yst_prominent_words":[411,412,157,179,178,55,173,183,176,180,181,186,177,12,5,172,15,182,175,174],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devconinc.com\/dci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devconinc.com\/dci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devconinc.com\/dci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devconinc.com\/dci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devconinc.com\/dci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/www.devconinc.com\/dci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2898,"href":"https:\/\/www.devconinc.com\/dci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/829\/revisions\/2898"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devconinc.com\/dci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devconinc.com\/dci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devconinc.com\/dci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}