Cyxtera Technologies releases CXD Federal Edition

Cyxtera Technologies is releasing its on-demand data center services platform, CXD, as CXD Federal Edition, a version tailored for federal government workloads and designated as FedRAMP Ready at the High Impact level.

CXD, Cyxtera’s Extensible Data Center platform, combines the control, cost-savings, and security of dedicated colocation infrastructure with the provisioning speed, financial advantages, and agility of cloud.

Organizations leverage CXD’s interconnection ecosystem, software-programmable network, and on-demand infrastructure options to deploy secure private clouds, rapidly extend capacity, and expand into new markets.

CXD’s FedRAMP Ready status will allow federal agencies to deploy secure private infrastructure in Cyxtera’s data centers with the speed and flexibility of cloud. The solution is now listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace.

“We are proud to have secured FedRAMP Ready status for CXD Federal Edition, a platform that helps agencies meet IT modernization initiatives and the federal Cloud Smart mandate,” said Leo Taddeo, president of Cyxtera Federal Group. “This achievement demonstrates our strategic commitment to providing government agencies and commercial organizations solutions that meet the highest standards for data security and operational integrity and controls.”

Key Benefits of CXD Federal Edition include:                                                                                        

• Supports federal "Cloud Smart" policy mandates
• Tuned for Digital Transformation and I.T. Optimization initiatives
• Cloud-like deployment of hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) supports virtualization and containerization projects
• FedRAMP Ready status ensures highest levels of security and controls

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. The program establishes a core set of processes to ensure effective, repeatable cloud security for the government.

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