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Mainframe-as-a-Service now available on NASPO ValuePoint

April 15, 2020

Blue Hill Data Services, in partnership with TCC, is pleased to announce its MFaaS solutions are now being offered through NASPO ValuePoint, a cooperative purchasing arm of the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO).

View the MFaaS solution details at NASPO ValuePoint:
https://www.naspovaluepoint.org/portfolio/cloud-solutions-2016-2026/tcc-software-solutions/

Blue Hill (Blue Hill Data Services) provides managed support services to customers from all industries, including governments and educational institutions, and has extensive experience and technical expertise in supporting 24/7 mission critical workloads, managing mainframe, iSeries, and Open Systems environments.

TCC (The Consultants Consortium) is a managed services provider that offers robust, reliable, scalable and flexible platforms for your infrastructure. The partnership of Blue Hill and TCC provides procurement officials with the flexibility to procure critical mainframe services efficiently through the NASPO ValuePoint vehicle.

“This development furthers our commitment for delivering quality, cost efficient data center solutions to our government and education customers. In fact, these customers represent our fastest growing market segment, and we are very pleased to offer a flexible selection of capabilities through the NASPO ValuePoint vehicle. This will help our customers achieve successful outcomes and save time and money in the process.”

John M. Lalli

COO

Blue Hill Data Services

About NASPO ValuePoint:

Started in 1992, NASPO ValuePoint is the cooperative purchasing arm of the National Association of State Procurement Officials, or NASPO. NASPO ValuePoint provides the highest standard of excellence in public cooperative contracting. By leveraging the leadership and expertise of all states and the purchasing power of their public entities, NASPO ValuePoint delivers the highest valued, reliable and competitively sourced contracts – offering public entities outstanding prices. NASPO is a non-profit association dedicated to strengthening the procurement community through education, research, and communication. It is made up of the directors of the central purchasing offices of the 50 states, District of Columbia and territories of the United States. The NASPO purchasing officials provide leadership for professional public purchasing, improve the quality of purchasing and procurement, exchange information, and cooperate to attain greater efficiency and economy.

Please visit www.naspo.org for additional information.

About TCC:

Founded in 1996 in Indianapolis, The Consultants Consortium, Inc. (TCC) is a Minority Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) in the State of Indiana that provides government, non-profit and commercial organizations with cutting edge technology and professional services with a proven track record of success with midrange and mainframe managed services for both large government agencies and commercial companies. TCC’s staff of over 220 employees and contractors serve professional service contracts in state government agencies across the United States.

Please visit www.e-tcc.com for additional information. 

Blue Hill Data Services: Cost-Effective, Secure, On-Shore Data Center Hosting Solutions

Blue Hill Data Services consistently achieves 100% client satisfaction by providing Private Cloud and fully managed 24/7 data center hosting solutions, and a full array of complementary IT support services.

We deliver all services from On-Shore, USA, and since 1994 we have supported government and commercial clients; helping them reduce their operating expense, eliminate capital expense, mitigate the risk of a retiring workforce, meet all regulatory compliance and audit requirements, and achieve 100% client success.

Blue Hill specializes in mainframe, and also provides multi-platform services and infrastructure solutions. We have successfully carved out a niche in supporting Mainframe mission-critical applications. Acting as our Clients’ partner, we can support their environments either indefinitely or until they choose to get off the Mainframe, providing flexibility in reducing costs as utilization decreases.

Our differentiation is providing customized solutions, flexibility both in contract and solutions, cost effectiveness, and personalized attention. Our client’s data center environment can be hosted within Blue Hills’ private cloud facilities, or Blue Hill support services can be provided remotely to the Client’s site.

IT Managed Delivery Services and Solutions:

  • Mainframe-as-a-Service (MFaaS)
  • AS/400 – iSeries-as-a-Service
  • Client-Server Systems Support
  • Applications Development and Maintenance Support Services
  • Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
  • Colocation Services
  • Remote Support
  • Consulting Assistance

Our deep technical skills and longstanding experience enable us to support our clients’ legacy environments as well as implement new technology solutions.

We do not force clients to upgrade or change the way they are used to doing business. This enables seamless transitions, minimizes risk, and completes migrations in shorter timeframes.

We are proud of our 100% client satisfaction.