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- Ross Group Inc Member of Team Awarded U.S. Air Force EISM Contract
- Ross Group Inc On Team Awarded Air Force Job Order Cost Accounting System II (JOCAS II) Contract
- Ross Group Promotes Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) Expertise
- Government Solutions Division Adds to DBA Team
- Government Solutions Division Part of AFKN Contract with Triune Group
This work provides information technology (IT) services to assist network-centric operations under the Network Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2) Enterprise Integration and Services Management (EISM) Contract.
Dayton, Ohio, March 28, 2011 – Ross Group Inc (www.rossgroupinc.com) announced today that it was awarded a subcontract by prime contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to support the NETCENTS-2 EISM contract. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has a total ceiling value of $460 million for all awardees, if all options are exercised.
The EISM contract provides the Air Force with a new capability for enterprise-level information technology management including Services Lifecycle Management (SLM) using non-personal Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) contracts. Because EISM provides strategic level consulting, it will help the Air Force and its major commands, direct reporting units and center-level organizations manage and plan for IT and net-centric changes within their domains. These services will enable enterprise integration and service management support for both infrastructure and mission capabilities.
"Ross Group is well positioned with SAIC to provide complementary Services Lifecycle Management on EISM" says Steve Woody, Senior Vice-President of Government Solutions. "We provide best practice SLM services to customers across the country running Ross Group’s Enterprise Application Software (EAS) systems built on Web Services (WS) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) frameworks. They rely on our SLM support, methodology, and continual service improvement."
For more information on Ross Group Government Solutions please contact Brian Osborne at 800.734.9304 ext 1113.
This Work Provides Support for Operations, Sustainment, and Enhancement of the JOCAS II Enterprise Environment for the 554th Electronic Systems Group (554 ELSG)/Financial Information System Program Office (SPO) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB).
Dayton, Ohio, August 20, 2010 – Ross Group Inc (www.rossgroupinc.com) announced today that it was on the strategic team that has been awarded the $19 million JOCAS II contract. CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI www.caci.com) is the prime contractor for the project. The award includes a base year and four option years. The JOCAS II contract enables ongoing modifications, enhancements, deficiency correction, and change requests to the functional and technical environment reimbursable cost accounting for Major Range and Test Facility Bases and the Air Force Research Laboratories.
JOCAS II was developed in the early 1990s as the follow-on to the original mainframe based Job Order Cost Accounting System used by the Air Force. Guided by a government steering committee, the original prime contractor implemented JOCAS II in numerous locations throughout the Air Force. Mark Ross, founder and CEO of Ross Group Inc was the original contractor Program Manager for JOCAS II and led the project for the first two years until the initial release. Mr. Ross remained with the project for an additional year, helping achieve initial operational capability at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. In addition, there are several current Ross Group employees that worked with the original JOCAS II team.
"Ross Group personnel’s knowledge of JOCAS II and the company’s technology expertise in Oracle databases, middleware, and development tools provided a tactical fit on the JOCAS II team. We look forward to supporting the Air Force, CACI and the JOCAS II program," says Mark Ross, CEO of Ross Group Inc.
Ross Group Inc, founded in 1994, is a next generation technology services firm headquartered in Dayton, Ohio near Wright-Patterson AFB (WPAFB) and an Oracle and Microsoft partner company. Ross Group is currently performing high-end database and data management sustainment services for the Air Force at Wright Patterson AFB. Ross Group provides Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services 2 enterprise-application software (EAS) to the largest segment of auto clubs in North America and provides an Oracle based EAS solution to eleven Universities with Veterinary schools. Ross Group provides sustainment support including proactive managed services, service lifecycle management (SLM), and Continuity of Operations (COOP). In addition, IT solutions including software application engineering and integration, web services, software testing, enterprise database management, network and systems engineering, information assurance, deployment, and IT best practices are included in Ross Group’s portfolio.
For more information on Ross Group please contact us at 800.734.9304.
Ross Group continues to excel in RAC experience assisting the Air Force with its COOP (Continuity of Operations) initiatives. Oracle RAC enables a single database to run across a cluster of servers, providing fault tolerance, performance, and scalability without modifying applications. Ross Group experience in Oracle high availability solutions goes all the way back to OPS (Oracle Parallel Server) in Oracle V6. Since then we have implemented and supported the new generation of Oracle RAC environments in both the Government and Private sectors. Ross Group is requiring all of its Government database administrators and engineers to attend Oracle RAC and Grid Infrastructure 11g training. This greatly improves risk mitigation for critical database environments such as Air Force Intelligence systems.
"Our 15 years of Oracle support and experience promoting high efficiency and high availability database environments has evolved into a set of Oracle RAC best practices. Continuity of operations and stabilization standards within Enterprise Architecture (EA) domains for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Air Force remain a mission critical priority. Oracle RAC has been the solution for many of the DoD organizations. Our teams are well prepared to provide support efficiencies and optimization to meet complex Oracle RAC installations", says Steve Woody, Senior Vice President of Government Solutions.
Ross Group recently expanded its Government Solutions Division with additional hires that will provide strategic enterprise database support to Air Force Intelligence at WPAFB. Ross Group has an extensive background in Oracle technologies and has supported Air Force Intelligence for the last several years. In addition to expertise in Database Services our Government Solutions division also provides expertise in Web Services, Full Lifecycle Application Development, Systems Architectures, and other critical IT support functions.
Ross Group will be providing database services and application development support to the Triune Group team to support the AFKN knowledge management environment. Air Force Knowledge Now (AFKN) is an integrated knowledge repository and collaboration environment that provides knowledge sharing tools, validated practices, virtual collaboration workspaces, knowledge discovery for unstructured internet data, e-learning, and professional networking. AFKN and its underlying methodologies allow users to identify, capture, share and transfer knowledge inside of virtual communities. AFKN is managed at WPAFB through the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC).