Diana Gowen CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has won a potential $750 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to install a fiber-optic network for connecting the Defense Department‘s supercomputers and researchers. DISA’s defense information technology contracting organization awarded the Defense Research and Engineering Network... 

Jeff Von Deylen Jim Ousley will be retire CEO of CenturyLink‘s Savvis subsidiary on April 1 and Jeff Von Deylen will assume Ousley’s role as senior leader of CenturyLink’s data hosting segment, comprising primarily of Savvis operations. Von Deylen, who joined Savvis in 2003 as chief financial officer and board member, will report to... 

Kevin McCarter Kevin McCarter, a vice president and general manager for two CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) markets, has been promoted to president of the company’s central region. In his new role, McCarter will lead operational, financial and customer experience performance in the territory covering eight states and oversee six market-level VPs and GMs, the... 

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has announced both fourth quarter and full-year financial results to conclude its 2012 fiscal year. Revenue in the enterprise markets-network segment, which works with enterprise and government customers, grew 5.7 percent over the prior year period to $671 million. Recurring revenue grew 4.5 percent year-over-year, representing... 

Jeff Von Deylen CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has promoted Jeff Von Deylen, current senior vice president of global operations and client services for its Savvis subsidiary, to lead the subsidiary as president, effective Wednesday. Jim Ousley CenturyLink said Von Deylen, who joined Savvis in 2003 as chief financial officer and board member, will succeed Bill... 

Savvis, a CenturyLink company (NYSE: CTL), has completed its purchase of client and vendor relationships, infrastructure, technology and facilities assets of Ciber’s (NYSE:CBR) ITInformation Technology Outsourcing business in North America, Europe and India for $6 million in cash. “Savvis’ acquisition of Ciber’s ITO assets enhances and expands... 

Savvis, a subsidiary of CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), has agreed to acquire information technology outsourcing assets from Ciber (NYSE: CBR) for $7 million cash. Savvis said the total transaction price will include additional future consideration in the form of a cash earn-out payment based on results through December 2013. The transaction is expected to close... 

Diana Gowen CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) has won a $233 million task order to provide data networking services to the Social Security Administration, the company announced Thursday. The company won the order through the General Services Administration‘s Networx program, which the company says is the federal government’s largest-ever telecommunications... 

Hughes Network Systems has appointed Eugene “Gene” Caffrey a sales director for the company’s North American government solutions group, the company announced Thursday. He will be responsible for several federal accounts and Midwest regional sales. The 16-year government market veteran understands how agencies adapt to policy and technology changes... 

CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) will consolidate its government and business customer segments into two organizations as itInformation Technology realigns its operating structure, the company announced Thursday. As of April 1, a new enterprise markets group led byBudget Year group president Jim Ousley will serve the company’s federal government customers...