VICKSBURG, Miss., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed phase one of a server consolidation project ahead of schedule, achieving cost efficiency for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Information Technology (ACE-IT) program.

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"The installation of new servers will allow the customer to reap future financial benefits and reduction of technical risks," said Angie Heise, director of the ACE-IT program for Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions. "These benefits are associated with less physical servers, less space required in labs resulting in lower utility costs, and reduced on-site administration as we move to virtual servers."

"Phase one of the project involved purchasing, delivering, and installing new hardware for all Corps of Engineers' district and division offices in North America. This is providing a solid foundation for the virtualization and consolidation of 1,500 legacy servers with the additional benefits of less physical servers and less space required in data centers resulting in lower utility costs and reduced on-site administration."

ACE-IT is the provider of Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) support for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The ACE-IT mission is to provide transformed enterprise-wide IM/IT services for all information management functional areas to include automation, communication, information assurance, records management, printing and publications, and visual information. These services include local IM/IT support activities, as well as enterprise services such as centralized AIS hosting, long-haul communications, e-mail support, service desk and enterprise information assurance services.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 126,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's 2010 sales from continuing operations were $45.8 billion.

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