IBM (NYSE: IBM) is a winner in two major federal contracts as well as a “smart-water” contract in Vietnam.

The Department of the Interior has awarded Big Blue a 10-year deal to move its IT to the “cloud.”

Meanwhile, IBM also has landed part of a federal cybersecurity contract.

IBM’s contract with the Interior Department is worth up to $1 billion.- its largest such agreement with the U.S. government.

The Interior Department awarded similar, 10-year pacts to nine other suppliers, including Lockheed Martin Corp.

The award is a coup following IBM’s loss to Amazon.com Inc. in the competition for a four-year, $600 million cloud contract with the Central Intelligence Agency. IBM may get another chance at that business following a successful protest to a federal office that arbitrates contract disputes.

“IBM has been delivering trusted and secure cloud services to business and government clients for decades, and working with virtualization technologies for more than 40 years,” said Anne Altman, general manager of IBM US Federal. “Our Cloud offerings are backed by a long history of successful work in hardware, software and services wrapped in world renowned security offerings, unmatched R&D, and secure supply chains. We’re committed to infusing these capabilities, proven security and reliability, and leading-edge technology into our work with the US Department of the Interior over the next decade.”

According to IBM, the agency will “leverage IBM expertise in data storage, secure file transfer, virtual machines, database, web hosting, development testing and SAP Application Hosting.”

The Interior Department also utilize IBM “Smart Cloud” technology.

Cybersecurity Contract

Meanwhile, IBM will share with Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Lockheed Martin and 14 other firms in a $6 billion U.S. contract that will create a shopping hub for government agencies seeking to shield their computer networks from hackers, Bloomberg news reported. 

General Dynamics Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and SAIC Inc. also were awarded seats on the Department of Homeland Security contract, part of what may become the biggest unclassified cybersecurity program in the federal government. The U.S. General Services Administration announced the awards.

The contracts are valued at as much as $6 billion during as many as five years.

The companies will provide central hubs in which local, state and federal agencies can buy computer hardware and software as well as consulting services to help manage employees’ access to networks, according to the government’s Dec. 10 request for bids.

Other winners include Dynamics Research Corp., ManTech International Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. SRA International Inc. and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc.

Vietnam Contract

On Wednesday, the Vietnamese seaport of Da Nang has reached agreement on smart-water and transit technology improvements with IBM.

Terms weren’t disclosed of the pact with Vietnam’s fourth- largest city. Da Nang Water Co. is expanding and modernizing its water-treatment capacity using IBM’s real-time analysis and monitoring of the water supply, IBM said.

Da Nang is upgrading its water and transportation system infrastructure using sensors to cope with urban growth and a shortage of water in the dry season, IBM said.

“Water and transportation are the first two areas where we are applying some of the most advanced technologies available,” Pham Kim Son, director of Da Nang’s Department of Information and Communications, said in an e-mailed statement to Bloomberg news.

IBM is also helping the city manage water salinity problems. The hydropower plant on the upper part of the Vu Gia River that provides water to Da Nang has reduced supplies to the city.

IBM employs some 10,000 people across North Carolina.

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