HAMPTON ROADS, VA: GLOBALLY CONNECTED, REGIONALLY READY.
Successful metropolitan regions are able to leverage their unique competitive advantages in a manner that creates economic growth and improves the quality of life of their communities. In Hampton Roads, the recent arrival of transatlantic broadband cables in Virginia Beach has created a new and exciting opportunity that distinguishes it from other metropolitan regions and provides an asset that can translate to job creation for the local economy.
Hampton Roads is the only metropolitan area between Miami and New York where groups of these transatlantic cables are landing. Two cables have already arrived, two will arrive by 2021 and several more are being considered. These cables provide ultra-fast them for growth within the region.
To leverage this and support the growing IT industry, regional leadership has aggressively pursued an initiative to improve digital infrastructure that will prepare the region for success. This initiative, led by the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, is known as the Regional Fiber Optic Network Connectivity Project open-access network that connects government, business and education centers with the transatlantic cables. Phase 1 of the phases of this effort will connect the Peninsula localities, creating that will allow users to access to the ultra-fast global service coming from these transatlantic cables at an affordable cost.
Numerous cybersecurity, IT, software development and data-related companies already call Hampton Roads home. Featured on the adjacent map and in the list below are just a few of the businesses that are and will continue to take advantage of the region’s growing infrastructure, further making Hampton Roads the place to be for IT.
• ACA International •ADP, Inc. • Alion Science & Tech. •BAE Systems • Booz Allen Hamilton •CACI • DOMA Technologies • DxC Technology • EdgeConneX • Ferguson Enterprises • General Dynamics • Globalinx • Keta Technologies, LLC.
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•Layer 9 • Lockheed Martin • Mythics, Inc. • Northrup Grumman • NxtVN • PointOne • Raytheon • RFK Solutionz •SAIC • Serco, Inc. • Slait Consulting • Valkyrie Enterprises • ...and more
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In 2018, Mühlbauer International, a technology producer for the smart card, ePassport and solar back-end industry, invested $12 million to expand its Newport News facility, which serves as a base for all of its North American business activities. The new facility is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, along with sales, service departments and demo world’s top producer of machinery designed to manufacture smart cards and specializes in innovative one-stop solutions that include the production, personalization, issuance and security of ID cards and related documents.
J&F Alliance Group renders services that support enterprises, government, military and federal agencies through responsive augmented, virtual, and mixed reality solutions and information technology support. In 2017, the Hampton-based business was recognized by the Department of Commerce as the Top Minority Technology Firm in the U.S.
Located in Suffolk, Sera Brynn is the highest-ranked, pure-play cybersecurity world. Founded in 2011 by former members of the U.S. Intelligence community, Sera Brynn assists businesses and defense contractors with security regulations, implementing compliance frameworks and assessing and mitigating cyber risks.
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