Wyatt Starnes of Harris Corporation Selected as Commissioner on TechAmerica Foundation's CLOUD2 Commission

MELBOURNE, Fla. and WASHINGTON, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyatt Starnes, vice president of Advanced Concepts for Harris Corporation's (NYSE: HRS) Cyber Integrated Solutions business unit, has been named to a national commission of thought leaders that will provide recommendations on how government should deploy cloud – or virtual computing – technologies, and identify public policies to help drive U.S. innovation in the cloud.

The TechAmerica Foundation's Commission on the Leadership Opportunity in U.S. Deployment of the Cloud (CLOUD2) brings together leaders in industry and academia.  The commission's three-month mandate is to provide the Obama Administration with recommendations for both government and commercial advancement of the cloud.  Recommendations for government deployment will be presented to Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra.  Commercial-facing recommendations will be shared with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Commerce Under Secretary Pat Gallagher.

"We are thrilled to welcome Wyatt Starnes as a Commissioner on the TechAmerica Foundation CLOUD2 Commission and are confident he will make a significant contribution," said David Sanders, Dallas Advisory Partners Founder and TechAmerica Foundation Chairman.  "Wyatt is a leading technology innovator and entrepreneur, creating new levels of trust and control in the cloud and promoting enterprise cloud adoption."

Wyatt Starnes has more than 37 years of experience in information technology with eight different startups.  He founded and was CEO of SignaCert, Inc., which was acquired by Harris Corporation in 2010.  Prior to SignaCert, Mr. Starnes founded Tripwire, Inc., and served as its president and CEO for seven years.  Mr. Starnes is a former member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Visiting Committee on Advance Technologies (VCAT), and the Oregon Executive Council of the American Electronics Association (AeA).  He has been awarded four patents on IT trust enablement methods.

"Cloud computing is rapidly becoming a matter of national competitiveness and security, and the TechAmerica Foundation CLOUD2 Commission can play a pivotal role in advancing the state-of-the-art of this important new IT service delivery model," said Starnes.  "I am honored to serve as a commissioner on CLOUD2 and look forward to contributing to the ideas and recommendations the commission will produce."

As an established cyber integrator, Harris works closely with commercial and government organizations to move their operations to the cloud in the most efficient and effective manner.  Its Trusted Enterprise Cloud service and Cyber Integration Center are engineered from the ground up to deliver the highest levels of performance, availability and security.  Recently Harris announced a strategic alliance with EMC Corporation and the Virtual Computing Environment Company (VCE) to jointly develop and market new trusted multi-tenant cloud solutions to further accelerate the adoption of cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS).  Additional information about Harris Cyber Integrated Solutions is available at www.harris.com/trustinthecloud.

"Cloud Computing is all about gaining agility and efficiency, two things that IT organizations crave so they can focus more on innovation than keeping the lights on," said Pat Gelsinger, EMC President & COO, Information Infrastructure Products.  "Wyatt brings an informed, experienced, and passionate voice to CLOUD2 to help drive the appropriate recommendations that guide IT organization along their journey toward achieving these clear and strategic benefits."

About Harris Corporation

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries.  Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $6 billion of annual revenue and more than 16,000 employees — including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists.  Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and services.  Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at www.harris.com.

SOURCE Harris Corporation

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