Modern Infrastructure
Experience a secure, future-ready IT infrastructure that employs the latest advancements in technology—including on-prem AI capabilities.
Infrastructure Built for the Future
We design cutting-edge, tailored data center solutions that give organizations the in-house capability to support the latest applications, advanced workloads, and market drivers like AI. Our modern infrastructure solutions involve designing, deploying, and supporting flexible, scalable, and efficient technologies.
Experience the benefits of Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), edge computing, private and hybrid cloud implementations, unique data storage optimizations, helpful backup policies, and disaster recover capabilities. Get ahead of the curve by augmenting your systems with the latest advancements in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning models that will reinvigorate your infrastructure.
5x Dell Technologies Federal Partner of the Year
2025 Intel Solution Provider Public Sector IT Modernization Partner of the Year
2024 NVIDIA Public Sector Partner of the Year
3x HPE Platinum Partner of the Year
A Better Approach to Modern Infrastructure
Our approach to modern infrastructure is centered on creating a resilient, scalable, efficient, and future-ready IT backbone that underpins an organization’s digital ecosystem. We aim to transform traditional or even antiquated technology into an interconnected and digitally purposed foundation, aligning that technology with the client’s overall vision as well as their evolving organizational needs. Experience the robust, adaptable, and secure backbones that empower our clients to innovate, optimize performance, and achieve their strategic objectives through the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Discover
Read MoreWe begin with an informal, collaborative discussion with your team followed by a series of in-depth assessments to identify vulnerabilities, inefficiencies, and other assorted opportunities for growth.
Design
Read MoreNext, our team of experts develops a number of forward-thinking strategies based on our findings. We then create the blueprints necessary to bring those innovative solutions to life.
Integrate
Read MoreDuring the implementation phrase, our team ensures the seamless integration of the chosen solution, painstakingly verifying that everything is running correctly, at optimal performance.
Empower
Read MoreThroughout the process, we take a consultative approach, providing strategic insights, training, and expert advice from start to finish.
Complete Capabilities for Modern Infrastructure
Bring your IT Infrastructure into the modern era with the latest hardware, tools, and capabilities of today—while also positioning your systems for the future, with the ability to scale alongside the demands of tomorrow’s emerging technologies. We have the expertise to craft a unique, future-forward infrastructure solution for your organization that will maintain any needed legacy connections in order to mitigate downtime as well as allow for a seamless transformation throughout the deployment.
Powerful, AI-Driven Infrastructure
Reinvigorate your organization with latest groundbreaking technologies, which will enable you to boost productivity, automate processes, and learn from your data to produce better outcomes and efficiencies for your current workloads. We are your go-to resource for implementing AI Factory infrastructure, unlocking the abilities of modern artificial intelligence and machine learning to revolutionize your tools and processes.
Secure, Customizable Cloud
Integrate private cloud infrastructure to support a secure, compliant environment for your cloud storage and computing processes. Our teams have the expertise needed to implement hybrid cloud solutions, keeping your data secure in a private cloud environment while enabling access to the public cloud for applications and public data operations.
HCI: Infrastructure Reimagined
High-Performance Computing
Unlock the capabilities of High-Performance Computing (HPC) through our advanced infrastructure solutions. Our HPC implementations utilize only the most advanced CPUs and GPUs from industry-leading partners and are enacted through our certified, highly experienced engineering team. We’ve successfully produced HPC solutions for federal and commercial customers that have allowed them to securely analyze expansive datasets and to produce solutions for complex operations too advanced for traditional environments.
Minimize Latency with Advanced Edge Computing
Ruggedized & Tactical Solutions
Tactical edge computing solutions deliver key capabilities to mission-critical devices in remote areas. These units not only suffer from size, power, and weight constraints but also frequently experience disconnections, intermittent speeds, and limited connectivity. We aim to alleviate these problems through unique, ruggedized hardware and connectivity solutions that produce optimal edge computing performance out in the field.
Efficient, Scalable Data Storage
Optimize and secure your data center with our engineers. After a thorough assessment of your current infrastructure, our engineers craft a unique solution for your environment that improves capacities and implements best practices. We’re well-positioned to install cutting-edge storage solutions—including SSD, SCM, or NVMe—for optimal performance. This is more than just suggesting larger drives, too; it’s about modernizing, securing, and evolving your infrastructure to be scalable and flexible to meet your growing needs.
Data Protection & Recovery
Be ready for the worst-case scenario by implementing our data protection and recovery solutions. We’re experts in protecting client data from disasters and other external threats. It starts with the implementation of robust security measures and optimal backup policies. In the event that an organization’s data is impacted, We have an adept team of incident response (IR) professionals standing by who have successfully repaired and restored key data stores for numerous impacted clients.
Sterling Modern Infrastructure Services
AI Readiness Assessment
Our team assesses your data, infrastructure, and workforce to identify gaps and opportunities toward your successful AI transformation. We align your AI strategy with measurable business outcomes, provide a detailed AI journey assessment, a high-level roadmap, and estimated costs. Our strategic approach empowers clients to confidently embrace AI capabilities, transforming initiatives into actionable steps that foster long-term success.
Infrastructure Deployment Services
Our Infrastructure Deployment Services operationalize end-to-end solutions for transforming and optimizing your IT environment. Our certified engineers expertly handle physical hardware installation—including the racking, cabling, and power setup for servers, storage, and networking equipment. We specialize in configuring operating systems, hypervisors, and complex virtualization platforms.
Modern Data Center Assessment
Identify areas of improvement, vulnerabilities in your current infrastructure, cost-effective measures you can adopt, and how best to reach your IT goals—all through one of our Modern Data Center Assessments. Our team will guide you to the ideal outcome for your organization while providing you with a comprehensive data center solution that will keep you ahead of the competition.
Data Protection Assessment
Assess your current data center for improper data protection policies and procedures. Our team identifies any lapses in compliance, security measures, or backup processes and provides your team with a proactive solution that will keep your data safe from disaster. Allow us to guide you through industry-standard data security practices, additional data archival and backup procedures, and database compliance frameworks built to satisfy even the most stringent industry standards.
Network & Security Assessment
We go through and identify the areas within your infrastructure that are underperforming and/or overheating due to the strain of its current workloads. We know how to generate optimal power and cooling outcomes within even the largest data centers. Allow our experts to assess your current systems and provide you with the next steps to fine-tune your infrastructure for the best experience.
Power Consumption & Cooling Assessments
Our engineers identify the areas within your infrastructure that are underperforming and overheating under the current workloads of your organization. We know how to generate optimal power and cooling outcomes within even the largest data centers. Allow our experts to assess your current systems and provide you with the next steps to tune your infrastructure for the best experiences.
Storage Assessment
Handle storage efficiently with a Storage Assessment. Our experts evaluate the health of your storage infrastructure, its overall performance, and its capacity-growth needs. Identify any misconfigurations and find consolidation opportunities to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) while optimizing responsiveness.
Disaster Recovery Services
When the worst-case scenario happens with (and to) your data, we have an expert team standing by to help you recover from the disaster. We’ve assisted countless clients in recovering their crucial data from storage failures, ransomware attacks, and natural disasters. After bringing your data back online, our team can implement offsite backups as well as proactive solutions for preventing disasters in the future.
Rack Integration Services
Leave the construction and troubleshooting of your server racks to us. Our engineers produce a unique rack solution in one of our secure CID locations where we optimize power, cooling, and operational performance. Additionally, we proactively troubleshoot any potential issues prior to deployment, thus ensuring a seamless, problem-free experience along with an out-of-the-box, ready-to-work performance.
Solution Cabling
We offer professional cabling services that provide high-speed ethernet, fiber, and InfiniBand installations across networks and throughout data centers. Get the fastest connections throughout your IT infrastructure and establish optimal computing between devices and your data.
CID Center Services
Our Configuration, Integration, and Distribution (CID) Services are meticulously designed to streamline IT deployments, effectively manage costs, verify a secure supply chain, maintain technical currency, and significantly enhance end-user productivity. Our strategically located nationwide CID Centers provide a robust framework for our clients, enabling them to confidently focus on their core business objectives while we expertly handle their complex logistical, configuration, and repair initiatives.
Modern Infrastructure Solutions for Every Sector
We strive for excellence in everything we do, regardless of the customer’s size or their level within the government. We’ve been a trusted resource for federal agencies, state and local entities, entire school districts, commercial industries, healthcare institutions, AI leaders, and so many more. Explore how our modern infrastructure solutions can impact each of our client verticals below.
Federal Agencies
Modernize your federal infrastructure and broaden your technical horizons with us. Through our guidance and support, federal agencies can experience robust modern infrastructure solutions designed to optimize performance, enhance security, and drive IT modernization. Our offerings include high-performance computing with AI/ML capabilities, hyperconverged infrastructure, advanced data storage, tactical edge computing, and so much more—all supported by our expert teams and nationwide CID Centers.
Read MoreState, Local, and Education
We design cutting-edge data center solutions, empowering organizations with in-house capabilities to adopt the latest applications, advanced workloads, and AI. Our modern infrastructure expertise spans the areas of designing, deploying, and supporting flexible, scalable, and efficient technologies. Clients benefit from Hyperconverged Infrastructure, edge computing, and robust private/hybrid cloud implementations. We also provide unique data storage optimizations, comprehensive backup policies, and disaster recovery capabilities. Stay ahead by integrating advanced AI/ML models that reinvigorate your entire IT infrastructure.
Read MoreCommercial Industries
Modernize your business infrastructure with high-performance systems professionally operationalized by some of the best in the industry. Achieve optimal performance while enabling the scalability and flexibility with which to evolve alongside your growing ambitions. Our partnerships and extensive expertise enable businesses to get the upper hand on their competition.
Read MoreProven Success with Modern Infrastructure
Leidos AI Factory
Sterling partnered with Dell Technologies to produce an advanced AI Factory for Leidos, a leading innovation company specializing in national defense technology. This significant project involved deploying high-performance Dell PowerEdge servers, PowerScale storage, and NVIDIA networking, optimized with Red Hat OpenShift for large-scale AI/ML workloads. Our certified engineers provided crucial onsite hardware configuration, virtualization strategy, and a comprehensive three-day training program covering hardware, NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, and OpenShift. This end-to-end solution, including system testing and knowledge transfer, showcases our deep expertise in delivering complex, secure, and scalable AI infrastructure alongside NVIDIA product enhancements.
Naval Postgraduate School
Sterling, alongside Dell Technologies and NVIDIA, was named a 2025 Corporate Partner of the Year by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Foundation. This recognition highlights our leadership in deploying advanced simulation and AI ecosystems. Specifically, Sterling and Dell delivered the essential hardware, storage infrastructure, and systems integration to implement NVIDIA’s Omniverse platform at NPS. This included the physical setup of Dell PowerEdge R760XA servers and core NVIDIA software deployment. This collaborative effort fuels AI-enabled research, modeling, and simulation, establishing a first-of-its-kind capability within the Department of the Navy to accelerate AI adoption and innovation.
Health Center & Nonprofit
Sterling, in partnership with Auditsolv, provided comprehensive system design, preparation, configuration, and migration services for a federally qualified health center and nonprofit organization. Our work included configuring hosts, Hyper-V clusters, and SAN storage, alongside migrating critical virtual machines and establishing a new SFTP virtual server. A significant challenge involving incompatible Axiom network interface cards was overcome by replacing them with Dell NICs, which ultimately ensured the project’s success. The client’s workloads were successfully migrated and operated without issue, fully supporting their operational goals.
City Government Data Center Migration
Sterling, working with Dell Technologies, assisted a city government in the migration of their data from two separate data centers. To begin the process, we recommended an assessment of the city’s existing virtualized environment to verify they were properly integrated, optimized, and secured prior to the migration process. We then provided onsite and remote team support that assisted with the full migration of data across the data centers. To ensure post-migration success, our team created a Test Plan to validate data, the backup/restore processes, and other failover scenarios, ensuring the customer is set up for success for years to come.
Partnered with the Best
We strategically leverage 1,500+ industry partnerships to support our modern infrastructure solutions, allowing us to provide optimal performance outcomes for every deployment. We’re a highly regarded Global Solutions Integrator who is routinely called upon to carry out mission-critical tasks for our partners. With Sterling, you can rest easy in the knowledge that you’re receiving more than just the best products in the business; you’re also receiving custom, tailor-made modern infrastructure solutions that are built to perform and are supported by the leading names in tech.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is modern infrastructure?
Sterling assesses and modernizes customers’ IT infrastructure to produce optimal performance and secure experiences. This typically includes modernization techniques that focus on upgrading current systems, enacting better security practices, streamlining management, utilizing cloud, and optimizing performance to allow for the latest advancements like AI.
Modernization doesn’t always mean starting from the ground up, though. Organizations may have modern resources on hand, but they might be installed improperly or inefficiently, leading to poor performance and lax security. Sterling has experience to improve these misconfigured infrastructures by optimizing performance, ensuring every level of security is checked, and recommending only necessary additions to produce successful outcomes.
In what ways can infrastructure modernization help my organization?
Infrastructure modernization significantly benefits organizations by boosting efficiency and performance through solutions like Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) and optimized data centers, both of which can lead to faster processing and greater productivity. Sterling’s modern infrastructure solutions ensure scalability and adaptability, allowing organizations to grow and innovate without costly overhauls. Simplified management and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) are achieved via consolidated, automated systems. Modern infrastructure also provides improved security, robust data protection, and operational resilience against cyber threats. Crucially, it lays a stable foundation from which to leverage cutting-edge technologies like High Performance Computing (HPC) as well as AI and ML. With Sterling, organizations gain accelerated insights, competitive advantages, and are poised for future success.
How can modern infrastructure solutions reduce my technical debt?
Modern infrastructure solutions drastically reduce technical debt by enabling organizations to retire outdated, complex legacy systems while enabling advancements. System automations and orchestration streamline operations, minimize manual errors, and prevent new debt accumulation. Standardization and simplification consolidate disparate systems, making them easier to manage, update, and secure. Enhanced scalability and flexibility allow rapid adaptation to changing needs, avoiding costly “band-aid” fixes. An improved security posture with advanced features mitigates breach risks and compliance penalties. Finally, leveraging managed cloud services offloads infrastructure overhead, allowing teams to focus on core competencies and mission-critical applications, further reducing long-term technical burdens.
What areas are prioritized for modern infrastructure?
Sterling has expertise across all system structures, with an aim to produce the best outcomes for modernization. That said, there are a few pivotal areas of note:
Data Centers: Transforming traditional data centers into future-ready, efficient, and flexible environments, often through Hyperconverged Infrastructure.
Cloud Environments: Balancing on-premises control with public cloud scalability, ensuring seamless data and application management across both.
High-Performance Computing & AI/ML/DL Workloads: Optimizing infrastructure to support demanding computational tasks, drive innovation, and accelerate data analysis.
Data Storage Systems: Tailoring solutions for optimal performance, cost-efficiency, data resiliency, and maximum uptime across various architectures (SAN, NAS, unified, tiered, virtual SAN, etc.).
Backup, Archive, and Disaster Recovery Systems: Implementing robust solutions to protect critical data and workloads from loss, corruption, or ransomware, ensuring rapid recovery and business continuity.
Edge and Remote Environments: Deploying portable, compact compute and storage solutions designed for challenging, remote, or tactical scenarios to ensure operational resilience.
Network Infrastructure: Ensuring high-bandwidth, secure, and flexible networking to connect the entire digital ecosystem while supporting data transfers and processing.
Infrastructure That's Ready for What's Next
Modernize your IT infrastructure and bring the latest technologies into your organization. Extend your reach, secure your data, and experience innovations that may not be possible within your current solution. We know what works and how to enable a scalable, flexible, and secure environment for any situation. Let us be your guide through modern infrastructure challenges, positioning your organization for the future.