The U.S. Army is conducting market research on cloud computing services to support the transition of its information technology operations into a commecial cloud infrastructure.

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GlobalMed has introduced a virtual tool that offers healthcare services and applications through Microsoft's Azure Marketplace environment.

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CAE has introduced a training system that employs big data analytics and works to help instructors evaluate military pilot competencies in real time. The company said Monday it developed the CAE Rise system on Microsoft‘s Azure Government cloud platform and designed the system for clients to generate digital lesson plans, deliver feedback and customize student training. “The aviation industry – both military and […] More

Records management software firm Emergency Reporting and E-9 will jointly provide enterprise support services for fire departments within the U.S. Army under a new contract with the service branch. ER said Tuesday it will offer its records management software and emergency planning tools to the Army, while E-9 will assess risk management frameworks for cybersecurity […] More

The U.S. Citizen Immigration Services‘ information technology office seeks information on providers of IT security services in a cloud computing environment. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says USCIS currently explores the availability of cybersecurity as a service in the risk management, microservice architecture and emerging technology areas as part of efforts to secure and update IT applications. The […] More

BAE Systems has partnered with Splunk to incorporate a security technology into a cloud computing platform designed to help federal civilian, defense and intelligence agencies monitor networks. The federated secure cloud BAE developed with Dell EMC will employ the Splunk Enterprise platform equipped with security features and machine learning algorithms, BAE said Wednesday. Peder Jungck, vice president and […] More

David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat’s North American public sector, has said information technology departments seeking to increase efficiency can combine containers with agile development and DevOps processes, GCN reported Tuesday. “You can have your developers working very, very quickly on focusing solely on the application, and by using DevOps and agile principles on […] More

The National Science Foundation has partnered with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google to support research projects in the data science and engineering field. NSF said Wednesday it will obligate nearly $30 million to the Critical Techniques, Technologies and Methodologies for Advancing Foundations and Applications of Big Data Sciences and Engineering program. AWS, Google and Microsoft have each pledged to donate […] More

Palo Alto Networks has unveiled new features of its cloud security platform during the company’s Epic Cloud Security Event held Tuesday. The Next-Generation Security Platform will work to expand cloud workload protections to Google‘s cloud platform and offer added security for Amazon Web Services‘ and Microsoft‘s respective cloud environments, Palo Alto Networks said Tuesday. The new tools include […] More

A business unit of Cubic has received a contract of an undisclosed value to develop an integrated mobile application for commuters who use the the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s contactless fare payment system. Cubic Transportation Systems will build the application to help TAP card users manage their account balances, load value or passes and […] More

Rubrik has secured Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for a technology platform the company designed to help government customers secure data in cloud environments. The company said Wednesday its appliances met requirements during an information technology security evaluation that covered developer and independent tests, product lifecycle management and process assessment. Steve Alfieris, vice president and […] More

Unisys has been selected to develop a cloud-based technology platform for New Zealand’s ministry of education to manage and distribute funds to childhood, primary and secondary schools in the country. The company said Wednesday it will build and deploy an automated education resourcing system for the ministry using an application-platform-as-a-service model under the 10-year digital transformation engagement initiative. Unisys […] More