Rubrik has introduced a platform designed to help enterprise customers manage and secure data from on-premise information technology infrastructure to a Microsoft cloud environment. The Rubrik Accelerator for Microsoft Azure offering allows customers to automate processes to move cloud-based information such as backup, recovery and archival schedules, the data management company said Wednesday. Mike Tornincasa, executive vice president of worldwide sales […] More

Delphix has expanded its data offering’s capabilities to help public sector clients speed up the migration of applications to the Microsoft Azure Government cloud platform. The company said Thursday its Delphix Dynamic Data Platform and other offerings are available to government agencies through Carahsoft Technology. Michael Adams, who oversees the Delphix team at Carahsoft, said Delphix’s […] More

Microsoft’s cloud offerings have received certification in Australia to host data at the protected level. The company said Tuesday the Australian government’s signals directorate has added its Azure and Office 365 platforms to the Certified Cloud Services List. Steven Worrall, managing director of Microsoft’s Australian arm, said the Protected Level certification for Office 365 and […] More

Logicalis US has expanded its cloud-first infrastructure-as-a-service capacities to help enterprise clients migrate workloads to the Microsoft Azure cloud. Microsoft asked partners such as Logicalis to guide customers on the development of strategic roadmaps to the cloud and assist information technology professionals on the acquisition of relevant hardware and software that can help meet business […] More

Microsoft has received two Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authority-to-operate certifications from the Justice Department for its Azure Government cloud platform. The company said Tuesday it received the FedRAMP High ATO authorizations for Azure Government through DOJ’s justice management division responsible for the agency’s information resources, policy guidance, financial and human resources management. The certifications seek […] More

Altamira has started to offer its big data fusion, analysis and visualization platform on the Microsoft Azure marketplace as part of efforts to help customers transform information into actionable intelligence. Altamira said Tuesday the integration of its Lumify platform with Azure services seeks to accelerate deep learning and data analytics in real time. Lumify is designed to help users […] More

CSRA has begun to offer Microsoft‘s suite of Azure cloud computing products and services via the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. Azure is now listed under the 132-40 special item number for cloud service offerings under the government-wide acquisition contract, CSRA said Tuesday. George Batsakis, CSRA executive vice president for growth, said the company is […] More

StoneFly has combined its disaster recovery and backup tool with cloud platforms from Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. The integration with AWS’ Amazon Glacier and Simple Storage Service as well as Microsoft’s Azure Government and public cloud platforms seeks to equip StoneFly’s DR365 disaster recovery system with repositories designed to secure data, StoneFly said Wednesday. DR365 has […] More

StoneFly has incorporated its cloud storage offering designed for Veeam Software’s backup and disaster recovery tool into Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud platform. StoneFly’s Scale-Out Cloud Storage for Veeam platform works to help users manage multiple nodes for cloud storage and repositories through a common user interface as well as access file storage, block storage and other […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs has granted authority-to-operate certification to Microsoft‘s Azure Government cloud platform through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Microsoft said Wednesday the FedRAMP High ATO designation confirms that Azure meets security standards needed to handle sensitive VA workloads such personally identifiable information and protected health information. The company also received FedRAMP approval in February to add 12 customer-facing services in Azure Government’s provisional ATO. […] More

CSRA will transfer its workload to Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud platform under a three-year enterprise agreement between the two companies. The deal also allows CSRA to use Microsoft’s Office 365 software platform for the cloud environment, CSRA said Monday. John Dancy, chief information officer of CSRA, said the company aims to operate 70 percent of its applications […] More

Users of Force Protection Video Equipment-built body-worn cameras and surveillance equipment may now store their audio, photo and video files in the cloud using Microsoft‘s Azure Government Cloud. Force Protection said Monday the cloud storage function utilizes VeriPic‘s Evidence Storage Locker software with an individualized encryption tool in which each data file is secured with a unique […] More