Verizon Enterprise Solutions has secured Department of Health and Human Services authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to deploy its cloud platform for the public sector. Kevin Irland, a corporate communications manager at the company, writes Thursday that the authority to operate is for its Enterprise Cloud: Federal Edition infrastructure-as-a-service cloud offering. The report said Verizon intends to leverage the […] More

Siki Giunta, senior vice president for global cloud business at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, said the company aims to be a top provider of cloud computing products and services in the international market, Fortune magazine reported Thursday. “We want to be a global player,” Giunta told the magazine. Katherine Noyes writes Giunta is responsible for helping […] More

Verizon announced that it has joined forces with FireEye to come up with new cyber defense products designed to be more flexible in addressing a fast-changing threat landscape. The partnership will pull resources from the two companies’ workforces, global networks and customer basse, FireEye CEO Dave DeWalt said Wednesday. Kathie Miley, executive director of global security […] More

A new Verizon study has found that 65 percent of businesses leverage cloud computing products and services to manage their information technology infrastructure. Kevin King, corporate communications director at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, said Tuesday the “State of the Market: Enterprise Cloud 2014” report indicates chief information officers and chief technology officers oversee about 62 percent […] More

Verizon Enterprise Solutions has released new HIPAA-ready healthcare technologies to manage the exchange of electronic patient health information and inquiries from both patients and healthcare professionals on health services. “Healthcare is behind other industries when it comes to applying technology to the delivery of services due in part to today’s regulatory climate,” Darryl Shaw, director of healthcare solutions and new product […] More

Kevin King of Verizon Enterprise Solutions believes companies should consider security when looking for a service that can interconnect data that resides in multiple cloud environments. King, external communications director at Verizon, said Thursday that one of the reasons why resources are stored in more than one cloud is to safeguard information. “Multicloud environments reduce the risk of […] More

Michael Maiorana, senior vice president for public sector markets at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, told MILCOM 2014 conference attendees this week that agencies face a challenge to make sense of information in today’s technology-driven world. Maiorana told the audience that actionable intelligence is what helps enterprises achieve gains from informed decision-making and situational awareness. “The digital age that […] More

Verizon Enterprise Solutions has included Amazon Web Services to its Secure Cloud Interconnect service, allowing enterprise customers to manage their data via multiple clouds. The company said Tuesday that the added service eases users into AWS through SCI using AWS Direct Connect to offer the “right blend” of options in the areas of security, performance […] More

Darryl Shaw, director of healthcare solutions and new product development at Verizon Enterprise, says his company is seeing higher rates adoption of cloud services for healthcare delivery among customers. Carlos Arcila, external communications manager for Verizon Enterprise, wrote Thursday that chief information officers are moving to migrate their services to cloud environments in order to fulfill Health Insurance Portability […] More

Kevin King, external communications director at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, has laid out strategies for enterprises to protect their cloud infrastructure from cyber attacks. King wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that businesses must develop security protocols such as multifactor authentication, role-based access controls, log monitoring, application vulnerability scanning and security governance. He urged enterprises to provide information on […] More

State and local governments are increasingly adopting cloud and implementing an IT shared services model due to its financial, technical and operational promises, says Kevin Irland, a corporate communications manager at Verizon Enterprise Solutions. Irland writes in a Tuesday blog post that a survey by Grant Thornton, TechAmerica and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers indicated that many governments […] More

Verizon has unveiled a new QR code login service the company designed to ease mobile access to participating websites without the need to enter  a username and password as part of efforts to avoid potential data breaches. Janet Brumfield, a corporate communications director at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, writes in a Tuesday post that the service will be offered […] More