Applied Insight will recruit, train and certify cloud professionals to support Amazon Web Services’ clients in the public sector under a strategic collaboration with AWS meant to address the rising demand for cleared cloud technologists. Applied Insight said Tuesday its cloud-focused training center, aiAcademy, will oversee the initiative along with its talent acquisition team and […] More

Amazon Web Services has secured High authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based managed services offering. AWS Managed Services Accelerate is available to government clients in the GovCloud U.S. East and West regions and is designed to enable users to manage workloads at the FedRAMP High level, Amazon’s cloud computing […] More

Carahsoft Technology has added Dell Technologies‘ data protection offerings to Amazon Web Services‘ digital catalog for government customers. The information technology service provider said Tuesday Dell Data Protection offerings such as Dell APEX Backup Services, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery are now available on the AWS Marketplace.  Carahsoft serves as a […] More

Amazon Web Services is among the companies that will help the North American Aerospace Defense Command provide families with live updates on Santa’s whereabouts on Dec. 24. As part of the NORAD Tracks Santa program, AWS said Wednesday omnichannel cloud contact center service Amazon Connect will be available for use to tap remote call center […] More

Data security company Rubrik has debuted Rubrik Security Cloud in the AWS Marketplace for the U.S. Intelligence Community. The security cloud offering will be available to 17 intelligence agencies in the country via the Amazon Web Services marketplace, Rubrik said Wednesday.  Rubrik Security Cloud works to secure data across cloud, enterprise and software-as-a-service applications to […] More

Actus, a cloud-based procurement management platform from Paperless Innovations, has debuted on Amazon Web Services‘ online marketplace via Carahsoft Technology. Carahsoft manages the AWS Marketplace distribution of the commercial off-the-shelf software-as-a-service offering designed to help organizations automate purchase card processes and compliance requirements. Paperless Innovations said the listing for Actus allows new customers to purchase […] More

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, a fully managed data and storage service, has achieved FedRAMP and Department of Defense certification and is approved for public sector use. The service, offered by a NetApp-Amazon Web Services partnership, now has FedRAMP Moderate and High authorizations in select regions and meets impact levels two, four and five of […] More

Arqit has fielded its QuantumCloud platform on an Amazon Web Services offering as part of efforts to bring its encryption keys generation tool to a larger group of customers. The deployment of QuantumCloud on Amazon Simple Storage Service will make the cloud-based encryption service available to AWS customers and enable Arqit to support its clients’ […] More

Amazon Web Services and three other vendors secured spots on the Department of Defense’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract and Dave Levy, vice president of U.S. government, nonprofit and health care at AWS, said the company will work to deliver capabilities to support DOD and its mission through the JWCC vehicle. Levy, a four-time Wash100 […] More

Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and Oracle have secured spots on a potential $9 billion cloud procurement vehicle from the Department of Defense. The multiple-award Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract is intended to provide military personnel with enterprise-wide, globally available cloud offerings spanning all security domains and classification levels from the strategic level to the tactical edge, DOD said Wednesday. […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has employed Amazon Web Services‘ cloud migration program to help an undisclosed U.S. government customer move its security and information event management system from an on-premise environment to the AWS cloud. In a blog post published Monday, the AWS team said Booz Allen used 32 AWS Snowball edge storage optimized devices, each […] More

Carahsoft Technology and Amazon Web Services have sealed a strategic collaboration deal to expand their partnership and drive the adoption and modernization of cloud services. The multi-year agreement is expected to benefit independent software vendors and resellers as well as public sector clients that use AWS cloud and other software tools through Carahsoft, the technology […] More