Microsoft is working with federal customers to explore how the Azure platform could work in a government-only cloud computing environment, GCN reported Wednesday. John Moore writes Microsoft has launched a series of private previews of its Azure U.S. Government Cloud and is slated to roll out the service this year. Susie Adams, Microsoft’s federal chief […] More

L-3 Communications is working to extend mobile communications to frontline soldiers under a $15.5 million contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Sunday. John Keller writes the U.S. Army and Marine Corps warfighters will connect to a millimeter-wave communications backbone under the DARPA Mobile Hotspots program. The company will work to […] More

Accenture and SAP have formed a business solutions group to change the purchasing process for customers to acquire digital technologies in areas such as cloud computing, enterprise mobility and analytics. SAP said Monday the Accenture and SAP Business Solutions Group is a continuation of the companies’ Accenture Innovation Centers for SAP Solutions partnership, which works to combine […] More

Microsoft partner Project Hosts is seeking a FedRAMP authorization to offer a range of hosted Microsoft cloud computing offerings to government clients. Project Hosts seeks to deliver Microsoft’s customer relationship management, collaboration software and project portfolio management products to agencies under the FedRAMP program, Project Hosts said Wednesday. Scott Chapman, Project Hosts co-founder and CEO, said […] More

VMware and Carpathia will collaborate to provide federal agencies a hybrid cloud computing service as both companies seek to acquire an authority-to-operate provision under the governmentwide FedRAMP program. The VMware vCloud Government Service will be designed to run legacy and new applications in order to help agencies extend their data centers into a cloud computing environment that holds […] More

Computer Sciences Corp. will offer Co3 Systems’ incidence response product to cybersecurity service customers worldwide CSC will provide the Co3 platform to clients that seek to develop pre-incident plans, response management postures and regulatory compliance to mitigate an online attack, both companies said Tuesday. A 2,000-strong CSC incident response team across five security operations centers around […] More

Dell Services Federal Government has won a contract to help the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission build and implement a cloud computing infrastructure for the agency to manage on-premise information technology functions. The NRC private cloud will be designed to address IT cost and operational issues and help the commission meet federal cloud migration requirements, Dell said […] More

Toshiba has unveiled a range of new mobile computers, displays and cloud computing service offerings for healthcare organizations. The Encore and Excite line of tablets are designed to run on both Windows 8 and Android operating systems and seek to help users access data from a picture archiving and communication system, Toshiba said Wednesday. Toshiba […] More

DataDirect Networks and Hyve Solutions have partnered to offer an integrated storage infrastructure designed to manage web-scale applications and information in cloud data centers. DDN combined its object-storage software with Hyve’s server appliances in an effort to help organizations meet computing and energy efficiency requirements, DDN said Tuesday. Hyve designs data center equipment through the […] More

Oracle is working with Los Angeles County’s Department of Health Services to implement an enterprise analytics platform intended to help the agency monitor clinical resources and manage patient records. LA County DHS wants to use Oracle technology as the baseline for the department’s integrated warehouse containing medical, utilization and financial data, Oracle said Tuesday. According […] More

QTS has rolled out an infrastructure-as-a-service offering intended to help U.S. government customers manage virtual data center workloads in the cloud. The QTS Federal Cloud suite is comprised of storage, networking and security services and designed to be compatible with Cisco, EMC and VMware computing environments, QTS said Wednesday. “QTS understands the IT needs and requirements […] More

A consortium composed of Unisys Brazil, Agora Telecom, Comtex and Modulo has been chosen to serve as the information technology provider for the 12 cities in Brazil that will host the 2014 World Cup. The Brazil Seguro Consortium was awarded the $110 million contract by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice’s Extraordinary Security Department for Large […] More