Secure collaboration platform provider Mattermost has expanded its partner network to increase support for Microsoft and Atlassian tools and drive the adoption of artificial intelligence, DevSecOps and zero trust architecture across the Department of Defense and the federal government. SOS International partnered with Mattermost to serve as the primary interface for reviewing analysis results for […] More

Secure collaboration platform provider Mattermost has expanded its partner network to increase support for Microsoft and Atlassian tools and drive the adoption of artificial intelligence, DevSecOps and zero trust architecture across the Department of Defense and the federal government. SOS International partnered with Mattermost to serve as the primary interface for reviewing analysis results for Exovera's exoINSIGHT AI-powered tool that uses open-source data to support machine learning operations. More

ECS has achieved the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation in three categories. Building on over two decades of partnership with Microsoft, ECS received recognitions in the Azure Infrastructure, Digital & App Innovation and Data & AI areas, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company announced on Wednesday. John Heneghan, president of ECS and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, highlighted the organization’s 23 […] More

ECS has achieved Microsoft’s Solutions Partner designation in three categories. Building on over two decades of partnership with Microsoft, ECS received recognitions in the Azure Infrastructure, Digital & App Innovation and Data & AI areas, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company announced. More

Microsoft has teamed up with Beavercreek, Ohio-headquartered information technology services company Vana Solutions to provide the Department of Defense with commercial cloud services under the $9 billion Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract vehicle, Dayton Business Journal reported Wednesday. Vana Solutions has experience in delivering cloud capability to defense customers. It previously created a dual cloud […] More

Harish Luthra, CEO of SAP National Security Services, said SAP NS2’s partnership with Microsoft enables the deployment of software on cloud environments of government and public sector agencies without compromising the security of mission-critical workloads. Microsoft and SAP have created a secure cloud model that helps government and public sector agencies transform their mission-critical data […] More

Applied Information Sciences was granted advanced specializations in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning on Microsoft Azure and DevOps with GitHub on Microsoft Azure following a  third-party audit. AIS said Friday it is now eligible for customer project funding and resources from Microsoft and has access to product previews and insights. With the new advanced specializations, […] More

Microsoft has received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its cloud-based generative artificial intelligence service offering to federal agencies. The Azure OpenAI Service secured the FedRAMP authorization after meeting the security requirements for handling government data and related workloads through the program’s rigorous assessment process, Sachin Sinha, director of technology […] More

The U.S. Army has received 20 pieces of Microsoft‘s redesigned Integrated Visual Augmentation System and plans to test the prototype headsets next month, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Doug Bush, acquisition chief at the Army and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, told reporters Wednesday he expects the test to help the service branch determine whether the IVAS […] More

Jay Lewis, partner for silicon projects at Microsoft, has joined a National Institute of Standards and Technology office responsible for implementing research and development programs funded under the CHIPS for America Act. Lewis will spearhead program areas within the CHIPS for America Research and Development Office that support the National Semiconductor Technology Center, the agency […] More

Microsoft is collaborating with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to offer expanded cloud logging capabilities to federal and commercial customers in September. The partnership aims to bolster cyberthreat detection and prevention measures by facilitating access to critical security logs identified by CISA, the agency said Wednesday. CISA Director Jen Easterly remarked that the move […] More

Orion Space Solutions and Microsoft have entered into a strategic collaboration to help the Department of Defense advance data interoperability between joint forces and allies and support national security missions in the space domain through the Nexus Space Network. The NEXUS Space Network is a cross-domain cognitive electromagnetic data mesh network meant to provide DOD […] More