BAE Systems and Raytheon Technologies have developed chip design capabilities on Microsoft‘s Azure cloud service as part of a Department of Defense program that aims to accelerate and secure the U.S. microelectronics industrial base. Three new chips were created using the secure design capabilities of the Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes using Advanced Commercial Capabilities project, […] More

Applied Information Sciences has earned an advanced specialization from Microsoft for its efforts to deliver tailored analytics tools in Azure to customers in support of their cloud migration and digital transformation initiatives. AIS said Friday the Analytics on Microsoft Azure specialization gives the company access to end-customer funding and resources from Microsoft and early insights […] More

A strategic partnership between Palantir Technologies and Microsoft is bound for expansion, following the completion of Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification of the Palantir Federal Cloud Service. The cloud platform also received accreditation for Department of Defense Impact Level 4 and 5 on Microsoft Azure’s government and commercial environments, Palantir said Wednesday. PFCS […] More

BAE Systems has partnered with Microsoft to equip its artificial intelligence-based wargaming platform with cloud computing capabilities to provide high-fidelity simulations across the air, land, sea, space and cyber domains.  The defense contractor said Tuesday that the Pioneer system will utilize the Azure cloud to deliver an immersive wargaming environment to military customers. “With tight […] More

The Impact Level 6 provisional authorization the Department of Defense granted to Microsoft for its Azure Government Secret platform has been expanded to cover the 60 initial cloud services included in the offering. Brian Eshenbrenner, a Microsoft vice president, said in a blog post published Monday the cloud platform is also authorized to support the […] More

Microsoft Azure has announced several partnerships made to support the platform’s use for artificial intelligence and connectivity applications in space. Tom Keane, corporate vice president for mission engineering at Microsoft Azure, wrote in a blog post published Monday that the company partnered with NASA and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to test how AI can support astronaut […] More

Microsoft has partnered with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center to help the latter expand its climate modeling capacity through artificial intelligence services and cloud-based predictive analytics tools. The company and ERDC will use the Azure Government cloud computing service for a code scalability demonstration of an integrated modeling system designed to enable […] More

Tom Keane, corporate vice president for Azure global at Microsoft's Azure business, wrote in a blog post that the company is launching new DevSecOps offerings and partnering with the Department of Defense on cloud, artificial intelligence and analytics efforts.

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Microsoft now has 142 cloud services certified with high provisional authorization to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which aims to standardize the security of cloud products used in the federal government. The company said in a blog post published Thursday its offerings under the Azure Government cloud work to boost the security and compliance of federal agencies.

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Microsoft has authorized Carahsoft Technology to distribute Azure services and business applications powered by cloud technology to public sector clients via the latter's position on multiple contracting vehicles.

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NetApp has begun to offer a cloud-based file storage service through Microsoft Azure's government region data centers.

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Telos has incorporated a cyber risk management and cloud compliance suite into Microsoft’s Azure Government and Azure Government Secret services.

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