Cloud

OpenText has received authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its cloud products and services to the government sector. The company said Friday that its FedRAMP-authorized Cloud for Government offerings now include OpenText Extended ECM and OpenText AppWorks, which are designed to address government clients’ digital transformation and business optimization requirements. […] More

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, a multi-tenant software-as-a-service offering from SailPoint Technologies, has been given moderate authority to operate by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. SailPoint Technologies Vice President of Federal Jim Russell said in a press release issued Tuesday that with the latest FedRAMP certification, his company can expand its support for federal […] More

Commvault has received the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s High Authority to Operate designation for its software as a service-delivered data protection services. The New Jersey-based company said Wednesday the certification was specifically awarded to its Commvault Cloud for Government offerings, signifying the capability to securely manage highly sensitive information within cloud environments. Commvault Cloud features continuous […] More

Google Public Sector has secured High authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for over 100 additional Google Cloud services and capabilities designed to support various federal mission use cases. Leigh Palmer, vice president of technology, strategy and delivery at Google Public Sector, said in a blog post published Thursday that the FedRAMP-authorized […] More

Casepoint has secured an “In Process” designation at the high impact level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based legal hold software. The designation will enable Casepoint to pursue FedRAMP certification, allowing its legal hold and eDiscovery platform to accommodate sensitive unclassified data used by law enforcement, emergency services, finance, health […] More

Cohesity has obtained the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Moderate Authority to Operate designation for its software as a service offering designed to simplify data management and data security. In a statement Tuesday, David Kushner, vice president of federal sales at Cohesity, said, “Achieving FedRAMP authorization enables federal agencies and other organizations that require FedRAMP […] More

The General Services Administration has released a draft solicitation for the first pool of the potential eight-year Ascend blanket purchase agreement to meet the U.S. federal government’s needs for cloud services and related information technology professional services. The Ascend BPA is divided into three pools and Pool 1 focuses on infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service cloud offerings, […] More

Databricks has secured authority to operate at the high level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its cloud-based data analytics tools to government customers. The authorization verifies that Databricks on AWS GovCloud complies with FedRAMP High baseline and other regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Databricks said Tuesday. “As […] More

According to Nutanix‘s sixth annual global Public Sector Enterprise Cloud Index survey and research report, 85 percent of respondents from the public sector say their organizations have embraced cloud-smart IT deployment strategies. Even so, the ECI survey reveals that only 8 percent of global public sector organizations have reported actually using hybrid multi-cloud, Nutanix said […] More