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RingCentral’s Stacy Schwartz Touts Benefits of Modern Voice Communications for Emergency Services

Emergency services should include modern voice communication platforms in any discussion on capability modernization, according to Stacy Schwartz, head of U.S. public sector and education at RingCentral, the provider of a cloud-based communication platform. In an opinion column published Wednesday on StateTech, Schwartz says that unlike analog voice communication tools, modern voice comes in the form of mobile apps that can integrate various data streams, benefiting disaster response as well as daily emergency medical services.

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by Jerry Petersen March 21, 2024, 10:56 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, News

Expanded Collaboration Between Oracle & NVIDIA Seen to Provide Customers With Sovereign AI Offerings

Oracle will expand its collaboration with NVIDIA to provide customers around the world with products and services that support digital and artificial intelligence sovereignty. Oracle said Monday that these products and services can be achieved through the combination of its own enterprise AI with the full-stack AI platform of NVIDIA and then deployed via a customer's data center, the public cloud or Oracle's cloud offerings.

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by Jerry Petersen March 19, 2024, 11:45 am
in Cloud, News

Google Public Sector Selects WWT as Managed Provider of Sovereign Distributed Cloud

Google Public Sector has chosen World Wide Technology to operate its new sovereign cloud platforms, Jan Niemiec, GPS managing director of national security, announced Friday. GPS entered into a partnership to make WWT the first managed provider of Google Distributed Cloud Hosted, which will serve federal agencies needing to manage their infrastructure even without internet connection.

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by Jamie Bennet March 15, 2024, 10:48 am
in Announcements, Cloud, Cybersecurity, News

Everfox Enters Into Strategic Partnership With Microsoft

Cybersecurity company Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft. Under the agreement, Everfox said Wednesday that its technology will be integrated into Microsoft's Azure cloud service offerings and that the two companies will develop new cloud products.

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by Aidan Daly March 14, 2024, 11:42 am
in Acquisition & Procurement, Cloud, Government Technology, News

CBP Unveils Plan for Cloud Services Acquisition Recompete

U.S. Customs and Border Protection intends to recompete a multiple-award contract for the procurement of cloud computing services. CBP expects the acquisition effort to have a ceiling value of over $100 million and anticipates release of a solicitation for the planned indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by May 1, according to a notice published Wednesday on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System.

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by Jane Edwards March 14, 2024, 7:59 am
in Cloud, Cybersecurity, News

AWS Secures FedRAMP High Authorization for Wickr Communications Encryption Service

Amazon Web Services has secured High authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its end-to-end encrypted service available for AWS GovCloud customers in the U.S. West region. AWS Wickr is an encrypted communications service that uses a 256-bit encryption technique to enable government and commercial customers to secure group messaging, voice and video calling, screen sharing and file sharing, AWS said Thursday.

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by Naomi Cooper March 11, 2024, 3:47 am
in Cloud, News

FedRAMP-Certified Cloud-Based Contact Center Offering From Calabrio Now Available

Software company Calabrio has announced the availability of Calabrio GovSuite for customers in the federal government. Calabrio GovSuite is a cloud-based contact center offering that has been given moderate authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Calabrio said Tuesday.

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by Jerry Petersen March 7, 2024, 10:31 am
in Cloud, Cybersecurity, Digital Modernization, DOD, News, Wash100

Leadership in Cyber Talent Management & Capability Acquisition Propels DOD’s John Sherman to 3rd Wash100 Win

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Department of Defense Chief Information Officer John Sherman has been inducted into the 2024 class of the Wash100 Award, his third straight win. Sherman is being honored this year for having worked to ensure that the DOD and the broader U.S. defense establishment possess the cyber talent and digital capabilities needed to preserve national security against threats posed by adversaries.

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by Jerry Petersen March 6, 2024, 11:04 am
in Cloud, News

Paperless Innovations Products Now Available Through Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule; Michael Shrader Quoted

Carahsoft Technology has begun offering Paperless Innovations’ cloud-based government purchase card automation products to the public sector through a General Services Administration-managed procurement vehicle. Agencies can now procure the products via the GSA Schedule, the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract, the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 contract and OMNIA Partners.

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by Kacey Roberts February 23, 2024, 10:36 am
in Cloud, News

Over 16 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Services Get FedRAMP High Certification

Oracle has obtained FedRAMP High authorization for over 16 of its new cloud infrastructure services for government customers. The company announced Wednesday that it also added nine features to existing cloud products with FedRAMP High certification, including Cloud Guard Threat Detector, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DevOps and OCI Identity and Access Management.

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by Jamie Bennet February 8, 2024, 9:33 am
in Cloud, News

Tyler to Advance Public Sector Cloud Migration Under Expanded Agreement With AWS; Lynn Moore Quoted

Tyler Technologies will work to help public sector customers accelerate their migration to the cloud under an expanded strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services. Under the eight-year SCA, Tyler said Monday it will collaborate with AWS to expand shared programs and help agency customers streamline their transition from on-premises platforms to next-generation cloud applications to further support public sector employees, deliver better experiences to citizens and provide operational transparency.

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by Jane Edwards February 6, 2024, 11:39 am
in Cloud, News

HashiCorp Joins Carahsoft’s Distribution Program in AWS Marketplace; Melissa Palmer Quoted

HashiCorp‘s software suite is now part of Carahsoft Technology‘s Distributor Seller of Record, a program that facilitates the availability of public sector software products in an Amazon Web Services digital catalog and various government contract vehicles. The suite allows organizations to establish consistent workflows and develop a system of record for automating cloud-related processes such as infrastructure […] More

by Kacey Roberts January 24, 2024, 3:03 am