Government Cloud

A Center for Digital Government survey of more than 170 public-sector information technology professionals showed that four key factors affect cloud transition efforts at state and local agencies. CDG found that many agency IT leaders reported have trouble figuring out how much their agencies will save when they use cloud services, according to an Amazon Web […] More

Leidos has achieved a gold competency certification from Microsoft that authorizes the former to deploy the latter’s portfolio of cloud offerings. The Cloud Platform certification allows the use of Microsoft’s products to support customers’ efforts to modernize cloud infrastructure, integrate data analytics technology and transition applications and data to the cloud, Leidos said Tuesday. Before […] More

Big Switch Networks has received Department of Defense certification and Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 validation for the vendor’s suite of cloud and data center networking platforms. The company said Tuesday its Cloud-First Networking portfolio is included in the DoD Information Approved Products List and designed to help government clients comply with requirements under the Modernizing Government Technology Act. […] More

The FBI uses an Amazon Web Services-hosted cloud computing environment to process classified and unclassified data for counterterrorism investigations, Nextgov reported Thursday. The bureau adopted cloud technology nearly two years ago in response to data-related concerns. Teresa Carlson, vice president of AWS’ global public sector business, said the company’s platform offers FBI access to big data […] More

Carahsoft Technology has partnered with Google to provide cloud services to help the National Institutes of Health address data storage requirements for agency-funded research projects. The partnership aims to help researchers manage biomedical data and computing functions through Google Cloud as part of the NIH’s Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation and Sustainability program, Carahsoft said Thursday. The […] More

The FBI, World Bank and U.K.’s Home Office have used Amazon Web Services‘ cloud technology in efforts to make data-based decisions in real time, YourStory reported Wednesday. “We listened to our customers in the government to ramp up disaster recovery and reduce cost of completion while launching new applications,” said Teresa Carlson, vice president of AWS’ worldwide […] More

ECS, a premier consulting partner of Amazon Web Services, took part in the launch of the AWS GovCloud (US-East) region. John Sankovich, vice president for cloud solutions at ECS, said in a statement released Tuesday the company works with customers to help them implement cloud-based applications and systems as a GovCloud skills partner. “We are honored to partner with AWS […] More

Amazon Web Services has designated DLT Solutions as a public sector distribution partner to help government technology vendors transform business operations with cloud computing platforms. DLT said Tuesday it will support partners through the Cloud Navigator program that includes marketplace, sales and marketing, account management, cost optimization and billing support services. Brian Strosser, president of DLT, said the company has leveraged […] More

Amazon Web Services has unveiled a new program that seeks to help independent software vendors secure authority-to-operate certifications through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and other compliance programs. The ATO on AWS initiative aims to provide ISVs with tools, training, control implementation details and CloudFormation templates as well as guidance from the company’s […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued two solicitations as it plans to update the Pentagon’s unclassified and classified networks, Bloomberg Government reported Monday. The solicitations issued Nov. 15 for the Department of Defense Network Services program come as DoD works to provide other defense agencies an opportunity to adopt the CSRA-developed MilCloud 2.0 system […] More

Internet2, a nonprofit networking consortium, has partnered with the National Science Foundation for a project aimed at studying the use of commercial cloud services for science and engineering research. The two organizations will seek proposals for the Exploring Clouds for Acceleration of Science effort, which will address the viability of cloud computing technology for six […] More