Government Cloud

Global Data Systems and Carahsoft Technology have partnered to offer cloud services to federal, state and local government agencies and academic organizations in 15 states through the NASPO ValuePoint procurement program. GDS said Thursday its managed cloud services will help agencies modernize aging legacy systems, leverage big data and deploy enterprise mobility networks, among other […] More

Acendre has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer cloud-based technology built to help organizations manage human resources. Prior to approval, an accredited third-party assessment organization and FedRAMP’s program management office assessed Accendre’s talent management software offering for government agencies, the company said Wednesday. The company also offers people analytics, recruitment and performance management platforms […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency seeks industry comments on available technologies for the development of a potential automated military cloud migration effort. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the agency is looking for migration systems that can duplicate servers used with an application from their current environment into a cloud platform built on an Apache […] More

The Department of Homeland Security is looking for modernization services for the U.S. Coast Guard’s web-based system that manages reports on mission activities such as safety patrols, public affairs and search and rescue operations. The Coast Guard aims to award a firm-fixed-price contract to upgrade its AuxData system into a commercial-off-the-shelf or software-as-a-service platform to streamline […] More

The U.S. Citizen Immigration Services‘ information technology office seeks information on providers of IT security services in a cloud computing environment. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says USCIS currently explores the availability of cybersecurity as a service in the risk management, microservice architecture and emerging technology areas as part of efforts to secure and update IT applications. The […] More

Unisys has received a potential eight-year, $219M contract to provide a hybrid cloud platform meant to help government agencies in Georgia manage citizen services delivery efforts across the state. The contract with the Georgia Technology Authority has a base term of five years and six months and three one-year options and calls for Unisys to serve […] More

Andy Jassy and Pat Gelsinger, respectively CEOs of Amazon Web Services  and VMware, announced at a recent industry event that both companies will debut a hybrid cloud service intended for government customers in the AWS GovCloud region by the end of 2019. Both executives spoke about the planned release of VMware Cloud on AWS and other joint offerings at the […] More

The Defense Department has launched a second round of comment period for industry to submit questions about DoD’s revised request for proposals for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement program, Nextgov reported Friday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says cloud service providers should send their questions about the amended JEDI cloud RFP through Tuesday, […] More

Amazon Web Services has introduced a 110-day training program that aims to help public sector partners further develop their skills as they work to support government, nonprofit and education clients in their cloud migration efforts. AWS said Thursday the Public Sector Partner Transformation Program is a two-phase initiative that seeks to help participants assess their cloud […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has completed the second phase of a nearly three-year, four-phase study that aimed to migrate a military satellite communications ground system to the U.S. Air Force’s Enterprise Ground Services architecture. The company said Wednesday it offered its EPOCH telemetry and command server and TAO-DSI platform, among other things, to automate […] More

SAP National Security Services has updated a learning management system for the Defense Logistics Agency and selected Amazon Web Services to host the cloud-based training information technology application as part of a partnership between the two companies. AWS said Monday it will support the Defense Department-authorized platform DLA uses to manage online training and education courses through the GovCloud (US) infrastructure. […] More