Government Cloud

Learn about the latest technologies that drive the rapid adoption of cloud services by the public sector. This section focuses on offerings for public, private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments specifically tailored for federal agencies.

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  • Deloitte Accredited as FedRAMP 3rd-Party Assessment Organization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Accredited as FedRAMP 3rd-Party Assessment Organization

    The American Association of Laboratory Accreditation and the management office of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program have accredited Deloitte as a FedRAMP third-party assessment organization. Deloitte said Thursday that it will conduct independent third-party assessments on commercial and public cloud service providers that seek to offer cloud-based services for the federal government. 3PAO […] More

  • NICE inContact Seeks FedRAMP Authorization for Customer Interaction Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NICE inContact Seeks FedRAMP Authorization for Customer Interaction Platform

    A subsidiary of enterprise software developer NICE has applied for Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a cloud-based contact center software platform under the sponsorship of a government agency. NICE inContact said Thursday it aims to deliver Customer Interaction Cloud software to customer agencies that seek to replace their on-premises platforms or implement contact center technology for the first time. InContact is currently […] More

  • Virtustream, Pivotal Forge Cloud-Based App Deployment Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virtustream, Pivotal Forge Cloud-Based App Deployment Partnership

    Dell Technologies’ Virtustream business has teamed up with Pivotal to deliver an enterprise-grade cloud service offering to clients that use the Pivotal Cloud Foundry platform to build and field applications in hybrid cloud environments. Kevin Reid, president and chief technology officer at Virtustream, said in a statement released Wednesday the Virtustream Pivotal Cloud Foundry Service offering […] More

  • AWS Eyes GovCloud East Region Launch in 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Eyes GovCloud East Region Launch in 2018

    Amazon Web Services plans to launch in 2018 a second region for its cloud platform designed to host regulated data workloads and sensitive information. The AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region will work to provide government clients with additional disaster recovery options and help them comply with several regulatory requirements, the company said Tuesday. These government regulations include […] More

  • Qualys Aims to Help Agencies Comply With Cyber Executive Order Via Cloud Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Qualys Aims to Help Agencies Comply With Cyber Executive Order Via Cloud Platform

    Qualys has unveiled a cloud platform designed to help federal agencies comply with the requirements of an executive order that seeks to build up the cybersecurity posture of the federal government’s networks and U.S. critical infrastructure. The EO signed by President Donald Trump in May requires agencies to manage cyber risks through the adoption of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s […] More

  • Tom Keane: Microsoft Debuts Internet-of-Things Hub on Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Keane: Microsoft Debuts Internet-of-Things Hub on Azure Govt Cloud

    Microsoft has introduced an internet-of-things hub on the company’s Azure Government cloud platform in a push to help customer agencies connect, track and manage connected devices. Tom Keane, general manager of the Microsoft Azure team, wrote in a blog entry published Monday the IoT Hub is designed to help government users secure communications from  device to cloud and or vice versa. The […] More

  • Accellion Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accellion Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Tool

    Accellion has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program  certification to offer a cloud-based content collaboration system to federal agencies. The FedRAMP moderate-impact level authorization seeks to facilitate the deployment of Accellion’s kiteworks content collaboration tool on Amazon Web Services’ Cloud platform to help government employees access and transmit sensitive data files, Accellion said Monday. “Earning […] More

  • Labor Dept Seeks Info on Cloud Hosting Services Sources for EBSA Public Disclosure System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Labor Dept Seeks Info on Cloud Hosting Services Sources for EBSA Public Disclosure System

    The Labor Department has sought information on potential contractors that can provide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-certified cloud hosting services for the Employee Benefits and Security Administration’s public disclosure platform. DOL said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the ERISA Public Disclosure System is a database application that contains 12 terabytes of data that […] More

  • Socrata Gets FedRAMP Authorization for Cloud-Based Govt Data Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Socrata Gets FedRAMP Authorization for Cloud-Based Govt Data Platform

    Socrata has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization to provide its cloud-based Government Data Platform to public sector customers. The company said Wednesday it achieved the FedRAMP authority to operate through the sponsorship of the Federal Communications Commission. Socrata’s data platform works to provide an enterprise-ready environment to help agencies collect, manage, analyze and disseminate data internally […] More

  • StoneFly Integrates Disaster Recovery Tool With Microsoft Azure, AWS Cloud Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    StoneFly Integrates Disaster Recovery Tool With Microsoft Azure, AWS Cloud Platforms

    StoneFly has combined its disaster recovery and backup tool with cloud platforms from Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. The integration with AWS’ Amazon Glacier and Simple Storage Service as well as Microsoft’s Azure Government and public cloud platforms seeks to equip StoneFly’s DR365 disaster recovery system with repositories designed to secure data, StoneFly said Wednesday. DR365 has […] More

  • VA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud Managed Services Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud Managed Services Sources

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has asked information on potential industry sources of cloud managed support services as VA plans to move to the cloud to facilitate the delivery of services to military retirees. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says VA wants data on potential vendors that can provide professional, governance and operational support to […] More

  • Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: Microservices, Engineering Help Drive Agencies’ Hybrid Cloud Adoption Strategies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: Microservices, Engineering Help Drive Agencies’ Hybrid Cloud Adoption Strategies

    Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer at Dell EMC’s federal business, has said engineering and microservices are some of the factors that have driven most government agencies’ strategies as they transition from legacy information technology systems to hybrid cloud platforms, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. “The definition of cloud has really, really changed, and it’s really about your engineering […] More