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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  • Akamai’s Tom Ruff: Agencies Should Protect Data Infrastructure With Cloud-Based Security Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Akamai’s Tom Ruff: Agencies Should Protect Data Infrastructure With Cloud-Based Security Tools

    Tom Ruff, vice president of the public sector business at Massachusetts-based cloud services provider Akamai, has said government agencies should adopt cloud-based security platforms that work to detect and prevent cyber attacks before they hit an organization’s applications or data center. Ruff wrote in a GCN guest post published Wednesday there are factors why the implementation of […] More

  • Carahsoft to Market Druva's Cloud Data Protection Tech via NASA SEWP Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Market Druva’s Cloud Data Protection Tech via NASA SEWP Contract Vehicle

    Carahsoft Technology and Druva have partnered to sell the latter’s cloud data protection and information management platform to public sector customers through NASA‘s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement vehicle. Druva said Wednesday Carahsoft will market the Druva inSync cloud offering as its public sector distribution partner. Brian O’Donnell, a Carahsoft vice president, said the addition of inSync technology to the company’s […] More

  • Jive Software Gets FedRAMP ‘In-Process’ Status for Collaboration Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jive Software Gets FedRAMP ‘In-Process’ Status for Collaboration Platform

    Jive Software has obtained “in-process” designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform. NASA sponsors Jive’s efforts to complete and secure FedRAMP certification later this year for the collaboration tool, the company said Monday. The company’s collaboration platform will feature a key-based encryption, restricted production access, disaster recovery tools and […] More

  • Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud Gets FedRAMP High ATO From VA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud Gets FedRAMP High ATO From VA

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has granted authority-to-operate certification to Microsoft‘s Azure Government cloud platform through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Microsoft said Wednesday the FedRAMP High ATO designation confirms that Azure meets security standards needed to handle sensitive VA workloads such personally identifiable information and protected health information. The company also received FedRAMP approval in February to add 12 customer-facing services in Azure Government’s provisional ATO. […] More

  • AWS to Support Govt Service Modernization Efforts in Chile, Honduras - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS to Support Govt Service Modernization Efforts in Chile, Honduras

    Amazon Web Services has entered into agreements with the administrations of Chile and Honduras to support the two countries’ efforts to modernize government services. The company said Wednesday it will support Honduras and Chile’s open data initiatives and update various internal systems in a push to facilitate transparency and efficiency in citizen services. Jeff Kratz, AWS worldwide public […] More

  • ViON Releases New Cloud Guidance in Response to AWS S3 Service Disruption; Rob Davies Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON Releases New Cloud Guidance in Response to AWS S3 Service Disruption; Rob Davies Comments

    ViON has issued new guidance that seeks to help organizations reassess their cloud strategies in response to an Amazon Web Services outage in February. A service disruption related to AWS Simple Storage Service occurred on Feb. 28 in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) region after an authorized S3 team member ran a command that resulted in […] More

  • AWS' Govt Cloud Platform Obtains FISMA Authorization From VA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS’ Govt Cloud Platform Obtains FISMA Authorization From VA

    Amazon Web Services has received authorization from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide the AWS GovCloud platform for highly sensitive government workloads. The company said Friday VA issued a Federal Information Security Management Act High General Support System authority to operate as well as a FISMA Moderate GSS ATO for AWS GovCloud. The FISMA High ATO permits VA to continue using GovCloud […] More

  • Microsoft Adds Big Data, Analytics, Visualization Tools to Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Adds Big Data, Analytics, Visualization Tools to Azure Govt Cloud

    Microsoft has added two big data and visualization tools to the company’s Azure Government cloud platform. Tom Keane, a Microsoft general manager, wrote in a blog post published Monday the HDInsight and Power BI offerings are designed to help government agencies manage, analyze and visualize huge quantities of data in Azure. He said HDInsight works to help users build data and […] More

  • Datapipe Obtains FedRAMP Certification for PaaS Cloud Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Datapipe Obtains FedRAMP Certification for PaaS Cloud Platform

    Datapipe has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for the company’s platform-as-a-service offering to government agencies. FedRAMP’s Joint Authorization Board certified the Datapipe Government Cloud platform as compliant with 800-53 Revision 4 controls that cover privacy and additional security measures. Datapipe provides operating and security services to support an organization’s virtual operating system and virtual network layer through PaaS. Dan Tudahl, president and general manager […] More

  • InfoReliance Enters Multistate IaaS Platform Marketing Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    InfoReliance Enters Multistate IaaS Platform Marketing Agreement

    The state of Utah has awarded InfoReliance a 10-year master agreement to offer an infrastructure-as-a-service platform to state agencies and education institutions that are part of the NASPO ValuePoint cooperative procurement program. InfoReliance said Tuesday it will sell 53 IaaS offerings such as cloud services for initial setup, access, training and support under the agreement. The company also […] More

  • OpenGov, Workiva Partner to Offer Cloud-Based Budgeting Tools to State, Local Govt Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OpenGov, Workiva Partner to Offer Cloud-Based Budgeting Tools to State, Local Govt Agencies

    Workiva and OpenGov have forged an alliance to offer cloud-based tools intended to help state and local government customers manage budgeting and financial reporting functions. OpenGov said Tuesday it will pair Workiva’s Wdesk collaborative work management platform with the OpenGov Budget Builder and OpenGov Intelligence tools that work to aid budgeting, analysis and public disclosures. Zac Bookman, OpenGov co-founder and CEO, said the […] More

  • Microsoft Adds 12 Services to FedRAMP-Compliant Azure Govt Cloud Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Adds 12 Services to FedRAMP-Compliant Azure Govt Cloud Suite

    Microsoft has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program approval to include an additional 12 customer-facing services in the Azure Government Cloud‘s provisional authorization-to-operate. The company said Wednesday it now offers 32 infrastructure and platform service offerings that comply with FedRAMP’s high-impact baseline requirements. Microsoft’s entire Operations Management Suite is certified for use in Azure Government and designed to help customer agencies utilize the hybrid cloud along with […] More