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TechnoMile Unveils Cloud-Based Tools Suite for GovCon Firms; Ashish Khot Comments

TechnoMile has introduced a set of cloud-based applications designed to help government contractors track contracts and task orders, collaborate with government agencies and collect data on agency spending. The GovCon Suite is built on Salesforceâ€™s App Cloud platform and works to help federal contractors manage and integrate intelligence data, contracts and capture processes, TechnoMile said […] More

by Jane Edwards September 16, 2016, 9:41 am
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Vencore Picks Saba Cloud Platform for Employee Development; Paige Newcombe Comments

Vencore has selected the cloud platform offering of talent management firm Saba Software to speed up the companyâ€™s human resource development efforts in a move to sustain business delivery to federal clients. Saba Cloud has led to several benefits for Vencore such as a 97 percent compliance rate in delivery and tracking through Saba’s cloud-based […] More

by Jay Clemens September 14, 2016, 11:29 am
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Accenture’s Cloud-Based ERP Platform Gains FedRAMP Approval; David Moskovitz Comments

AccentureÂ has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a cloud-basedÂ enterprise resource planning system designed for government customers. The company said Tuesday it helped the National Science FoundationÂ implement and migrate NSF’s new financial systemÂ toÂ Accenture’sÂ Federal Cloud ERP platform. David Moskovitz, chief executive of Accenture’s federal services business, said the FedRAMP certification will helpÂ the company to […] More

by Scott Nicholas September 13, 2016, 11:57 am
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IDC: Systems Integrators Key to Federal IT Transformation

A new IDC report has highlighted the role system integrators play in helping the federal government transition to digital platforms through the 3rd platform technologies mobility, cloud, big data and analytics and social business. The report evaluates the system integratorsâ€™ relationship with each other and with the factors the report finds conducive to government digital […] More

by Jay Clemens September 12, 2016, 12:30 pm
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Microsoft Launches Pricing Tool for Azure Govt Cloud Services

Microsoft Corp. has introduced a pricing calculator designed to help governmentÂ customers to estimate the cost ofÂ using the company’s Azure cloud computing platform. Spenser Bullock, Azure Government blog manager, wrote in an articleÂ published Tuesday that customer agenciesÂ can choose two US Gov regions that Microsoft has added to the pricing toolÂ and calculate their monthly bill. He […] More

by Jay Clemens September 9, 2016, 8:18 am
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Sipree to Offer Agencies Financial Tech Platform Through AWS GovCloud; Kevin Henkener Comments

Sipree has made itsÂ financial technology offeringÂ availableÂ to federal customersÂ through Amazon Web Services‘ U.S. government public cloud in an effort to help agenciesÂ manage digital payments. Sipreeâ€™s software-as-a-service platform has been introduced to the AWSÂ GovCloud (US), a region designed to host data and workloads in the cloud, Sipree said Wednesday. The company developedÂ itsÂ platform to serveÂ as a gateway […] More

by Jay Clemens September 8, 2016, 9:13 am
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IBM’s Justin Chua: Orgs Should Factor Security, Market Timing, ROI Into Cloud Migration Projects

Justin Chua, cloud leader at IBM‘s Institute for Business Value, has said a new IBV studyÂ highlights several factors that organizations may want toÂ considerÂ ifÂ theyÂ opt to migrate information technology functions into cloudÂ infrastructure. Chua wrote in a blog articleÂ published Sept. 1 that companies must first decide what application to move to the cloud and address transition roadblocks when […] More

by Jay Clemens September 8, 2016, 6:57 am
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3 Companies Utilize VMware Virtual SAN Hyperconverged Service for Workload Migration, Virtualization

VMwareÂ has saidÂ Amway, iGov Technologies and SugarCreekÂ willÂ deployÂ the VMware Virtual SAN hyperconverged service to runÂ business-critical applications and virtual desktop infrastructure. The technologyÂ works to supportÂ shared storage for virtualized production environments that can scale out to several server providers, VMware said Tuesday. Michigan-based Amway transitioned 300 application servers, databases and other workloadsÂ to Virtual SAN. Systems integrator and value-added reseller […] More

by Jay Clemens August 26, 2016, 11:45 am
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Securiport-Amazon Web Services Team to Build, Test Immigration Control Services onÂ AWS Cloud

Securiport has entered an agreement with Amazon Web Services as a technology partner to develop, deploy and test various immigration control services and internal research and development projects through theÂ AWS Cloud. Washington, D.C.-based SecuriportÂ said FridayÂ it will utilize its Amazon Partner Network membership and AWS resources to build and test new cloud technology in a controlled […] More

by Dominique Stump August 26, 2016, 9:30 am
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GSA FedRAMP Team Requests Public Comment on Vendor Prioritization Criteria

The General Services Administration‘s Joint Authorization Board has asked forÂ public comment in aid ofÂ ongoing efforts toÂ finalize a criteria on how GSAÂ will select vendors to provisionally authorize in support of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Matt Goodrich, FedRAMP director, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the move is in response to suggestions from […] More

by Scott Nicholas August 25, 2016, 8:41 am
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Acquia Obtains FedRAMP Approval Through AWS Vendor Package

Acquia has usedÂ Amazon Web Services‘ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program vendor package to achieve a FedRAMPÂ authority-to-operate designation and obtainÂ permission to sell cloud computing services inÂ the public sector. AWS said Monday Acquia’s cloud platforms were assessed at the moderate impact level through the sponsorship of the Treasury Department. Acquia achieved FedRAMP ATO in April for […] More

by Ramona Adams August 23, 2016, 8:06 am
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Collab9 Obtains FedRAMP Authorization for Unified Comms Platform; Kevin Schatzle Comments

Los Angeles-based cloud communication services provider collab9 has received an authority-to-operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its unified communications-as-a-service platform to public sector organizations. The Federal Communications Commission sponsored collab9 to comply with the FedRAMP authorization process for its Cisco-hosted UCaaS cloud service designed for voice and collaboration applications, the […] More

by Jane Edwards August 19, 2016, 4:54 am