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Carahsoft: FedRAMP Helps Level the Playing Field for Cloud IT Firms

Carahsoft has observedÂ that businessesÂ certified underÂ the Federal Risk and Authorization Management ProgramÂ are able to compete on a “level playing field” to offer cloud-based information technology products and services to government agencies. The company said in a blog article published FridayÂ it estimates the number of FedRAMP-compliant providers grew about 41 percent from December 2014 to June 2015. […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman December 7, 2015, 8:28 am
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Deltek’s Alex Rossino: Fiscal 2015 Federal Cloud Investments Exceed $2B

A Deltek report indicatesÂ federal civilian and defense agencies have collectively spent about $2.29 billion on cloud computing products and services during fiscal 2015. Alex Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, writes in a blog article published Tuesday the company found that the U.S. Defense Department awarded $1.14 billion in contracts to cloud vendors over […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 25, 2015, 12:26 pm
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Vencore’s FedRAMP 3PAO Status Renewed; Mac Curtis Comments

Vencore has been recertified by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation to assessÂ cloud service providers underÂ the government’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company said Friday it obtained reaccreditationÂ as a FedRAMP third-party assessment organization after A2LA audited the firm’s compliance with the program’s technical requirements. “As the federal government and commercial customers accelerate the […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 23, 2015, 8:58 am
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IBM-Vencore Alliance Launches Emergency Response App Design Challenge; Anne Altman, Kent Matlick Comment

IBM and Vencore have partnered to holdÂ a competition for developers to build cloud-based predictive analytics and mobile software applications that can help emergency response organizations carry out their missions. The First Responder Application ChallengeÂ is meant to encourage development of a fully functioning app that will run onÂ IBM’s Bluemix cloud platform or Vencore’s Intelligent Data Exploitation […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 18, 2015, 7:52 am
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IBM Adds 5 New Federal Cloud Ecosystem Partners; Anne Altman Comments

Five companies have joined IBMâ€™s cloud ecosystem to deliver hybrid cloud services to the U.S. federal government. IBM said TuesdayÂ that Arrow, Avnet Government Solutions, Ingram Micro, Tech Data and ViON will incorporate the IBM cloud system into their respective offerings as part of the partnership. â€œWith our partners, we have a strong understanding of the […] More

by Jay Clemens November 17, 2015, 11:17 am
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QTS Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure Services Receive Cisco Cloud Certification; Frank Eagle Comments

QTS Realty Trust hasÂ received aÂ CiscoÂ cloud and managed services certification for the former companyâ€™s disaster recovery as a service and infrastructure as a service products. Cisco audited QTS’ enterprise and federal cloud offerings designed to provide Cisco-powered DRaaS and IaaS services, QTS said Friday. Frank Eagle, vice president of business development at QTS, said Ciscoâ€™s certification […] More

by Jay Clemens November 17, 2015, 6:09 am
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ServiceNow Cloud Platform to Host NASA Shared Services Center

ServiceNowÂ will provide cloud services to NASA in support of the NASA Shared Services Center, which seeks to facilitate the delivery of IT, human resources and grant services to employees, contractors and researchers. The enterprise software firm said Nov. 3Â its cloud-based service management platform works to support the consolidation of NSSC’s systems and automation of 50 […] More

by Anna Forrester November 16, 2015, 5:15 am
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AWS’ Max Peterson: Cloud Tech Demand Presents Employment, Economic Opportunities

Max Peterson, a general manager at Amazon Web Services‘ global public sector business, has saidÂ the cloud computing market couldÂ create as many as 14 million new jobs during 2015, BusinessNewsAsia reported Wednesday. “Cloud represents a huge opportunity for good jobs and economic development,” Peterson told the audience during his keynote speech Wednesday at Cloud Expo Asia […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman October 29, 2015, 11:23 am
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Microsoft-Taser Team Launches Cloud Platform for Digital Evidence Mgmt; Curt Kolcun Comments

Microsoft has teamed up with Taser International to develop and deploy a cloud platform that will work to help law enforcement officials collect and manage digital evidence. Microsoft said Monday it will integrate its Azure cloud computing platform and Windows 10 devices with Taserâ€™s Axon suite of body cameras and Evidence.com offering that works to […] More

by Jane Edwards October 26, 2015, 11:31 am
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EMC-VMware JV to Offer Hybrid Cloud Platforms; Pat Gelsinger Comments

EMC and VMware have teamed up to establish a new business that will work to provide a portfolio of hybrid cloud platforms for government and commercial clients. Virtustream CEO Rodney Rogers will oversee the joint ventureÂ thatÂ will operate as part of the Virtustream brand, VMware said Tuesday. The new cloud services business will work to combine […] More

by Jane Edwards October 21, 2015, 7:24 am
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Amazon Web Services-Accenture Group to Offer Cloud Migration Services; Adam Selipsky Comments

Amazon Web Services and Accenture have teamed up to establish a new business group that will work to help commercial firms migrate and manage their data workloads and applications onto the AWS Cloud platform. The Accenture AWS Business Group will also provide services for enterprise clients, such as application migration and development, refactoring, architecture and […] More

by Jane Edwards October 19, 2015, 8:28 am
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Verizon Rolls Out Networking Service for Public Sector Cloud Adopters; Michael Maiorana Comments

VerizonÂ has launched a networking service to helpÂ federal agencies and other public sector organizationsÂ link and manage their workloads acrossÂ cloud computing platforms and data centers. The Secure Cloud Interconnect works to provide users a private Internet connection in order to access information and applications stored in data centers and private, public and hybrid cloud platforms, VerizonÂ said Wednesday. […] More

by Jane Edwards October 16, 2015, 8:46 am