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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  • Mark Testoni: SAP to Offer US Agencies Cloud Package With 'Secured Support' Options - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Testoni: SAP to Offer US Agencies Cloud Package With ‘Secured Support’ Options

    SAP and its U.S. subsidiary SAP National Security Services have developed a new managed cloud package for U.S. federal agencies to host government and custom applications and operations. SAP said Thursday it worked with agencies to develop a portfolio that combines cloud, hosted and on-premise functions to meet particular agency needs and regulatory or security requirements. The company designed the cloud offering to comply with the National Institute […] More

  • Booz Allen Releases Cloud Brokerage Project to Red Hat Community; Jarid Cottrell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Releases Cloud Brokerage Project to Red Hat Community; Jarid Cottrell Comments

    Booz Allen Hamilton has open sourced its “Project Jellyfish” cloud broker project to users of Red Hat‘s ManageIQ platform to facilitate collaboration and broker-type management of cloud services across different environments. Booz Allen said Wednesday the project’s code, processes, documentation and other resources are now available to the ManageIQ community through the Booz Allen Hamilton account in GitHub. “The Federal Government is […] More

  • IBM, Microsoft Announce Hybrid Cloud Partnership; Robert LeBlanc Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Microsoft Announce Hybrid Cloud Partnership; Robert LeBlanc Comments

    IBM and Microsoft have inked a cooperation agreement intended to expand the enterprise customer’s hybrid cloud options. Under the partnership, the two companies will make their enterprise software available on both IBM Cloud and Microsoft Azure, providing more avenues for partners, developers and other clients to pursue their business goals, IBM said Wednesday. The relationship […] More

  • Hitachi Offers Logical Partitioning Tech for SAP HANA; Mike Walkey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hitachi Offers Logical Partitioning Tech for SAP HANA; Mike Walkey Comments

    Hitachi and its subsidiary Hitachi Data Systems have unveiled an x86-based logical partitioning solution for SAP HANA to support server virtualization and network consolidation on-premise, in the cloud or in a hybrid cloud environment. The company said Sunday Hitachi LPAR works to provide computing and storage functions for system utilization and to streamline operations with a consolidated infrastructure. Mike Walkey, senior vice president for […] More

  • Verizon’s Kevin King: Security Key in Multicloud Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon’s Kevin King: Security Key in Multicloud Environments

    Kevin King of Verizon Enterprise Solutions believes companies should consider security when looking for a service that can interconnect data that resides in multiple cloud environments. King, external communications director at Verizon, said Thursday that one of the reasons why resources are stored in more than one cloud is to safeguard information. “Multicloud environments reduce the risk of […] More

  • CGI Wins $61M Cloud Tech Transition Project for Oslo Schools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Wins $61M Cloud Tech Transition Project for Oslo Schools

    CGI will help update the Norwegian capital public school system’s information technology infrastructure under a $61 million project of the Agency for Education in the City of Oslo. The contract involves transitioning the ICT system to a cloud-based architecture and address school requirements for a six-year base period of performance and two-year option to extend, CGI said […] More

  • Gary Budzinski: CSC-VMware Alliance Seeks to Deliver Integrated Cloud Computing Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gary Budzinski: CSC-VMware Alliance Seeks to Deliver Integrated Cloud Computing Platform

    Computer Sciences Corp. and VMware will collaborate to develop an infrastructure-as-a-service platform intended to help enterprises automate, manage and secure applications in cloud environments. The companies aim to integrate CSC’s Agility cloud management platform with VMware’s suite of software-based computing, storage and networking technologies, VMware said Tuesday. CSC also plans to leverage VMware-made vSphere, NSX, […] More

  • Pentagon to Examine Commercial Cloud-Data Center Integration Ideas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pentagon to Examine Commercial Cloud-Data Center Integration Ideas

    The Defense Department is exploring two options to integrate commercial cloud services into the agency’s data centers, Information Week reported Friday. Jai Vijayan writes the Defense Information Systems Agency has released a request for information in search of ideas from industry on ways to have cloud vendors deliver services to the U.S. military using DoD’s network and facilities. Under a potential data […] More

  • Cisco Intercloud Network Adds 30 Partners, 250 Global Data Centers; Rob Lloyd Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Intercloud Network Adds 30 Partners, 250 Global Data Centers; Rob Lloyd Comments

    Cisco has added at least 30 Intercloud Fabric partners and 250 data centers as the company pushes forward with its plans to build a global network of interconnected clouds to support the Internet of Everything. The company said Monday its partners – cloud providers, builders, aggregators and resellers as well as independent software vendors – deploy hybrid cloud infrastructure to support enterprise operations. Rob Lloyd, Cisco president […] More

  • Report: SPAWAR Eyes $17M Savings with Microsoft Cloud Email Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: SPAWAR Eyes $17M Savings with Microsoft Cloud Email Platform

    The U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command will launch a pilot program for reserve units to test a cloud-based Microsoft communication and collaboration system, Nextgov reported Tuesday. SPAWAR estimates adopting the Office 365 cloud email platform would save the organization almost $17 million over five years, according to the report by Bob Brewin. […] More

  • IBM Launches North Carolina Cloud Resiliency Center; Mike Errity Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Launches North Carolina Cloud Resiliency Center; Mike Errity Comments

    IBM has opened a new cloud resiliency center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina in a move to help businesses protect their assets from disruptions. The company combined cloud and traditional disaster recovery systems with new physical security features into the new facility, IBM said Monday. Monitise has partnered with IBM to grow mobile banking, payments and commerce ecosystems at cloud […] More

  • Peter Weber: Carpathia to Offer VMware vCloud Gov't Service via Early Access Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Weber: Carpathia to Offer VMware vCloud Gov’t Service via Early Access Program

    Carpathia will launch the Early Access Program for its VMware vCloud Government Service based on feedback from the invited participants to its earlier beta-testing program on the enterprise-class hybrid cloud service. Peter Weber, Carpathia CEO, wrote Friday on the company blog that the new program is open to federal CIOs and IT organizations that plan to develop and test cloud applications on […] More