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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
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.
IBM Corp. has released a new version of its server architecture for big data analytics and cloud computing in an effort to help customers enhance system performance. The X6 architecture, built for x86-based servers and PureSystems services for analytics and cloud, features an eXFlash memory-channel with up to 12.8 terabytes of flash storage, IBM said […] More
Autonomic Resources has released a cloud service offering for software providers to migrate their applications to federally mandated platforms in order to comply with federal agency requirements. Customers can use the new service to move their application stacks into the Federal Risk and Authorization Program and Defense Department-accredited Autonomic Resources cloud platform, Autonomic Resources said […] More
General Dynamics Information Technology has been chosen to run a web-based cloud computing brokerage service for the state of Texas. The subsidiary launched the CloudBroker online portal where state and local government organizations and public education institutions can acquire cloud platforms and services, General Dynamics IT said Wednesday. As the state’s official cloud broker, General […] More
QinetiQ North America and BroadSoft have moved to extend their partnership to develop unified communications services for federal, defense and intelligence customers. QNA will provide hosted, BroadCloud-based unified communications technology and expand existing offering with BroadSoft’s unified communications services, QNA said Tuesday. John Sutton, executive vice president and general manager of mission services at QNA, said […] More
IBM plans to introduce a new server architecture for cloud computing and big data environments as the company seeks new market opportunities, Tech Target reported Thursday. Ed Scannell and Beth Pariseau write the X6 systems is built around a “mid-plane architecture†based on Intel’s QuickPath Internconnect technology for memory-to-memory data transfer. The new server technology features an […] More
Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services’ worldwide public sector, has said agencies will control costs, enhance quality and boost the speed of cloud services in 2014, FCW reported Thursday. Carlson writes that the government and private sector have already shifted focus to core business operations from running data centers. Agencies are now able […] More
Cisco has certified Iron Bow Technologies as a cloud and managed services provider. The Cisco Cloud Master Service Provider Certification accredits Iron Bow as a trusted and experienced partner in the deployment of cloud solutions and related services, Iron Bow reported Thursday. “Our team takes a holistic approach to cloud services… helping our customers recognize […] More
Unisys has released findings of a new survey that indicates many U.S. business executives prefer to use a private cloud model for deploying secure information technology services to clients. Unisys polled 103 business and technology leaders in the U.S. for the study and 60 percent cited security in delivering IT services as their top challenge, Unisys […] More
Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a provisional authority-to-operate from a third-party assessment organization under the Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program. The P-ATO from Knowledge Consulting Group was for CTC’s Unclassified Remote Hosted Desktop software-as-a-service offerings, KCG announced Wednesday. With this approval, CTC became the first company to have its SaaS tools complete the process and […] More
An Appian business process management software has been adopted by the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to automate back office functions based in a cloud computing environment. Appian Cloud is designed to help corporate users digitize workloads, access mobile applications and collaborate with each other, Appian said Tuesday. The Dallas/Fort Worth airport aims to improve its […] More
Dell has introduced services for customers to develop and migrate applications to the Salesforce platform. Dell will provide advisory and application migration services to clients and serve to help design and manage applications, Dell said Tuesday. Raman Sapra, executive director and global lead of strategy and business innovation services at Dell Services, said the company […] More
Autonomic Resources has earned FedRAMP reauthorization for its ARC-P cloud offering, the first company to pass the federal agency’s ongoing assessment process. The ARC-P Community and ARC-P Private infrastructure-as-a-service platforms received initial accreditation in December 2012, the company said Monday. The re-inspection performed by a third-party assessment organization was checked against more than 100 NIST […] More
