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  • ViON Named Among 'Largest' Private Companies in Greater Washington - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON Named Among ‘Largest’ Private Companies in Greater Washington

    ViON has been included in a list of best-performing privately held companies in the greater Washington, D.C., area based on total revenue in 2016. The company said Thursday it received recognition as one of the top private companies in the region for the second year, placing 53rd out of 105 companies in this year’s Washington Business Journal Largest Private […] More

  • Bill Sullivan to Speak at Cloudera Government Forum in Colorado - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Sullivan to Speak at Cloudera Government Forum in Colorado

    Bill Sullivan, vice president and general manager for the North American public sector at Cloudera, is scheduled to speak on Nov. 7 at the company-hosted government forum to be held at Denver Art Museum in Colorado. Sullivan will discuss with industry and public sector leaders how the government can leverage cloud, analytics and machine learning […] More

  • NGA Seeks Info on Potential Sources of Cloud Devt & Industry Collaboration Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Seeks Info on Potential Sources of Cloud Devt & Industry Collaboration Services

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants information on potential vendors that can provide unclassified cloud development support and industry collaboration services. NGA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 18 that it needs to deliver cloud development and industry collaboration support for 40 individuals in St. Louis, Missouri. The agency plans to award a contract that […] More

  • Logicalis US to Help Migrate Client Workloads to Microsoft Azure Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Logicalis US to Help Migrate Client Workloads to Microsoft Azure Cloud

    Logicalis US has expanded its cloud-first infrastructure-as-a-service capacities to help enterprise clients migrate workloads to the Microsoft Azure cloud. Microsoft asked partners such as Logicalis to guide customers on the development of strategic roadmaps to the cloud and assist information technology professionals on the acquisition of relevant hardware and software that can help meet business […] More

  • Davis Johnson: Riverbed Hosts Discussions on Govt Cloud Adoption, Digital Transformation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Davis Johnson: Riverbed Hosts Discussions on Govt Cloud Adoption, Digital Transformation

    Riverbed Technology has facilitated discussions on government cloud adoption at the company’s first annual “Disrupt” event for public sector leaders in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The event featured a keynote speech from Hansang Bae, Riverbed chief technology officer, where he discussed how federal agencies can deploy software-defined wide area network to simplify cloud systems, the company said Tuesday. […] More

  • GSA Seeks Info on Support Sources for White House Innovation Office’s Centers of Excellence - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Info on Support Sources for White House Innovation Office’s Centers of Excellence

    The General Services Administration has asked information on potential vendors that can provide support services for the White House Office of American Innovation’s four proposed centers of excellence and its technology initiatives. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service is interested in companies that can help COEs provide identity and authentication support […] More

  • AWS-Cal Poly Team Unveils Transformation Hub Built to Further Digital Systems Using Cloud Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS-Cal Poly Team Unveils Transformation Hub Built to Further Digital Systems Using Cloud Tech

    Amazon Web Services and the California Polytechnic State University will launch a new transformation hub designed to streamline the evolution of digital systems throughout the education, government and nonprofit sectors using cloud technologies. Cal Poly said in a report that the AWS-powered Digital Transformation Hub will adopt innovation techniques from Amazon Web Services and integrate those […] More

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

    Microsoft has received two Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authority-to-operate certifications from the Justice Department for its Azure Government cloud platform. The company said Tuesday it received the FedRAMP High ATO authorizations for Azure Government through DOJ’s justice management division responsible for the agency’s information resources, policy guidance, financial and human resources management. The certifications seek […] More

  • Microsoft Unveils New Azure Govt Cloud Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils New Azure Govt Cloud Offerings

    Microsoft has introduced a range of new offerings on the Azure Government cloud platform for public sector customers. Tom Keane, global infrastructure lead at Microsoft’s Azure segment, wrote in an article published Tuesday that the company will launch the Azure Government Secret service for government clients that handle secret-level classified data. Azure Government Secret is designed to […] More

  • CyrusOne Data Center Offers AWS Cloud Access for Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Data Center Offers AWS Cloud Access for Customers

    CyrusOne has begun to offer access to Amazon Web Services‘ cloud services through a private network at the former’s data center campus in Houston, Texas. AWS Direct Connect is designed to provide a private and direct access to AWS services instead of requiring customers to connect through the internet, CyrusOne said Tuesday. The data center provider initially made AWS Direct […] More

  • Microsoft Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Intelligent Business App Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Intelligent Business App Suite

    Microsoft has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer its line of intelligent business applications to U.S. government customers. James Townsend, founder and CEO of Microsoft partner company Infostrat, wrote in article published Monday that the Department of Housing and Urban Development granted a FedRAMP authority to operate at the “moderate impact level” to […] More

  • Roger Krone Shares Insights on Leidos-Lockheed IS&GS Merger at NVTC Titans Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Roger Krone Shares Insights on Leidos-Lockheed IS&GS Merger at NVTC Titans Event

    Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, talked about the Reston, Virginia-based government information technology services contractor’s merger with Lockheed Martin’s information systems and global services business at the Titans breakfast event held Friday in Tysons Corner, Virginia. He discussed at the Northern Virginia Technology Council-hosted event how the transaction has helped Leidos to diversify its portfolio, build […] More