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  • QTS Buys VMware Govt Cloud Platform in Push to Expand Hybrid Cloud Portfolio; Dan Bennewitz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Buys VMware Govt Cloud Platform in Push to Expand Hybrid Cloud Portfolio; Dan Bennewitz Comments

    QTS Realty Trust has purchased a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant cloud platform from VMware for an undisclosed sum. QTS said Wednesday it has rebranded VMware vCloud Government Service as QTS Government Cloud and expects the acquisition to help expand QTS’ portfolio of hybrid cloud platforms designed to help federal information technology professionals meet IT infrastructure compliance requirements. […] More

  • Microsoft's Cloud-Based CRM Platform Gets FedRAMP Board OK Via Accelerated Authorization Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft’s Cloud-Based CRM Platform Gets FedRAMP Board OK Via Accelerated Authorization Process

    Microsoft has received a provisional authority-to-operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program‘s joint authorization board for the company’s cloud-based customer relationship management software offering for public sector clients. The company said Thursday its Dynamics CRM Online Government platform has been granted P-ATO at moderate level through the FedRAMP Accelerated process that works to expedite the CSP certification timeline within six months or less. […] More

  • Carahsoft's John Lee: GSA's 'FedRAMP Accelerated' Seeks Streamlined Cloud Application Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s John Lee: GSA’s ‘FedRAMP Accelerated’ Seeks Streamlined Cloud Application Process

    The General Services Administration‘s move to restructure its cloud computing authorization approval process aims to help cloud service providers streamline the steps necessary to achieve a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Authority to Operate designation, a Carahsoft executive has said. John Lee, vice president of cloud solutions at Carahsoft, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the FedRAMP Accelerated review […] More

  • Lightower Fiber Networks Added to GSA IT Schedule 70; Rob Shanahan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lightower Fiber Networks Added to GSA IT Schedule 70; Rob Shanahan Comments

    Lightower Fiber Networks has been awarded a position on the Government Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle to provide networking services to the federal government. Lightower said Monday it will work with customer agencies to develop network and disaster recovery services such as dark fiber, Ethernet, wavelengths and internet access under the contract with GSA. Rob Shanahan, CEO […] More

  • Lazarus Alliance Achieves FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Organization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lazarus Alliance Achieves FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Organization

    Information technology cybersecurity company Lazarus Alliance has been accredited to evaluate cloud systems for public clients as a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Third Party Assessment Organization. The 3PAO accreditation will allow the company to verify the security and control implementations utilized by cloud service providers to deliver cloud services to government customers, Lazarus Alliance said Tuesday. “…For government […] More

  • Accenture's Cloud-Based ERP Platform Gains FedRAMP Approval; David Moskovitz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture’s Cloud-Based ERP Platform Gains FedRAMP Approval; David Moskovitz Comments

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

  • GSA FedRAMP Team Requests Public Comment on Vendor Prioritization Criteria - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA FedRAMP Team Requests Public Comment on Vendor Prioritization Criteria

    The General Services Administration‘s Joint Authorization Board has asked for public comment in aid of ongoing efforts to finalize a criteria on how GSA 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

  • BPM Accredited as FedRAMP Third-Party Assessment Organization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BPM Accredited as FedRAMP Third-Party Assessment Organization

    BPM has received accreditation as a Third Party Assessment Organization that can conduct assessments of cloud service providers in accordance with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company said Wednesday it will utilize previous assessment work by its information technology assurance group based on the International Organization for Standardization, Service Organization Control and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act […] More

  • Acquia Obtains FedRAMP Approval Through AWS Vendor Package - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Acquia Obtains FedRAMP Approval Through AWS Vendor Package

    Acquia has used Amazon Web Services‘ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program vendor package to achieve a FedRAMP authority-to-operate designation and obtain permission to sell cloud computing services in 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

  • Collab9 Obtains FedRAMP Authorization for Unified Comms Platform; Kevin Schatzle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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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

  • Paul Smith: Red Hat Extends Subscription Program to Microsoft's Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Smith: Red Hat Extends Subscription Program to Microsoft’s Azure Govt Cloud

    Red Hat and Microsoft have expanded their partnership to help public sector clients adopt Microsoft’s cloud computing technology through their existing open-source Red Hat software subscriptions. Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager of Red Hat’s public sector business, wrote in a blog entry posted Friday the company’s Cloud Access program now allows clients to migrate their subscriptions to Azure […] More

  • Cohesity's Encryption Module Achieves NIST Data Security Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cohesity’s Encryption Module Achieves NIST Data Security Certification

    Cohesity has achieved the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s Federal Information Processing Standards 140-2 certification for the company’s encryption module. The company said Tuesday the certification allows government agencies to use Cohesity’s hyperconverged secondary storage offering to handle sensitive information. Cohesity added security tests of the encryption module took place part of Cohesity’s storage platform and on the same hardware that the […] More