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		<title>CGI Moving GSA Websites to Cloud Computing</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2012/01/cgi-moving-gsa-websites-to-cloud-computing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gino Troiani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CGI Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data.gov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GSA Infrastructure as a Service BPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynne Bushey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. General Service Administration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration has selected CGI Federal Inc. to transition the GSA&#8217;s websites &#8212; including Data.gov and USA.gov &#8212; to cloud computing, CGI announced Tuesday. The five-year, $20.7 million contract was awarded under the GSA&#8217;s infrastructure-as-a-service blanket purchase agreement. The GSA&#8217;s office of citizen services and innovative technologies will lead the project. CGI will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NetApp, Iron Mountain Partner to Provide Secure Cloud to Healthcare Organizations</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/11/netapp-iron-mountain-partner-to-provide-secure-cloud-to-healthcare-orgs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Wilkers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healthcare IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare IT news]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iron Mountain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NetApp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NetApp and Iron Mountain have today jointly announced a new partnership to develop a secure cloud-based solution for medical data archiving and disaster recovery. The firms said they will integrate NetApp&#8217;s StorageGRID software with two Iron Mountain medical data archiving products: the digital record center for medical images and its vendor neutral counterpart. The companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fulcrum IT Wins Multiple Contracts with Clients in DoD and Intelligence Communities</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/11/fulcrum-it-wins-multiple-contracts-with-clients-in-dod-and-intelligence-communities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aquala Bogan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fulcrum IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligence community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software and systems engineering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fulcrum IT was recently awarded $10 million in unannounced contracts for federal government clients within the Defense Department and Intelligence communities. The firm teamed up with various federal contractors to provide a multitude of engineering services. Those services include cloud computing platform design and implementation; information management; widget architecture, development, testing, and integration; and information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Spotlight: USIS President and CEO Bill Mixon Speaks About the Changing Security Landscape and Always Thinking Forward</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/11/executive-spotlight-usis-president-and-ceo-bill-mixon-speaks-about-the-changing-security-landscape-and-always-thinking-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Watson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Executive Spotlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Mixon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contract award]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[office of personnel management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OPM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[re-compete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USIS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Under Bill Mixon’s leadership, USIS just renewed for the second time both the Office of Personnel Management field investigations and the OPM operational support services contracts. The two five-year awards are worth an estimated combined $2.7 billion. Bill led USIS’ winning efforts in these contract pursuits in both 2006 and 2011. Bill, what are your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GovConExec Magazine’s Fall Issue Examines Peak Markets in Government Contracting</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/09/govconexec-magazine%e2%80%99s-fall-issue-examines-peak-markets-in-government-contracting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/09/govconexec-magazine%e2%80%99s-fall-issue-examines-peak-markets-in-government-contracting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn Noland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Spotlight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare IT]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Mosaic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vangent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Executive Mosaic, publisher of GovCon Executive and other web properties related to government contracting, has announced the launch of the latest issue of GovConExec magazine, which highlights the growth opportunities for government contractors. The latest issue comes at a time where the nation is taking steps to get its fiscal house in order, requiring contractors to deliver cost saving solutions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QTS&#8217; Cloud Managed Hosting Solution Receives PCI Certification</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/09/qts-cloud-managed-hosting-solution-receives-pci-certification/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/09/qts-cloud-managed-hosting-solution-receives-pci-certification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aquala Bogan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Stoever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCI certification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QYS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quality Technology Services recently announced its cloud-based QVI environment has been approved and registered as PCI Data Security Standard 1.2 Level 1 certified compliant. The certification confirms QTS as having successfully undergone a level 1 certified compliant. “Our customers in the payment card and financial services sectors not only benefit from QTS’ safe and secure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CGI is Awarded Contract with Wake County to Transition ERP System to the Cloud</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/09/cgi-is-awarded-contract-with-wake-county-to-transition-erp-system-to-the-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/09/cgi-is-awarded-contract-with-wake-county-to-transition-erp-system-to-the-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aquala Bogan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CGI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERP system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Honarvar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wake County]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CGI has recently been selected by Wake County, N.C. to transition the operation of its enterprise resource planning ERP system to CGI’s AMS Advantage cloud. The 12-year contract, valued at $30.5 million, requires CGI to host the system and securely manage day-to-day operations under its Managed Advantage program. “Under this program, CGI delivers system reliability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Symantec Announces its New Cloud-Based Certificate Intelligence Center</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/09/symantec-announces-its-new-cloud-based-certificate-intelligence-center/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/09/symantec-announces-its-new-cloud-based-certificate-intelligence-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aquala Bogan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Certificate Intelligence Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fortune 500]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fran Rosch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global 1000]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Symantec recently announced its Certificate Intelligence Center, a cloud-based service enterprises with large numbers of certificates can use for business authentication and data encryption on servers. “Over the last year, this service was developed in consultation with more than 25 Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies with the key goal to create a simple and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IBM and HP Launch New Cloud Data Protection Services</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/06/ibm-and-hp-launch-new-cloud-data-protection-services/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/06/ibm-and-hp-launch-new-cloud-data-protection-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aquala Bogan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data storage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enterprise PC backup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SearchDataBackup.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SmartCloud Archive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SmartCloud Managed Backup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SmartCloud Virtualized Server Recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Wojtowecz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IBM and HP have announced the launch of new public cloud data protection services for large companies. Both firms introduced backup services with IBM’s services including archiving and disaster recovery for virtual servers, while HP’s services include an enterprise PC backup. IBM’s SmartCloud Archive, SmartCloud Virtualized Server Recovery and SmartCloud Managed Backup were presented this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IDC Report Forecasts Public IT Cloud Spending to Reach $72.9 Million by 2015</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/06/idc-report-forecasts-public-it-cloud-spending-to-reach-72-9-million-by-2015/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/06/idc-report-forecasts-public-it-cloud-spending-to-reach-72-9-million-by-2015/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aquala Bogan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2015]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Gens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IDC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a new report by the IDC, public IT cloud spending will expand from $21.5 billion in 2010 to $72.9 billion by 2015. The International Data Corporation’s study forecasts cloud services driving growth in the IT industry over the next 25 years. The study found IT cloud services growing at more than four times [...]]]></description>
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