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  • Navy Clears Accelera's Cloud-Based Active Directory Service; Steve Weiss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Clears Accelera’s Cloud-Based Active Directory Service; Steve Weiss Comments

    The Department of the Navy has granted Accelera Solutions authorization to operate a cloud-based active directory service intended to help U.S. Navy reservists access to applications hosted in Microsoft‘s Office 365 environment. Accelera said Tuesday its Dedicated Active Directory Forest is built upon the Active Directory Federation Services platform and will help connect the Defense Department‘s Office 365-based network with the Navy’s […] More

  • Microsoft's Azure Govt Cloud Gets DoD Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft’s Azure Govt Cloud Gets DoD Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted Microsoft‘s government cloud platform an information level impact 5 provisional authorization that offers Defense Department personnel an option to use the cloud service to manage controlled unclassified data. Tom Keane, Microsoft Azure general manager, wrote in a blog post published Friday the company worked with DISA and other mission partners to help Azure Government meet cloud computing […] More

  • Microsoft Reaches $3B Cloud Investment in Europe; Satya Nadella Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Reaches $3B Cloud Investment in Europe; Satya Nadella Comments

    Microsoft has reached more than $3 billion in cloud infrastructure investments that support the company’s efforts to meet demand from European partners and clients. Microsoft said Monday the company plans to offer its cloud computing platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics 365 from France-based data centers in 2017. “We continue to invest heavily in cloud infrastructure to […] More

  • Microsoft Intros New Security, Cloud, Intelligence Tools for IT Professionals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Intros New Security, Cloud, Intelligence Tools for IT Professionals

    Microsoft has introduced new cloud, security and intelligence platforms and services designed to help information technology professionals address network security threats and meet their organizations’ digital transformation objectives. The company said Monday it will launch on Oct. 1 its Enterprise Mobility + Security E5 and Secure Productive Enterprise offerings that work against security threats. Microsoft’s […] 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

  • Christian Ekhart: Icomedias Develops Microsoft Tech-Based Digitization App for Public Safety Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Christian Ekhart: Icomedias Develops Microsoft Tech-Based Digitization App for Public Safety Agencies

    Icomedias has collaborated with Microsoft to create a mobile application designed to help public safety organizations to digitize paperwork, icomedias CEO Christian Ekhart wrote in an article published Thursday on Microsoft’s website. Ekhart said the HYBRID.FORMS application is built upon Microsoft-built technology products such as Windows 10, SQL Server, SharePoint and Office 365. The app will work to help first responders complete forms electronically using tablets and […] More

  • Microsoft Expands ExpressRoute Service to Azure Gov't Cloud Users - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Expands ExpressRoute Service to Azure Gov’t Cloud Users

    Microsoft has made its Azure ExpressRoute cloud integration service available to users of the software company’s Azure Government cloud platform. Yousef Khalidi, Azure networking engineer at Microsoft, wrote in a Microsoft blog post published Tuesday that Microsoft’s Azure ExpressRoute service is designed to establish private connectivity between on-premises data centers and Azure cloud computing platform without the […] More

  • Microsoft Unveils Office 365 Email Filtering Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils Office 365 Email Filtering Tool

    Microsoft has introduced an email security offering intended to help government and commercial organizations protect their mailboxes against sophisticated threats. The Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection service works to filter out zero-day threats and malicious links in digital correspondence, according to a June 1 blog post by Shobhit Sahay, technical product manager of Microsoft’s Office […] More

  • Dell Unveils Cloud Access Manager With Context-Based Controls; John Milburn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Unveils Cloud Access Manager With Context-Based Controls; John Milburn Comments

    Dell has launched the latest version of the Dell One Identity Cloud Access Manager featuring the company’s Security Analytics Engine, support for the OpenID Connect protocol, Microsoft certification for Office 365 interoperability and social authentication functions. The company said Monday CAM 8.0 works to enable organizations to control access to Web and mobile applications based on contextual information while facilitating […] More

  • Ingate, eTechHelp Partner to Integrate NCTCOG's Cloud-Based Enterprise Communication Apps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ingate, eTechHelp Partner to Integrate NCTCOG’s Cloud-Based Enterprise Communication Apps

    Ingate Systems and eTechHelp have collaborated to help the North Central Texas Council of Governments consolidate the group’s multivendor communication tools with an Office 365 cloud platform. The companies said Monday they worked to integrate Cisco‘s Unified Communications technology and Microsoft‘s Exchange Online hosted messaging service into a single cloud computing environment. ETechHelp used the […] More

  • Microsoft Obtains FedRAMP Authorization to Deploy Office 365 at HHS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Obtains FedRAMP Authorization to Deploy Office 365 at HHS

    Microsoft has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization to provide Office 365 products and services that are tailored for government agencies to the Department of Health and Human Services. The company said Thursday that the authority to operate certifies Microsoft to provide HHS cloud-based email and enterprise collaboration services such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. Microsoft obtained […] 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