ClearDATA has joined the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Partner Program in a move to help government and nonprofit healthcare organizations access Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant cloud platforms. AWS added ClearDATA to the partner network for the healthcare cloud platform and managed services provider’s ability to help customers store, process, transmit and analyze […] More

Securiport has entered an agreement with Amazon Web Services as a technology partner to develop, deploy and test various immigration control services and internal research and development projects through the AWS Cloud. Washington, D.C.-based Securiport said Friday it will utilize its Amazon Partner Network membership and AWS resources to build and test new cloud technology in a controlled […] More

DLT Solutions has earned Amazon Web Services‘ Government Competency certification for DLT’s work to support government customer readiness for cloud migration. DLT said Tuesday it will build on its earlier certification as an AWS Managed Service Provider to help customers establish their “cloud readiness factor” and provide them support for AWS cloud services. AWS Government Competency recognizes AWS Partner Network members […] More

Amazon Web Services has selected CSRA to join two AWS government cloud partner network programs as part of a strategic alliance intended to help meet customer mission demands. Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA will participate in the Government Competency and AWS GovCloud Skill programs and have access to architects, certifications and other resources to pursue new business opportunities, […] More

Microsoft, CSRA and Amazon Web Services have each received a newly-created high baseline designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to operate their cloud computing offerings on sensitive, unclassified systems for agencies. The FedRAMP program management office says the new high baseline level is intended to unlock nearly $40 billion in information technology funds per year […] More

Amazon Web Services has developed a new private cloud computing platform and AWS marketplace to support U.S. intelligence agencies’ work to discover, buy and deploy software packages and applications. Jeff Barr, AWS chief evangelist, said in a blog post published Monday the company looks to provide a broad selection of big data, analytics, cloud transition […] More

InfoReliance will provide Amazon Web Services infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service cloud systems to the Justice Department and Government Accountability Office under a prime contract with DOJ.. The technology consulting firm said Friday the IaaS and PaaS offerings will work to facilitate security and service delivery for development, testing, quality assurance and production operations. The contract with DOJ also covers several multi-day […] More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office has started to transition its public-facing websites to an Amazon Web Services cloud computing infrastructure. GPO said Thursday it will use company’s services to migrate Integrated Library System web portals in an effort to comply with the government-wide Federal Cloud First policy. “Moving these sites to the cloud demonstrates our ongoing commitment to leverage the best […] More

Amazon Web Services and Accenture have teamed up to establish a new business group that will work to help commercial firms migrate and manage their data workloads and applications onto the AWS Cloud platform. The Accenture AWS Business Group will also provide services for enterprise clients, such as application migration and development, refactoring, architecture and […] More

Amazon Web Services has introduced a fresh data transport tool for customers designed to transfer large volumes of data using secure appliances. AWS Import/Export Snowball works to transport up to 50 terabytes of data into and out of AWS and protect the transfer process with secure enclosures, 256-bit encryption and a trusted platform module, AWS […] More

Verizon Enterprise Solutions has included Amazon Web Services to its Secure Cloud Interconnect service, allowing enterprise customers to manage their data via multiple clouds. The company said Tuesday that the added service eases users into AWS through SCI using AWS Direct Connect to offer the “right blend” of options in the areas of security, performance […] More

Amazon Web Services has certified Agilex Technologies as a consulting partner in recognition of Agilex’s AWS competencies the company developed with accredited professionals and four customer references. Roger Baker, Agilex chief strategy officer, said Thursday the company works to reconfigure existing systems so that they operate in the cloud platform. “Having led some of the government’s largest […] More