VMware has secured a certification from the Joint Authorization Board of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for a hybrid cloud service it co-developed with Amazon Web Services. Matt, director of product management at VMware, wrote Friday that a FedRAMP High JAB authorization was granted to VMware Cloud on AWS GovCloud (US), a secure […] More

Amazon‘s cloud business has launched to the general public a tool designed to help users monitor and enhance industrial operations by enabling them to make a digital replica of real-world equipment, facilities, production lines and other assets. Amazon Web Services said Thursday the AWS Internet of Things TwinMaker service is now available in the U.S. […] More

Intelsat has unveiled a new connectivity offering designed to help programmers securely access both Amazon Web Services and the IntelsatOne Media Network. The satellite services company said Tuesday its new Cloud Connect Media service offers a private gateway between Intelsat’s global media distribution network and AWS. Intelsat expects its AWS partnership to provide customers a […] More

Amazon and its cloud computing business have joined a team led by Sierra Space and Blue Origin to help build a commercial space station to support space research and exploration activities in low-Earth orbit. Amazon Web Services will support the Orbital Reef station development project by providing cloud services and tools for space station design […] More

Max Peterson, vice president of the worldwide public sector business at Amazon Web Services (AWS), has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, the most acclaimed and coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership with AWS to drive cloud adoption and capabilities across the globe as well as driving innovation for the […] More

Presidio has partnered with Amazon Web Services in a strategy to gain more technical experience and expand advisory and assistance work in cloud adoption projects. The partnership seeks to certify Presidio professionals to help government and commercial customers implement cloud technology and manage the adoption life cycle, the company said Tuesday. Presidio, which holds AWS […] More

Carahsoft has added two identity and access management platforms from Okta to Amazon Web Services’ digital catalog that offers government customers access to third-party cloud offerings. The AWS Marketplace now includes Okta’s Workforce Identity and Customer Identity software-as-a-service offerings for the federal, state, local and education sectors, Carahsoft said Friday. “Public Sector customers now have […] More

Amazon Web Services has added data security company Code-X to a co-sell program that seeks to help members drive revenue growth through partnerships with the AWS sales team and other participants. Code-X’s data security technologies will be among AWS’ offerings through the former’s participation in the Independent Software Vendor Accelerate program, Code-X said Thursday. AWS’ […] More

Cedric George, director for DOD strategic business development at Amazon Web Services, told FedScoop in an interview published Monday that edge computing enables the Department of Defense to provide warfighters access to systems at the tactical edge across ground, air or maritime domain. He cited the U.S. Air Force’s On-Ramp 4 technical demonstration in 2021 […] More

Red Hat has partnered with stackArmor to use the latter’s offering to speed up the process of achieving authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud service on Amazon Web Services. “We are pleased to collaborate with stackArmor to help us accelerate the FedRAMP ATO for Red Hat OpenShift […] More

Amazon Web Services has provided resources and recommendations to help organizations address a newly discovered vulnerability associated with the Log4j Java-based logging utility, which is part of the Apache Software Foundation’s logging services project. AWS released a GitHub-available tool that users can run to hotpatch Java Virtual Machines with Log4j 2.0 and later versions, Mukhtar […] More

Amazon Web Services has launched a new cloud region designed to host data and workloads with the “Top Secret” classification status. The AWS Top Secret-West region is the second commercial air-gapped cloud authorized for classified workloads and features new multiple availability zones that are geographically detached from the AWS Top Secret-East region that was unveiled […] More