Government Cloud

Internet2, a nonprofit networking consortium, has partnered with the National Science Foundation for a project aimed at studying the use of commercial cloud services for science and engineering research. The two organizations will seek proposals for the Exploring Clouds for Acceleration of Science effort, which will address the viability of cloud computing technology for six […] More

General Dynamics‘ information technology business will help the U.S. Navy implement a cloud technology platform under a potential five-year, $96M blanket purchase agreement. The company said Monday it will provide commercial cloud offerings including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure via the General Services Administration’s Schedule 70 multiple-award contract. The BPA, which was awarded by the […] More

The U.S. government may provide the largest growth opportunity for Amazon as the company competes for the Defense Department’s potential 10-year, $10B cloud contract, CNN Business reported Thursday. The report noted that Amazon is considered to be the frontrunner for the single-award Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement contract. The JEDI program could position the Seattle-based e-commerce firm […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has obtained a Government Competency designation from Amazon Web Services as a provider of cloud offerings to the public sector. SAIC said Thursday the status recognizes the company’s services and experience in efforts to deliver government information technology applications and workloads via AWS. The Reston, Va.-based IT services contractor designs, generates and manages cloud-based workloads, […] More

Rubrik has introduced a platform designed to help enterprise customers manage and secure data from on-premise information technology infrastructure to a Microsoft cloud environment. The Rubrik Accelerator for Microsoft Azure offering allows customers to automate processes to move cloud-based information such as backup, recovery and archival schedules, the data management company said Wednesday. Mike Tornincasa, executive vice president of worldwide sales […] More

Arizona State University and Amazon Web Services have partnered to address community limitations in the Phoenix area through the use of cloud technologies. The partnership will establish the ASU Smart City Cloud Innovation Center to support smart city designers, generate options for technology alternatives, boost economic development and facilitate distribution of government technologies across the […] More

Cray has partnered with Intel and Microsoft to help customers manage workloads on a high-performance computing system hosted in a cloud environment. The partnership will allow clients to leverage Cray’s Sentinel supercomputer alongside a suite of Azure cloud services and tools such as those designed for artificial intelligence, machine learning, storage, archiving, remote visualization and internet-of-things applications, the company said Tuesday. […] More

Motorola Solutions has chosen Microsoft‘s Azure Government to support a software platform for public safety agencies to manage applications in a cloud computing environment. The partnership seeks to leverage both companies’ offerings to help agencies run hybrid architectures designed for use on premise or in the cloud, Motorola Solutions said Monday. Andrew Sinclair, corporate vice president […] More

The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has launched a market survey to identify potential sources of professional services for a web-based cloud computing platform designed for government use. GSA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice FAS’ technology transformation services division seeks large or small companies that can help the agency manage and maintain cloud.gov site. […] More

ECS has received a contract of an undisclosed value to provide managed commercial cloud services to U.S. Transportation Command. The company said Tuesday it will help Transcom automate and scale information technology systems, infrastructure and applications through the firm’s Cloud Center of Excellence. Fairfax, Va.-based ECS added its cloud delivery approach will allow the command to utilize advanced […] More

IBM’s planned $34B acquisition of Red Hat could have an impact on the federal cloud market and agencies’ information technology modernization plans, Bloomberg Government reported Friday. IBM agreed in late October to pay $190 in cash for each share of Red Hat in a move to establish a global provider of hybrid cloud platforms. BGOV […] More