Government Cloud
Learn about the latest technologies that drive the rapid adoption of cloud services by the public sector. This section focuses on offerings for public, private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments specifically tailored for federal agencies.
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ORock Unveils Cloud Computing Offering With Intel, Lockheed Technologies
ORock Technologies has introduced a new cloud computing offering developed in partnership with Intel and Lockheed Martin to provide organizations with a capability to tackle high performance computing applications and workloads in cloud or virtualized environments while ensuring the security of the process.
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Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger Named to 2021 Wash100 Award Recipients for Leading Innovation, IT Modernization Efforts for USAF
Lauren Knausenberger, deputy chief information officer for the Department of the Air Force, has received the most coveted honor in all of government contracting (GovCon) for her leadership and drive for innovation to advance the service branch’s information technology (IT) modernization efforts and overall digital transformation of the USAF’s technical capabilities.
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State Department Picks Alpha Omega Integration for $58M IT Modernization Support BPA
The State Department has awarded a $58 million blanket purchase agreement to Alpha Omega Integration to help the bureau of administration modernize its information technology applications. The company will provide digital services, cloud computing and management support to help the bureau’s IT services division implement its digital transformation strategy.
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S-Docs Meets FedRAMP Moderate Level, DOD Impact Level-4 Requirements
S-Docs has achieved moderate level certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and complied with the Impact Level 4 standards of the Department of Defense Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide following a cybersecurity assessment conducted by Coalfire Systems.
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GDIT Expects milCloud 2.0 to Begin Hosting Classified Workloads by Summer
General Dynamics’ information technology business said milCloud 2.0 is on schedule to host classified workloads starting this summer as the Impact Level 6 authorization process to certify the Department of Defense’s on-premise cloud platform to handle such workloads is now in progress.
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Cloud Vendors Seek to Meet Pentagon’s Future Warfighting Needs; Microsoft Federal’s Rick Wagner Quoted
Cloud service providers are investing in the development of technology platforms that could help the Department of Defense meet the needs of warfighters operating in tactical, distributed environments. “We have to create devices that can operate in those austere environments,” said Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft Federal for government customers and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient.
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Medallia Logs Certification Milestone With FedRAMP High Authorization
Medallia has received high authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, enabling the company to process high impact level unclassified data of government agencies. Medallia offers secure digital technology designed for managing and enhancing citizen and government experience.
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Vonage COO Jay Bellissimo Named to 2021 Wash100 for Driving Company Success and Growth; Advancing Cloud Capabilities
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce that Jay Bellissimo, chief operating officer for Vonage, has been named a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for his leadership and success driving company growth and advancing innovation in cloud communications and other key technologies. This marks the first-time that Bellissimo has received the government contracting (GovCon) sector’s most prestigious award.
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NVIDIA Unveils AI-Based ‘Morpheus’ Cybersecurity Framework for Cloud Applications
NVIDIA has launched a cloud-native application framework driven by artificial intelligence that works to rapidly detect cybersecurity threats including malware, phishing attacks and leaks of sensitive data. NVIDIA said Monday that the Morpheus framework is powered by its graphics processing units and designed to identify, capture and execute actions on cyber threats through machine learning.
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Microsoft Launches Azure Templates for DOD Security Implementation Standards Compliance
Microsoft has released templates to help organizations ensure secure cloud transitions that comply with the Department of Defense’s quarterly-updated security implementation guide. Nirali Shah, program manager for Microsoft Azure Government, wrote in a blog post published Thursday that the templates are meant to comply with the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Security Technical Implementation Guide that covers configurations for hardware, software and operating systems.
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Perspecta Accredited to Evaluate State, Local Government Cloud Offerings; Rocky Thurston Quoted
Perspecta has been verified by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation as a third-party assessor of cloud products or services under the State Risk and Authorization Management Program. The ISO 17020:2012 accreditation permits Perspecta to conduct evaluations of cloud information technology offerings intended for state and local agencies, the company said Wednesday.
