Government Cloud

Los Angeles-based cloud communication services provider collab9 has received an authority-to-operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its unified communications-as-a-service platform to public sector organizations. The Federal Communications Commission sponsored collab9 to comply with the FedRAMP authorization process for its Cisco-hosted UCaaS cloud service designed for voice and collaboration applications, the […] More

IT Federal Sales will offer FirstFuel Software‘s cloud-based platform and remote energy and water audit tools to federal agencies via the General Services Administration IT Schedule 70 contract. Lexington, Massachusetts-based FirstFuel said Tuesday it has been added to the Special Item Number 142 40 cloud computing services schedule to offer remote energy intelligence and monitoring to federal government customers. Jeff Niesz, vice […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has unveiled a new five-phase multi-tiered methodology intended to help government agencies migrate and transform information technology applications and systems into a cloud computing environment. SAIC said Thursday the Cloud Migration Edge system uses specialized tools, processes and practices to guide cloud migration life cycles through the implementation of a mission-centric cloud computing environment […] More

CSRA and Racemi have extended their partnership to jointly market a suite of bundled services intended to help government customers transition to Amazon Web Services‘ cloud computing platform or isolated GovCloud region. The companies’ three-phased cloud migration offering covers discovery and design, target preparation and assisted server migration services, CSRA said Monday. “Today’s [chief information officers] adopt cloud transformation strategies that require migration […] More

A new EMC Corp. study reveals data loss incidents have manifested their economic impact on organizations as enterprises fail to respond to data protection challenges. The Global Data Protection Index 2016 report, conducted by Vanson Bourne, shows a lack of preparation for new and emerging threats among businesses, EMC said Tuesday. A survey among information […] More

Carahsoft has teamed up with AdvoLogix to distribute the latter’s cloud-based law practice and legal matter management services in the local, city, state and federal government markets. AdvoLogix said Tuesday its software-as-a-service suite was designed to help legal departments in the government update matter management processes, prioritize workloads, focus legal capacity, simplify document/email management and streamline internal and external collaboration. Carahsoft […] More

Carahsoft Technology has included Virtustream‘s suite of enterprise-grade cloud software products and services on three contracting vehicles managed by the General Services Administration, NASA and the U.S. Army. Carahsoft said Tuesday it will begin to market Virtustream offerings to agencies through the GSA Schedule as well as NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and the Army’s Information Technology Enterprise Solutions–Software vehicles. “We are excited to […] More

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has requested information on potential industry sources of cloud-based technology platforms as CFPB plans to migrate its data workloads to the cloud in fiscal year 2017. In a FedBizOpps sources sought notice posted Tuesday, CFPB asked interested vendors to provide feedback on the cost, timeline and technical requirements of its planned cloud adoption. The […] 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

Riverbed Technology has unveiled a new research and development center in India in an effort to advance the global distribution of its application performance and cloud networking tools. Kartik Subbanna, Riverbed’s vice president of engineering in India, will lead the company’s R&D facility in Bangalore and will report to Vineet Abraham, U.S.-based VP of engineering […] More