Government Cloud

A MeriTalk-formed industry advocacy group has developed a six-step plan that it believes the U.S. government should adopt to increase transparency and efficiency in the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. FedRAMP Fast Forward said Monday it crafted the proposal in a move to encourage the federal government to implement a “do-once-use-many” approach to assess and […] More

Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, has said the company plans to collaborate with agencies that want to automate processes and manage resources in their push to unlock the “full potential” of information technology services. Rowan wrote in an opinion piece published Thursday that IT tools must not be viewed as disparate systems […] More

Amazon Web Services has introduced new tools designed to help users analyze and integrate Next Generation Weather Radar data with workflows on AWS’ Simple Storage Service cloud platform. NEXRAD is a system composed of 160 Doppler radar sites that work to collect data that commercial firms and researchers use to predict severe storms, AWS said in a blog […] More

Accenture used an Oracle-built cloud platform to consolidate data from disparate information technology systems into a single interface as part of Accenture’s three-month project for Hawaiian Telcom. Accenture said Wednesday it deployed Oracle Service Cloud to integrate information from five IT systems that the telecommunications firm uses to store and process orders, cases, billing and […] More

BlackMesh’s platform-as-a-service cloud offering has received a Federal Risk Authorization Management Program certification. BlackMesh’s SecureCloud PaaS product is based on Red Hat-built OpenShift cloud platform, BlackMesh said Tuesday. Red Hat’s OpenShift works to help developers build, run, manage and deploy cloud services and other applications. “Achieving FedRAMP certification for SecureCloud is a significant step for […] More

A General Dynamics business unit has received a certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer a cloud computing platform to U.S. federal, state and local government agencies. General Dynamics Information Technology said Monday it developed GDIT Cloud to provide users with visibility into IT systems and to proactively monitor infrastructure for security problems. […] More

Carahsoft Technology has agreed to sell Aconex‘s cloud-based collaboration tools to U.S. government agencies through a General Services Administration schedule contract. Aconex’s collaboration platforms are designed to help contractors and owners work with other project teams in cloud environments and perform feasibility, design and other functions throughout the lifecycle of infrastructure projects, Aconex said Thursday. “With increasing pressure on federal spending and […] More

Amazon Web Services and the California Justice Department have signed an agreement in an effort to help the state’s law enforcement agencies comply with FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services standard and securely manage workloads in the cloud. AWS will offer cloud infrastructure and security-related services such as Amazon CloudTrail, AWS Direct Connect and AWS CloudHSM to […] More

An integrated open source and cloud computing technology presents a potential investment area for government agencies that seek agile and adaptable federal IT solutions, Carahsoft Technology said Monday. The company noted that cloud adoption works to help agencies generate savings and meet requirements in government mandates such as FITARA and FedRAMP. Software-as-a-service and hybrid clouds also work […] More