Government Cloud

International Data Corp. has released a new report that forecasts cloud information technology infrastructure spending to account for 46.5 percent of overall IT infrastructure spending by 2019. IDC said Monday the projected $54.6 billion in cloud IT infrastructure spending by 2019 would represent a compound annual growth rate of 15.6 percent from 2015 through 2019. “The breadth and width of […] More

International Data Corp. reports that the global cloud IT infrastructure market achieved a 25.1-percent year-over-year growth in sales revenue to reach $6.3 billion in the first quarter. IDC said Thursday spending also grew from 26.4 percent of overall first-quarter IT infrastructure spending last year to almost 30 percent this year. The growth is due to increasing demand […] More

Deltek has found that 38 cloud computing platforms from industry are certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to date. Kyra Fussell, a senior research analyst at Deltek, writes in a blog post published Tuesday that vendors provide their FedRAMP-compliant offerings to government clients using infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-service delivery models. Eighteen cloud […] More

Hitachi Consulting has partnered with AT&T to offer a cloud computing service for enterprise client applications through AT&T’s partner exchange program. AT&T will also support a Hitachi Data Systems-powered framework meant to help organizations adopt cloud technology, Hitachi Consulting said Monday. “By collaborating with Hitachi Consulting, we will help them accelerate their customers’ adoption of […] More

Law enforcement agencies in California and North Carolina have started to adopt Microsoft’s cloud platform due to the offering’s compliance with the security regulations of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services. The Los Angeles Police Department and North Carolina-based Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are among the agencies that access fingerprint files, surveillance videos and other criminal […] More

IBM has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission to host federal workloads in the company’s Softlayer cloud environment, Nextgov reported Thursday. Frank Konkel writes IBM’s Ashburn, Virginia and Richardson, Texas-based data centers received the FCC’s authorization to run government applications. “IBM’s federal cloud business has reached another milestone as we continue to work with federal agencies […] More

Capgemini has won a contract of an undisclosed value to help U.K.-based Manchester Airports Group to build, implement and run an enterprise resource planning system through summer 2016. MAG seeks to integrate multiple business applications and functions across its network of four airports through the project, Capgemini said Thursday. The information technology firm plans to […] More

Amazon Web Services has started to work with the General Services Administration‘s 18F on a project to help federal mobile users access Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-approved cloud services, Fedscoop reported Thursday. Billy Mitchell writes the pilot project kicked off in May and its goal is to grant FedRAMP and trusted Internet connection certifications to cloud service […] More

IBM and cloud storage firm Box have formed an alliance to combine their services and offerings in an effort to help enterprises manage data workloads and collaborate with other businesses in a cloud environment. IBM said Wednesday it will integrate Box’s cloud-based content collaboration tool with Watson Analytics, IBM Verse business email platform and IBM Connections social […] More

AppZero has partnered with Microsoft and Unisys to help enterprise customers migrate their Windows Server 2003 applications into Microsoft-built cloud computing technologies. The goal is to encourage Win2K3 government and commercial users to implement either a Windows Server 2012 R2 or an Azure platform as Microsoft plans end of support for the legacy operating system […] More

Carpathia has received a provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency to host the Defense Department‘s data workloads at Impact Level 2 via a cloud service. The company said Tuesday the Pentagon assigns IL2 for information approved for public release, non-controlled unclassified data and some private unclassified data not considered critical mission information. Data under IL2 require minimum access […] More

IBM and Sogeti have forged an alliance to provide developers access to IBM’s cloud platform-as-a-service in an effort to help them analyze data. Sogeti will use IBM’s Bluemix tool to develop hybrid cloud applications across public, private and on-premise infrastructure, IBM said Thursday. Steve Robinson, general manager of IBM cloud platform services, said the partnership […] More