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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
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.
NetApp and Red Hat have partnered to design a reference architecture for organizations to build a private cloud based on open-source software OpenStack IceHouse. The companies also seek to combine Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform with a NetApp technology that is built to store and manage enterprise data, Red Hat said Monday. Radhesh Balakrishnan, […] More
Jim Kelly, senior director for the U.S. Army business at Microsoft, said the Army’s transition to cloud computing started with enterprise email but called that move “just a stepping stone” into the future.. “The Army, like all of our Defense Department customers, is facing tremendous pressure to reduce spending, reduce headcount and gain efficiencies,†Kelly said Tuesday in a […] More
Hewlett-Packard plans to invest more than $1 billion in cloud computing technologies over the next two years, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Spencer Ante writes HP will hire developers and consultants to develop cloud systems and increase the company’s data centers to 20 over the next 18 months through the investment. Meg Whitman, CEO of […] More
Autonomic Resources worked with Economic Systems to help the latter company obtain a provisional authority-to-operate approval from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board for a software-as-a-service platform. EconSys used Autonomic Resources’ ARC-P cloud system as the underlying infrastructure for EconSys’ FHR Navigator SaaS offering throughout the FedRAMP assessment and authorization process, Autonomic Resources said Friday. ARC-P […] More
Vormetric’s encryption technology is now available on the IBM Cloud marketplace for clients who want to add another layer of protection to stored data. The data-at-rest security product provides encryption and key management, policies and controls that work to restrict access to information, Vormetric said Monday. Vormetric also built security intelligence features into the product, such […] More
IBM has debuted an online channel that will showcase a range of cloud computing software and service offerings from the company, its partners and third-party vendors. The IBM Cloud Marketplace allows enterprise clients to select from hundreds of software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and infrastructure-as-a-service platforms, IBM said Monday. “Increasingly cloud users from business, IT and development across […] More
CSC and Amazon Web Services have partnered to establish a CSC Global Cloud Center of Excellence that will cater to enterprise and public-sector cloud services needs by leveraging the companies’ cloud technologies. CSC said Tuesday they will set up the initial Global Cloud CoE in Austin, Texas, to deliver enterprise workload migration and private and hybrid cloud integration services, such as […] More
Darien Kindlund, director of research science at FireEye, says that today’s changing threat landscape needs a flexible cybersecurity defense to match. “As attackers shift their strategies, the cyber defense industry is too, now moving away from a model built around identifying and remediating single attacks toward an environment where threat actors and their behaviors are […] More
Microsoft will allocate $274 million in investments to expand the company’s operations in Cheyenne, Wyo. and add a new cloud computing infrastructure there, Data Center Knowledge reported Saturday. Rich Miller writes that the plan would increase the company’s total spending in Wyoming to nearly $500 million. The company plans to start construction of the new […] More
Oracle has reported a growing user base for its suite of cloud products through the Oracle PartnerNetwork, which Oracle President Mark Hurd said highlights the program’s value proposition to the company’s customers. “Oracle’s partner community is an invaluable asset to the company,†Hurt said Thursday. “Partner adoption of Oracle Cloud solutions has been tremendous and we will continue to provide […] More
Microsoft has debuted a training program to help owners of small and medium enterprises integrate cloud computing technology into their businesses, Web Host Industry Review reported Wednesday. Chris Burt writes that Microsoft’s Cloud SureStep program is designed to show entrepreneurs how cloud platforms work to manage profits, digital marketing and customer demand. Thomas Hansen, Microsoft’s […] More
DLT Solutions has released a private cloud computing offering to integrate Red Hat‘s OpenShift Enterprise and Amazon Web Services into an environment for users to develop, test and deploy applications. CODEvolved is designed to expedite the software development and deployment process, the company said Wednesday. David Blankenhorn, chief cloud technologist at DLT, said the company aimed to connect users with […] More
