Government Cloud

The shipping and distribution industry is increasingly turning to cloud computing for use in business operations, Verizon‘s Maria Montenegro wrote in a blog post published Tuesday. Montenegro, a communications manager at the company, said one of the drivers of cloud adoption in the industry is is the need for IT and software applications to manage […] More

IBM Corp. has launched a new software-defined big data storage platform offering in a move to meet demand for enterprise storage, The VAR Guy reported Monday. Christopher Tozzi writes the SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center platform is built to store and manage data with administrative tools. IBM intends for the technology to help medium-size businesses migrate […] More

XO Communications has become a member of the Amazon Web Services Partner Network to offer AWS Direct Connect network users access XO’s Enterprise Ethernet and Intelligent WAN product portfolio. XO said Wednesday it aims to give AWS Direct Connect users secure connections of between 1 and 10 gigabytes per second, as well as application visibility for cloud-based enterprise applications. Don MacNeil, XO chief […] More

Verizon and Unisys have signed a partnership agreement to offer managed cloud computing services in the state and local government markets, FierceTelecom reported Tuesday. Sean Buckley writes the companies intend to leverage a cloud hosting contract between Unisys and the Western States Contracting Alliance-National Association of State Procurement Officers. Buckley reports Unisys will offer a […] More

Chief information officers and senior information technology executives continue to transition organizational data to cloud environments amid a growing security threat landscape, says Colin Lacey, vice president of data center and cloud transformation solutions and services at Unisys. “Security concerns are not stopping CIOs from making use of the cloud to reduce costs and increase their […] More

SAP and iMED Solutions have partnered to offer managed cloud computing services to healthcare organizations in the Middle East and North Africa. iMED Solutions will deploy, maintain and host cloud-based health IT systems for clients in the MENA region as an SAP partner, SAP said Tuesday. “With our managed cloud services we give solution providers […] More

Chief executives and business line managers that use shadow information technology services are taking large risks against having convenience and efficiency, IO technology evangelist Brian Fanzo writes in an article for the company’s Data Centers blog. Fanzo describes shadow IT tools as cloud-based software and platforms offered as a service. He described how those technologies run outside […] More

IBM will spend $1.2 billion to build a global network of cloud computing centers in an initiative aimed at expanding the company’s geographical footprint, CruxialCIO reported Friday. Antone Gonsalves writes IBM intends to add 15 data centers this year and will focus on providing its SoftLayer cloud storage and networking technology to enterprise clients. The […] More

Computer Sciences Corp. and VMware will jointly offer customers a tool to migrate workloads between both companies’ respective cloud computing platforms and to conduct collaborative technical training for client-facing personnel. The companies said Thursday their hybrid cloud brokering product is intended to help users operate VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service in conjunction with CSC’s BizCloud and CloudCompute through CSC’s ServiceMesh Agility Platform. […] More

Amazon Web Services has a obtained provisional authorization from the Defense Department for all four of the company’s infrastructure regions in the U.S. AWS will extend its cloud services to additional defense agencies under the DoD Cloud Security Model for the first and second impact levels, AWS said Wednesday. Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide […] More

Cisco will spend more than $1 billion during the next two years to expand its cloud computing business and deliver enterprise cloud services through a global partner ecosystem. The Intercloud network will offer a suite of analytics, security and data sovereignty architectures to support the Internet of Everything, Cisco said Monday. Telstra, Canopy, Logicalis Group, […] More

SAP plans to transition its data centers and facilities to having 100-percent renewable energy-powered infrastructures in 2014 as part of company efforts to reduce carbon emissions amid its cloud business push. The software conglomerate also targets its 2000 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the company said Monday. Peter Graf, chief sustainability officer at SAP, […] More