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Microsoft has awarded 12 entrepreneurial businesses with seed grants and resources – including BizSpark tools such as free software, services and technology support — to help the expansion of the company’s hardware, applications, connectivity and power systems. The company said Monday the Affordable Access Initiative grants support the $1 billion investment plan of Microsoft to use cloud technology power […] More
Microsoft has enlisted celebrities, athletes and civilians to participate in the Pushups for Charity challenge held at the company’s flagship store in New York. The company hosted the event as part of its efforts to raise awareness for military veteran support and to contribute to the celebration of the National Military Appreciation Month, Microsoft said Monday. […] More
Icomedias has collaborated with Microsoft to create a mobile application designed to help public safety organizations to digitize paperwork, icomedias CEO Christian Ekhart wrote in an article published Thursday on Microsoft’s website. Ekhart said the HYBRID.FORMS application is built upon Microsoft-built technology products such as Windows 10, SQL Server, SharePoint and Office 365. The app will work to help first responders complete forms electronically using tablets and […] More
SteelCloud will offer its Security Technical Implementation Guide-compliant remediation system for Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux via a new five-year Federal Supply Schedule contract awarded by the General Services Administration. The company said Thursday the ConfigOS system is a client-less technology that works to perform STIG scans on up to 5,000 endpoints and remediate up to 3,000 endpoints per hour. SteelCloud CEO Brian Hajost said its offering […] More
Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and CSRA are in the process of securing high baseline certifications for their cloud platforms under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Federal Times reported March 21. Aaron Boyd writes the cloud service providers are scheduled to receive their authorizations in April following their involvement in a pilot program that seeks […] More
Microsoft has selected defense and security company Saab to join the HoloLens Enterprise Acceleration Program to help bring 3D holographic environment into training and education processes. Saab said Wednesday it will utilize Microsoft HoloLens for the defense and security company’s training platform in efforts to optimize the learning process and facilitate better retention. “Mixed-reality technology is truly ground breaking and will revolutionize the way […] More
Microsoft will collaborate with Dominion Virginia Power and the government of Virginia to build a new solar energy facility in Fauquier County through a public-private partnership. The companies and the government of Virginia expect the facility to commence operations in 2017 and supply the state’s power grid with 20 megawatts of solar energy, Dominion Virginia […] More
Microsoft will participate in a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program pilot for the high-impact baseline in efforts to receive a Provisional Authorization to Operate to support high-impact government data in the cloud. Microsoft Azure Government aims to obtain the FedRAMP High P-ATO from the federal Joint Advisory Board by the end of March, Microsoft Federal CTO Susie […] More
NICE Systems has unveiled a new digital policing software program the company designed for deployment on a Microsoft-built cloud computing platform for government agencies that is certified by an FBI division for use by law enforcement agencies. NICE said Tuesday it built the NICE Investigate software to help law enforcement agencies organize evidence acquired from digital technologies in an effort to expedite case investigation processes. […] More
Terry Halvorsen, chief information officer of the Defense Department, has committed 4 million seats in the department’s efforts to upgrade its information systems and devices to the Microsoft-built Windows 10 operating system. Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president for Windows and devices group at Microsoft, writes in a blog entry posted Wednesday that the move aims to help DoD […] More
Microsoft has moved to expand the reach of its educational program that aims to develop active-duty and former soldiers’ information technology skills for their civilian career transition. The company will roll out Microsoft Software & Systems Academy courses at four U.S. Army bases in 2016 and at another installation in 2017, Chris Cortez, vice president of military affairs […] More
Microsoft and the Agriculture Department have selected seven winners of a competition for the development of online applications that aim to help improve the U.S. food system’s resiliency to climate change. The USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge required participants to design new tools that work to analyze the agency’s open data on food production available on Microsoft’s […] More
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