Tag Archives: AWS

The Commerce Department has approved two Amazon Web Services cloud computing platforms for use in the agency’s big data projects under a pair of existing authority-to-operate designations. Commerce Chief Information Officer Steve Cooper and Deputy Chief Data Officer Tyrone Grandison said Wednesday AWS GovCloud and AWS East/West hold ATOs under the government-wide Federal Risk and Authorization …

InfoReliance will provide Amazon Web Services infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service cloud systems to the Justice Department and Government Accountability Office under a prime contract with DOJ.. The technology consulting firm said Friday the IaaS and PaaS offerings will work to facilitate security and service delivery for development, testing, quality assurance and production operations. The contract …

Salesforce has picked Amazon Web Services to provide a public cloud infrastructure to the customer relationship management company as part of Salesforce’s effort to expand its international service infrastructure. Salesforce will migrate its Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, App Cloud, Community Cloud and Analytics Cloud to the AWS platform under the agreement, …

Amazon has pledged at least $7 million in funds for 10,000 service members, veterans and military spouses to participate in its Amazon Web Services training program. The company will offer cloud computing training services in an effort to assist veterans in their transition to the civilian workforce as well as develop skills to …

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 …

The U.S. Government Publishing Office has started to transition its public-facing websites to an Amazon Web Services cloud computing infrastructure. GPO said Thursday it will use company’s services to migrate Integrated Library System web portals in an effort to comply with the government-wide Federal Cloud First policy. “Moving these sites to the cloud demonstrates our ongoing …

Amazon Web Services has developed a framework meant to help agencies and vendors architect Trusted Internet Connection-ready cloud computing tools that comply with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s moderate baseline security requirements. The Guidance for TIC Readiness on AWS was produced after the cloud service provider completed its FedRAMP-Trusted Internet Connection Overlay testing …

DLT Solutions has received clearance from Amazon Web Services to deliver AWS’ cloud infrastructure and applications in the public sector market as a managed service provider. The company will offer technical and business support for AWS cloud services through the General Services Administration IT Schedule 70, CIO CS, Internet2 and other contract vehicles, …

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, …

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 …

AT&T has moved to offer its cloud networking service to federal agencies that seek to gain access to Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud (US) platform. Agencies can connect their virtual private networks to AWS GovCloud (US) through AT&T NetBond offering, AT&T said Tuesday. AT&T NetBond works to connect users to cloud …

SAP National Security Services has concluded its fourth annual national security summit with a focus on the role of humans in carrying out national security missions. The 2015 SAP NS2 Solutions Summit featured discussions on cloud, analytic modernization, code cracks and cybersecurity, among other topics, SAP said Thursday. “Technology in …

Max Peterson, a general manager at Amazon Web Services‘ global public sector business, has said the cloud computing market could create as many as 14 million new jobs during 2015, BusinessNewsAsia reported Wednesday. “Cloud represents a huge opportunity for good jobs and economic development,” Peterson told the audience during his keynote speech …

Amazon Web Services has introduced a fresh data transport tool for customers designed to transfer large volumes of data using secure appliances. AWS Import/Export Snowball works to transport up to 50 terabytes of data into and out of AWS and protect the transfer process with secure enclosures, 256-bit encryption and …

Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services‘ worldwide public sector business, has said many U.S. private sector and foreign government entities have adopted U.S. government baselines as the standard for cloud security, Fedscoop reported Monday. Greg Otto writes Carlson believes the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has driven standards implementation and …