Information technology services provider 1901 Group received a contract under the General Services Administration’s IT Schedule 70 vehicle to help the Peace Corps transition data center operations to a hybrid computing environment.
Read More »Unisys Updates Cybersecurity, Cloud Offerings to Include Dell EMC, Hybrid Integration Features
Unisys unveiled updates to its Stealth cybersecurity software suite and CloudForte migration tool during this year’s Dell Technologies World conference held last week in Las Vegas.
Read More »Unisys Positioned for Work Under $70M US Mint IT Services Contract; Melissa Carson Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2019 — Unisys (NYSE: UIS) is looking to provide cybersecurity, cloud migration, infrastructure operations and service desk support to the Department of the Treasury’s U.S. Mint bureau as one of five awardees on a $70M contract, GovCon Wire reported April 15. The company said April …
Read More »CoreSphere Earns Salesforce Consulting Partner Designation for Public Sector Customer Support
Bethesda, Md.-based cloud services provider CoreSphere has received a Gold Consulting Partner status in recognition of its efforts to help government customers migrate enterprise applications to the Salesforce platform.
Read More »Symmetry Helps HDT Global Implement Enterprise App on Azure Gov’t Cloud
HDT Global has collaborated with Symmetry to develop an enterprise information technology application on the Azure Government Cloud platform as part of the former's efforts to address strict regulatory requirements of military and civilian customers.
Read More »Booz Allen’s Dan Tucker: Agencies Need Data Strategy to Facilitate Cloud Migration
Dan Tucker, a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, told Meritalk in an interview published Tuesday that federal agencies need to assess their data architecture and future requirements for data scalability and extensibility when moving workloads to the cloud. “You almost need the data strategy at the application and portfolio level before you can lay out your cloud strategy,” Tucker said.
Read More »Booz Allen to Build Cloud Platform for VA Mobile Apps
Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential $9.8M contract to develop a cloud-based technology platform for the Department of Veterans Affairs to manage mobile applications.
Read More »Delphix to Support Microsoft Azure Gov’t Cloud Adoption via Data Platform; Carahsoft’s Michael Adams Quoted
Delphix has expanded its data offering’s capabilities to help public sector clients speed up the migration of applications to the Microsoft Azure Government cloud platform. The company said Thursday its Delphix Dynamic Data Platform and other offerings are available to government agencies through Carahsoft Technology. Michael Adams, who oversees the Delphix …
Read More »Salesforce Helps DC Agency Migrate Non-Emergency Response System to Cloud; Casey Coleman Quoted
The Washington D.C. Office of Unified Communications has chosen Salesforce to help the agency transition its system for responding nonemergency calls from a server-based platform to a cloud environment. OUC migrated its 311 system onto the Salesforce Service Cloud equipped with the artificial intelligence-based Einstein Analytics tool in an effort to reduce call hold …
Read More »Survey: 83% of Federal IT Leaders Say Cloud Tech Could Support Agency Mission Delivery
Eighty-three percent of 150 federal information technology managers who responded to a MeriTalk survey believe that adopting cloud technology and updating networks would help agencies address missions over the next five years. MeriTalk said Monday the study, jointly underwritten by Riverbed Technology and Tech Data‘s government solutions business, also found …
Read More »ViON Demos Oracle Cloud Offering at ECO18 Conference; Tom Frana Quoted
ViON presented a portfolio of Oracle as-a-Service cloud-based platforms at the 2018 East Coast Oracle user conference that kicked off Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C. ViON said Tuesday its OaaS offering is designed to help organizations speed up cloud migration efforts, reduce total cost of ownership and gain access to Oracle’s software …
Read More »AWS to Host DLA’s Cloud-Based Learning Mgmt System Through SAP NS2 Partnership
SAP National Security Services has updated a learning management system for the Defense Logistics Agency and selected Amazon Web Services to host the cloud-based training information technology application as part of a partnership between the two companies. AWS said Monday it will support the Defense Department-authorized platform DLA uses to manage online training and …
Read More »Hughes’ Tony Bardo: Multiple connectivity options essential for public sector comms network
Tony Bardo, assistant vice president of the government solutions business at Hughes Network Systems, has said he believes that offering multiple connectivity options to customer agencies can help them manage communications, Via Satellite reported Wednesday. He told Via Satellite in an interview that a provider should offer public sector clients different …
Read More »CBP Seeks Info on Cloud Migration Services Vendors
The Customs and Border Protection has posted a request for information on cloud services providers that can help the agency migrate its applications out of a data center. CBP said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice that it aims to move all of its on-premises applications from the office of information and …
Read More »VMware’s Bill Rowan: Agencies Need to Build Zero-Trust Environment, Refine Processes for Cloud Adoption
Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, told MeriTalk in an interview published Wednesday that federal agencies that plan to migrate to the cloud should build a “zero-trust environment.” “In a cloud environment, there is a need to micro-segment a network, so every single app has its own …
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