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Microsoft Team Develops New Private Federal Cloud; Brad Hokamp Comments

Microsoft has unveiled a new private cloud computing infrastructure hosted by Layered Technologies for government organizations, Microsoft announced Thursday. Agencies will use an updated Microsoft Dynamics platform to collaborate, manage data, update processes and use business intelligence. Features will include case management, workforce management, onboarding, correspondence and outreach, task management, field inspection, intelligence gathering, call […] More

by Admin November 16, 2012, 10:10 am
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Carahsoft to Provide Agencies Splunk's Big Data Mgmt Software; Craig Abod Comments

Carahsoft is partnering with a machine data software provider to provide government agencies the software for organizing and analyzing data, according to a Wednesday announcement. Carahsoft will sell and market Splunk’s software to agencies at the federal, state and local levels as well as Splunk’s reseller ecosystem. Splunk’s software facilitates big data management and security […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 14, 2012, 2:14 pm
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SAP's SuccessFactors Forms Global HR Cloud Partnership; Dmitri Krakovsky Comments
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Symantec Targeting New Cloud Strategy for Adoption

Symantec is developing a new cloud computing strategy containing three approaches to cloud adoption, according to a blog post from DLT Solutions. Chris Uttenweiler wrote that he has been working with Symantec to develop a cloud platform that supports communication security, data protection, authentication services, end user protection and event monitoring. Symantec’s cloud strategy will […] More

by Admin November 14, 2012, 10:05 am
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HP Moving VA Email, Calendars to Microsoft Cloud; Marilyn Crouther Comments

HP Enterprise Services will move 600,000 users at the Department of Veterans Affairs to a Microsoft cloud, the companies announced today. HP will provide a departmentwide email and calendaring infrastructure for Microsoft Office 365 for Government, starting with 15,000 people and eventually expanding to 600,000 when all contract options are exercised. “The VA needed to […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 13, 2012, 12:34 pm
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IBM Releases App Development, SmartCloud Delivery Cycle Programs; Kristof Kloeckner Comments

IBM has launched software that it says will show developers how an application will function in its entirety even during the app’s development phase, the company announced Friday. The Engineering Lifecycle Manager will provide developers searching, querying, viewing and impact analysis across engineering disciplines by identifying potential conflicts and variables that could delay the project, […] More

by Admin November 12, 2012, 1:15 pm
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Intel Designs Crystal Forest Platform for Processing Multimedia, Broadband Content; RK Hiremane Comments

Intel will release a new communication platform for telecommunications companies to process data across networks, The Hindu reports. According to the report, the company designed Crystal Forest to help address the needs of cloud computing, content processing and Internet transactions at speeds of up to 100 gigabytes per second. R.K. Hiremane, Asia-Pacific regional director for […] More

by Admin November 12, 2012, 1:00 pm
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Lockheed Moving DOL Data Centers to Cloud; Frank Armijo Comments

Lockheed Martin will consolidate the Labor Department‘s data centers and move them to a secure data center, then ultimately move them to a cloud computing environment. The company said it won a potential seven-year, $59.4 million contract to help DOL fulfill its part in the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (click here to read ExecutiveGov’s […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 9, 2012, 2:15 pm
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New HP Testing Software Made for Mobile, Cloud Apps; Subbu Iyer Comments
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New HP Thin Client Designed for Enterprise, Cloud Telework; Anneliese Olson Comments

Hewlett-Packard has developed a new mobile thin client for telecommuters and on-campus mobile workers to access files via a network connection, the company announced Tuesday. Employees and contractors in enterprise, financial, healthcare and government settings use the HP mt40 for saving files on the server as opposed to the machine itself. “With the growth in telecommuting, […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 6, 2012, 10:10 am
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DHS Planning Cloud-Based Continuous Monitoring RFP

The Department of Homeland Security is preparing a request for proposals for a new continuous monitoring program using a cloud computing infrastructure, according to analysis from Deltek’s GovWin blog. Kyra Kozemchak writes DHS is planning to release the RFP for the Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation program and for continuous monitoring-as-a-service sometime between December 2012 and March […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 1, 2012, 11:08 am
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Cisco: Data Center Traffic Going Cloud

Cisco Systems predicts nearly two-thirds of all data center traffic will be based in a cloud environment within four years, Forbes reports. Citing the company’s Global Cloud Index, Joe McKendrick reports the company estimates global data center traffic to reach 6.6 zettabytes annually by increasing fourfold between 2011 and 2016. Global cloud traffic is the […] More

by Ross Wilkers October 29, 2012, 1:45 pm