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  • CSRA Adds AWS Commercial & Govt Cloud Platforms to GSA Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Adds AWS Commercial & Govt Cloud Platforms to GSA Schedule

    CSRA has started to offer Amazon Web Services‘ commercial and government cloud platforms through the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA said Thursday government customers can now buy AWS’ commercial and GovCloud services under Schedule 70’s cloud computing services special item number. Yogesh Khanna, CSRA chief technology officer, said the company’s role as a reseller […] More

  • CenturyLink Secures Multistate Cooperative Contract to Offer Cloud Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Secures Multistate Cooperative Contract to Offer Cloud Services

    CenturyLink has received a 10-year contract to offer cloud and managed services to state and local government agencies that participate in the NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing Organization. The company said Wednesday the NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Master Agreement is awarded to cloud service providers with offerings that meet security and data protection standards. Marty Leavengood, a CenturyLink vice president, said the […] More

  • Andras Szakal: IBM, Cloud Service Providers Adapt Offerings to Meet Client Demands - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andras Szakal: IBM, Cloud Service Providers Adapt Offerings to Meet Client Demands

    Andras Szakal, vice president and chief technology officer of IBM‘s U.S. federal business, has participated in a panel discussion that tackled how public sector organizations utilize and acquire cloud services, Sys-Con Media reported Wednesday. Dana Gardner writes Szakal discussed how cloud service providers have created purpose-built cloud environments for federal government entities which have enterprise applications that […] More

  • Acquia Obtains FedRAMP Approval Through AWS Vendor Package - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Acquia Obtains FedRAMP Approval Through AWS Vendor Package

    Acquia has used Amazon Web Services‘ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program vendor package to achieve a FedRAMP authority-to-operate designation and obtain permission to sell cloud computing services in the public sector. AWS said Monday Acquia’s cloud platforms were assessed at the moderate impact level through the sponsorship of the Treasury Department. Acquia achieved FedRAMP ATO in April for […] More

  • Executive Mosaic's Top CTO Executives in Government Contracting Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Mosaic’s Top CTO Executives in Government Contracting Award

    Many government contracting executives and federal agency leaders have publicly stated that rapid changes in technology are putting pressure on both the public and private sectors to keep pace with new tools as they enter market. Both contractors and agencies are also seeking to stay conscious of how innovative products might disrupt how they do business and […] More

  • QTS to Support Y2Fox Gov't Business Expansion With VMware Cloud Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS to Support Y2Fox Gov’t Business Expansion With VMware Cloud Platform

    Y2Fox Data Solutions has selected QTS Realty Trust to provide a FedRAMP-compliant cloud platform that works to help meet the requirements of government customers and expand Y2Fox’s business in the public sector. QTS said Wednesday it will support the deployment of Y2Fox’ production environment on the FedRAMP-compliant VMware vCloud Government Service built on the VMware vSphere platform. “The […] More

  • Report: Managed Security Services Market to Hit 11% CAGR Through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Managed Security Services Market to Hit 11% CAGR Through 2019

    A new Research and Markets report predicts that the global managed security services market will climb in value from 2014 to 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 11.3 percent. The company said Monday the growth is due to increased demand for cloud services and adoption of bring-your-own-device practices, which have resulted in the need for security […] More

  • ActioNet to Extend NNSA On-Demand Cloud Infrastructure Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ActioNet to Extend NNSA On-Demand Cloud Infrastructure Services

    ActioNet has received a task order modification to provide additional cloud infrastructure support services to the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration on demand. NNSA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Thursday the modification expands ActioNet’s work under a five-year, $6.3 million infrastructure-as-a-service contract originally awarded in February 2013. The company will help reconfigure an IaaS […] More

  • Dan Bennewitz: QTS-Vion Team to Offer Public Cloud Services in Govt Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Bennewitz: QTS-Vion Team to Offer Public Cloud Services in Govt Market

    QTS and Vion have partnered to jointly deliver federally-approved public and hybrid cloud service offerings in the U.S. government sector. The companies aim to help customer agencies lower total cost of ownership, increase utilization rate and accelerate deployment of cloud-based systems designed to comply with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Vion said Tuesday. […] More

  • Brian Cann: CGI, Hitachi to Provide Integrated Cloud Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brian Cann: CGI, Hitachi to Provide Integrated Cloud Services

    CGI and Hitachi Data Systems have inked an agreement to deliver private and hybrid Hitachi-powered cloud services to customers. The cloud model is designed to help users gain access to business data via mobile devices and desktop computers, CGI said Thursday. “Our partnership with Hitachi Data Systems helps clients achieve their goals to transform enterprise […] More

  • Jeff Barr: AWS Updates Cloud Portfolio for US Govt Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Barr: AWS Updates Cloud Portfolio for US Govt Market

    Amazon Web Services has added multiple services to the company’s suite of cloud computing offerings designed to help U.S. government clients manage sensitive data in cloud environments. The AWS GovCloud (US) portfolio now includes the Glacier storage service, CloudTrail log management documentation and VM Import system for virtual machine migration, AWS chief evangelist Jeff Barr […] More

  • IBM Unveils OpenStack Gov't Cloud Services Suite; Angel Diaz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Unveils OpenStack Gov’t Cloud Services Suite; Angel Diaz Comments

    IBM has developed a new portfolio of OpenStack-based cloud computing offerings intended to help organizations connect on-premise and hosted information technology systems. The IBM Cloud OpenStack Services suite is available on the company’s online store and allows customers to implement applications through the Softlayer cloud infrastructure, IBM said Tuesday. “Today’s announcement further demonstrates IBM’s commitment […] More