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  • Box to Provide DARPA Cloud-Based Collaboration Platform; Sonny Hashmi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Box to Provide DARPA Cloud-Based Collaboration Platform; Sonny Hashmi Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Box to provide a cloud-based technology platform for DARPA personnel to collaborate with each other and external research partners. Box said Tuesday it will provide a cloud content management platform along with data management, governance and protection expertise in support of the agency’s digital workplace initiatives. “We are thrilled to support […] More

  • State Department Kicks Off Cloud Services Market Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department Kicks Off Cloud Services Market Research

    The Department of State‘s information resource management bureau is conducting market research into infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service offerings as part of a cloud migration project. DOS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday IRM aims to migrate its information technology applications and services to cloud platforms authorized under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The bureau currently […] More

  • AWS Certifies Government Cloud Competency of Partner Network Member StackArmor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Certifies Government Cloud Competency of Partner Network Member StackArmor

    Amazon Web Services‘ has conferred its Government Competency status on stackArmor for services and applications for federal customers on AWS. StackArmor, an AWS Partner Network member, said Tuesday it provides AWS-certified services to help government clients migrate and manage business and web applications on cloud architectures. The Washington, D.C.-based company noted that it uses a […] More

  • Telos Launches Platform Template for Automated FedRAMP Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos Launches Platform Template for Automated FedRAMP Compliance

    Telos has developed a template designed to automate processes for compliance with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company said Tuesday the template issued through its Xacta 360 platform will cover FedRAMP required documentation that includes project registration, assessment, authorization and monitoring. The template is based on authorization playbooks for federal agencies and […] More

  • USITC Seeks Info on Potential Cloud-Based Document Mgmt Platform Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USITC Seeks Info on Potential Cloud-Based Document Mgmt Platform Sources

    The U.S. International Trade Commission seeks information on potential vendors that can provide a cloud-based document management platform designed to help USITC share files with other government agencies, law firms and individuals and ensure the security of confidential data. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says USITC is looking for a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant […] More

  • Virtustream Launches SaaS Option for Risk Mgmt Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virtustream Launches SaaS Option for Risk Mgmt Software

    Dell Technologies’ Virtustream business has added a software-as-a-service option to a platform that works to provide compliance monitoring and risk management support to government agencies and commercial users. The addition of the SaaS option to Virtustream Viewtrust seeks to provide clients with insights into their compliance and risk posture in both cloud and physical environments, Virtustream said Tuesday. Virtustream […] More

  • IBM's Cloud-Based Collaboration Platform Gets FedRAMP OK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM’s Cloud-Based Collaboration Platform Gets FedRAMP OK

    John Hamilton, program manager of operations at the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, has tweeted that IBM‘s collaboration platform became the 100th cloud service offering to receive FedRAMP approval, Federal Times reported Wednesday. IBM Connections is designed to support business email, instant messaging, web conferencing and social business networking, file sharing, online document editing and archiving. […] More

  • PlanetRisk to provide threat exchange system for Army Department; Paul McQuillan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PlanetRisk to provide threat exchange system for Army Department; Paul McQuillan Comments

    PlanetRisk has received a 30-month contract to support the Army Department‘s requirement for a global threat information sharing system for web and mobile platforms. The company said Monday it plans to field the Joint Analytics Real-time Virtual Information Sharing System across the Army’s enterprise by the third quarter of fiscal year 2018. Paul McQuillan, president and […] More

  • Google Cloud Platform Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Google Cloud Platform Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization

    Google has received a provisional authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its suite of cloud computing services and underlying common infrastructure. FedRAMP’s Joint Authorization Board issued Rev. 4 P-ATO approval to the Google Cloud Platform at the moderate impact level, Jennifer Lin, director of product management for Google’s GCP security and privacy […] More

  • TalaTek Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Enterprise Compliance Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TalaTek Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Enterprise Compliance Mgmt Platform

    TalaTek has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer the company’s enterprise security compliance management platform to government agencies. Enterprise Compliance Management Solution is designed to help customers manage risks and comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act, FedRAMP and other security requirements, TalaTek said Monday. ECMS works to provide real-time risk management assistance and visibility into […] More

  • FedRAMP Grants 5 Companies Priority Status to Offer Cloud Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedRAMP Grants 5 Companies Priority Status to Offer Cloud Services

    Five companies have gained priority status to work with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Joint Authorization Board to offer cloud products to the federal government. FedRAMP’s program management office said Feb. 15 it chose the five cloud service providers as part of the FedRAMP Connect program based on existing and potential government customer demand for their products […] More

  • Xerox Achieves FedRAMP 'In-Process' Status for Managed Print Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Achieves FedRAMP ‘In-Process’ Status for Managed Print Services

    Xerox‘s suite of managed printing services has been pre-vetted and approved to continue pursuing certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The cloud-based MPS offering obtained “in-process” designation that represents a step prior to full FedRAMP authorization, Xerox said Wednesday. Ted Dezvane, senior vice president of Xerox’s managed document services business, said the company’s MPS toolset […] More