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Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer Opus Interactive’s suite of hybrid and multicloud platforms and services to public sector customers through the former’s Cloud Purchasing Program. "Opus Interactive’s focus on compliance with FedRAMP and the latest regulatory mandates makes them a great addition to our cloud solutions portfolio under CPP,” said John Lee, vice president of cloud services at Carahsoft.

Steve Orrin, chief technology officer at Intel’s federal arm, and Cameron Chehreh, CTO of Dell Technologies’ federal business, wrote in a joint article published Friday on Nextgov that federal agencies should look at hybrid cloud not as a destination but as an operating model to realize the benefits of artificial intelligence and 5G. 

Government agencies should follow the example of large commercial enterprises in modernizing information technology infrastructure with hybrid cloud computing architectures, writes IBM Chief Information Officer Fletcher Previn. In a blog post published Wednesday, he outlines a three-step framework the company has devised with the intent to help public sector leaders ensure agency systems are “Tomorrow Ready.”

IBM, BAE Systems and General Dynamics presented at the 2020 Association of the United States Army conference their hybrid cloud services that can be moved from one system to another, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday.

James Langley, a solutions consultant at Hitachi Vantara Federal, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Federal News Network that agencies should adopt a hybrid cloud approach as they work to meet the demands of their remote employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Red Hat has announced new offerings to help organizations of all sizes and industries optimize, scale or simply protect IT operations in the face of shifting global dynamics, the company announced on Tuesday.

A new survey showed that 48 percent of information technology leaders in the federal government said their agencies are transitioning from a perimeter defense approach to a zero-trust or identity-centered security model, FedScoop reported Wednesday.

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is seeking information on procuring off-premise cloud  services to address information technology computing and storage requirements across the country's judiciary system.

ORock Technologies has secured certification from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to add the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform to its cloud environment.

David Peed, vice president and general manager at Equinix, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that there are four steps federal agencies can implement to accelerate their data center modernization efforts and the first step is building network hubs and optimizing network infrastructures.

CenturyLink has moved to expand its cloud networking service offering to support enterprise customers on Microsoft Azure and Azure Government cloud platforms.

Pivot3 and Red River have launched joint offerings in a move to help federal clients manage data centers and multiple petabytes of mission data. The partnership seeks to address information technology security, manageability and resilience challenges in the government sector with hyperconverged infrastructure and hybrid cloud platforms. Pivot3 said Tuesday.

Adam Clater, chief architect for North America public sector at Red Hat, wrote in a GCN article published Tuesday that federal agencies should advance information technology modernization and the initial step they need to do is avoiding proprietary or vendor lock-in arrangements when it comes to cloud adoption.

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.

John Osborne, chief OpenShift architect for public sector at Red Hat, wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that there are three approaches government agencies can implement to speed up and facilitate their migration to hybrid cloud and one is through the development of a “single repository of truth.” “This repository will store not only application code and dependencies, but anything that is needed to build an environment from version control,” Osborne noted.