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  • Executive Spotlight: Interview with Wayne Lewandowski, SVP/GM, North American Public Sector for HyTrust - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Wayne Lewandowski, SVP/GM, North American Public Sector for HyTrust

    Cloud computing has reached a flash point, picked up and picked apart by powerhouse tech companies from Amazon to Microsoft to Google. Applying cloud computing to the public sector, however, is a different beast altogether. To discuss the methodology of how to bring the cloud to market, ExecutiveBiz reached out to Wayne Lewandowski, Senior Vice […] More

  • Logicalis US to Help Migrate Client Workloads to Microsoft Azure Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Logicalis US to Help Migrate Client Workloads to Microsoft Azure Cloud

    Logicalis US has expanded its cloud-first infrastructure-as-a-service capacities to help enterprise clients migrate workloads to the Microsoft Azure cloud. Microsoft asked partners such as Logicalis to guide customers on the development of strategic roadmaps to the cloud and assist information technology professionals on the acquisition of relevant hardware and software that can help meet business […] More

  • Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud Gets FedRAMP High ATO Certifications From DOJ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud Gets FedRAMP High ATO Certifications From DOJ

    Microsoft has received two Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authority-to-operate certifications from the Justice Department for its Azure Government cloud platform. The company said Tuesday it received the FedRAMP High ATO authorizations for Azure Government through DOJ’s justice management division responsible for the agency’s information resources, policy guidance, financial and human resources management. The certifications seek […] More

  • IARPA Seeks Info on Large Infrastructure-as-a-Service Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Seeks Info on Large Infrastructure-as-a-Service Providers

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has posted a request for information on large U.S.-based infrastructure-as-a-service providers that can help develop technologies to host sensitive workloads on public cloud. IARPA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that it seeks to create a classified-as-a-service platform that will support the secure processing of classified government data on […] More

  • DOE Lab Adopts Red Hat's Cloud Platform to Aid Research Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Lab Adopts Red Hat’s Cloud Platform to Aid Research Efforts

    The Energy Department‘s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has deployed Red Hat‘s cloud platform within the laboratory’s compute and data infrastructure to support scientific and computational research projects at ORNL. Red Hat said Monday ORNL uses the company’s OpenStack Platform to provide cloud services in its Compute And Data Environment for Science infrastructure, which is designed to deliver computing, data analytics, […] More

  • AT&T To Move Thousands of Databases to Oracle Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T To Move Thousands of Databases to Oracle Cloud

    Oracle and AT&T inked an agreement to move thousands of AT&T’s large scale internal databases to Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS,) according to a press release. Thousands of existing AT&T data stored on Oracle databases and associated applications workloads will be moved to Oracle Cloud. “This is an […] More

  • AT&T to Migrate Databases, Apps to Oracle Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Migrate Databases, Apps to Oracle Cloud

    AT&T has agreed with Oracle to migrate thousands of databases and related applications workloads to the latter’s cloud platforms. Oracle said Thursday the strategic agreement with AT&T covers its portfolio of cloud offerings that include platform-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service, software-as-a-service and database-as-a-service. AT&T will also integrate its big data and machine learning capabilities with Oracle’s Field Service […] More

  • VMWare to Offer IaaS, Saas Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMWare to Offer IaaS, Saas Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Deal

    VMware has entered into a nine-year master agreement with the state of Utah to offer infrastructure-as-a-service and software-as-a-service platforms via the NASPO ValuePoint multistate cooperative procurement program. The company said Thursday it secured the contract after the state’s sourcing team evaluated multiple vendors of cloud-based information technology platforms. The agreement authorizes participating states and other government or educational agencies […] More

  • InfoReliance Enters Multistate IaaS Platform Marketing Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    InfoReliance Enters Multistate IaaS Platform Marketing Agreement

    The state of Utah has awarded InfoReliance a 10-year master agreement to offer an infrastructure-as-a-service platform to state agencies and education institutions that are part of the NASPO ValuePoint cooperative procurement program. InfoReliance said Tuesday it will sell 53 IaaS offerings such as cloud services for initial setup, access, training and support under the agreement. The company also […] More

  • NTT DATA to Offer IaaS Platform via Multistate Cooperative Contract; Tim Conway Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT DATA to Offer IaaS Platform via Multistate Cooperative Contract; Tim Conway Comments

    NTT DATA has secured a master agreement to provide an infrastructure-as-a-service platform to participating state agencies and local institutions under the NASPO ValuePoint multistate cooperative procurement program. The company said Thursday its IaaS platform is designed to help government and enterprise customers secure cloud environments. Tim Conway, president of NTT DATA’s public sector group, said the agreement offers an opportunity for the company to expand offerings and […] More

  • DLT to Provide Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Procurement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT to Provide Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Procurement Contract

    DLT Solutions has received a 10-year contract to provide cloud platforms and services to state and local government agencies that are part of the NASPO ValuePoint cooperative purchasing organization. The company said Thursday it will offer its platform-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service and software-as-a-service cloud platforms through Amazon Web Services, Google, Akamai and other vendor partners under the […] More

  • DoD Taps Smartronix for On-Site Managed IT Services; John Parris Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Taps Smartronix for On-Site Managed IT Services; John Parris Comments

    Smartronix has secured a task order through a National Institutes of Health-run information technology contract vehicle to provide on-site managed services to  the Defense Department. The company said Wednesday it will deliver cloud services such as infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service to DoD and department-approved mission partners on premises. Smartonix received the order under the Chief Information Officer–Solutions and Partners 3 governmentwide […] More