Toni Townes-Whitley, president of U.S. regulated industries at Microsoft, said the coronavirus pandemic has prompted regulated-industry companies and governments to accelerate the migration to the cloud as they advance the adoption of collaboration tools and field virtual desktops, Business Insider reported Monday.
Read More »Army Issues Solicitation for Joint Enterprise Data Interoperability Program
The U.S. Army is seeking additional vendors with access to required Department of Defense networks to provide support services for the Joint Enterprise Data Interoperability program.
Read More »Microsoft’s Brad Smith Talks Ensuring US Edge in AI, JEDI Contract Award
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, said the government needs to establish a strategy for establishing alliances to ensure that the U.S. retains its technological edge and protects its defense interests, CNBC reported Saturday.
Read More »Lockheed Plans to Develop Centralized DoD Combat Operating System
Lockheed Martin is slated to work on four experimental projects focused on establishing interoperability between systems to improve data sharing and support future combat operations, Defense One reported Sunday.
Read More »Microsoft Wins $10B DoD JEDI Cloud Contract; Dana Deasy Quoted
The Department of Defense has selected Microsoft for the potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract.
Read More »DISA Seeks Info on Dark Fiber Technology to Support JEDI Cloud Network
The Defense Information Systems Agency has extended the deadline for responses to its request for information on dark fiber technology which will support the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud environment, Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.
Read More »Teresa Carlson: AWS Committed to Supporting Defense, Intell Agencies With Cloud Tech
Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector business at Amazon Web Services and a 2019 Wash100 winner, said during her keynote address at the AWS Public Sector Summit that the company’s ongoing work with the Department of Defense and the intelligence community indicates its ability to meet the requirements for the $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program.
Read More »Pat Gelsinger on VMware’s Efforts to Secure FedRAMP Certification
VMware is close to earning an authority to operate for its cloud offering under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and CEO Pat Gelsinger said he considers the FedRAMP certification a “critical milestone” and a significant opportunity for the company, CRN reported Thursday.
Read More »DoD Seeks Cloud Computing Program Support
The Washington Headquarters Services has posted a request for information on potential sources of professional services for the Department of Defense's cloud computing program office to manage Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract operations.
Read More »Report: Federal Cloud, E-Commerce Programs May Drive Growth for Amazon
The U.S. government may provide the largest growth opportunity for Amazon as the company competes for the Defense Department’s potential 10-year, $10B cloud contract, CNN Business reported Thursday. The report noted that Amazon is considered to be the frontrunner for the single-award Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement contract. The JEDI program could …
Read More »Brad Smith: Microsoft Aims to Engage in Public Dialogue to Ensure Ethical Use of AI, Other Tech
Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft, has said the company believes the U.S. military needs access to industry-developed technologies as it works to defend the country from threats. Smith wrote in a blog entry posted Friday that the tech sector’s involvement in public debate is vital with regard …
Read More »Report: DoD Requires JEDI Contract Bidders to Hand-Deliver Proposals
The Defense Department has again extended the deadline of bidding for a $10B cloud services contract and asked vendors to submit proposals in person, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Interested parties may contact procurement officials to arrange submission details through Oct. 10, and deliver their responses to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure solicitation on …
Read More »Report: DoD Moves Deadline for JEDI Cloud Bids to October
The Defense Department has extended the deadline of proposals for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement program to Oct. 9 after it made some changes to the solicitation, Nextgov reported Tuesday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the revised request for proposals includes the updated contract security classification; performance work statement/statement of …
Read More »DoD Seeks Industry Questions About Revised JEDI Cloud RFP
The Defense Department has launched a second round of comment period for industry to submit questions about DoD’s revised request for proposals for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement program, Nextgov reported Friday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says cloud service providers should send their questions about the amended …
Read More »Report: Tech Firms Form Coalition to Counter DoD’s JEDI Cloud Single-Award Contract Plan
A coalition of technology companies has begun efforts to counter the Defense Department’s plan to pursue a single-award contract for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement program, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Sources told the publication the coalition includes Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, VMware, Red Hat, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies, SAP’s U.S. arm …
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