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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

by Scott Nicholas January 19, 2017, 9:03 am
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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

by Ramona Adams January 19, 2017, 8:25 am
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Utah State Govt Awards Carahsoft Cloud Tech Reseller Contract
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MarketsandMarkets Forecasts 25.6% Cloud Computing CAGR in Education Market by 2021

A MarketsandMarkets report forecasts a compound annual growth rate of 25.6 percent for the global cloud computing in education market over the next five years. The 151-page report estimates that revenue for education-related cloud computing products and services will reach $25.36 billion by 2021 from $8.13 billion in 2016, the RnR Market Research said Oct. 6. Public cloud deployment type is projected […] More

by Ramona Adams October 14, 2016, 2:00 am
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NEC Joins Red Hat's Certified Cloud, Service Provider Program; Paul Smith, Hide Senta Comment

Red Hat has named NEC Corp. of America as a cloud platform and services provider after the latter company completed certification and testing requirements for enterprise cloud deployments. NEC will use managed, multi-tenant models to offer its portfolio of private cloud and platform-as-a-service offerings to government agencies through Red Hat's Certified Cloud and Service Provider program, […] More

by Jane Edwards July 19, 2016, 8:02 am
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Qualys’ Cloud Platform Gets FedRAMP Certification via CSP Supplied Path; Philippe Courtot Comments

Qualys Inc. has received Federal Risk and Authorized Management Program compliance certification for the company's cloud platform following a security review by a third-party assessor. The certification, which Qualys earned through the Cloud Service Provider Supplied Package process, serves as a go-signal for federal civilian, military and intelligence agencies to leverage security and compliance cloud services from the company, Qualys said […] More

by Jay Clemens June 24, 2016, 9:41 am
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Andras Szakal Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top CTO Executives Award

ANDRAS SZAKAL VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER IBM U.S. FEDERAL Andras Szakal is vice president and chief technology officer IBM U.S. Federal. He is responsible for IBM's industry solution technology strategy in support of the U.S. Federal customer. Mr. Szakal was appointed IBM Distinguished Engineer and Director of IBM’s Federal Software Architecture team in […] More

by Nicholas Hoffman June 15, 2016, 2:30 pm
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InfoReliance to Provide Amazon Web Services Cloud Systems to Justice Dept, GAO

InfoReliance will provide Amazon Web Services infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service cloud systems to the Justice Department and Government Accountability Office under a prime contract with DOJ.. The technology consulting firm said Friday the IaaS and PaaS offerings will work to facilitate security and service delivery for development, testing, quality assurance and production operations. The contract with DOJ also covers several multi-day […] More

by Ramona Adams May 31, 2016, 9:25 am
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BlackMesh Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Red Hat Cloud Platform-Based PaaS Product; Eric Mandel Comments
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Pete Sandlin, Mario Suarez Named to Director Roles at HumanTouch; Moe Jafari Comments

IT services contractor HumanTouch has hired Pete Sandlin of the U.S. Marine Corps and Mario Suarez of HP Enterprise Services for director roles at the company. HumanTouch said Thursday it appointed Pete Sandlin, formerly deputy program manager at Marine Corps Systems Command, director of strategic services and product solutions. Mario Suarez, a former senior program manager at HP Enterprise Services, will be […] More

by Neel Mehta November 16, 2015, 12:00 am
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CSC Obtains FedRAMP Certification for PaaS Cloud Offering; Red Hat’s Paul Smith Comments

Computer Sciences Corp. has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for the company’s ARCWRX cloud computing technology. CSC said Tuesday this is the second FedRAMP certification for the platform-as-a-service ARCWRX, which is based on Red Hat's OpenShift and resides on CSC’s ARC-P platform. Paul Smith, general manager and vice president of public sector at Red […] More

by Jay Clemens November 11, 2015, 8:42 am
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Nextgov: Autonomic Resources’ Open Source PaaS Gets FedRAMP Approval

Autonomic Resources has been certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its ARCWRX open source platform-as-a-service cloud offering to the federal government, Nextgov reported Friday. Frank Konkel writes that ARCWRX is the first PaaS offering to achieve FedRAMP compliance. John Keese, director of government cloud solutions for Computer Sciences Corp., told Nextgov some federal agencies have expressed interest […] More

by Anna Forrester October 12, 2015, 8:21 am