Government Cloud

Intel has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University to work on a three-year, $4.1 million program to research and develop analytics tools for public officials, businesses and consumers to obtain insights from large volumes of online video content. The company and CMU will conduct the research program at the Intel Science and Technology Center for Visual Cloud […] More

EPAY Systems has gained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer its human capital management platforms to government agencies. The company said Monday it aims to support government “Cloud First” initiatives and help federal customers manage and secure information. EPAY Systems implemented measures to reduce cyber risks as well as increase uptime and resistance to data exfiltration in the company’s products […] More

Governments agencies have turned to hybrid cloud platforms in order to both take advantage of cloud capabilities and support legacy systems, QTS Realty Trust Executive Vice President Dave McOmber said in a Federal News Radio panel discussion posted Thursday. McOmber, who is in charge of public sector and federal sales at QTS, participated in the discussion with Bill […] More

QTS Realty Trust has received Advanced Consulting Partner designation from Amazon Web Services after the data center services provider met requirements necessary to help clients manage AWS cloud platforms. QTS said Thursday it invests in technology platforms that support access to AWS and other public cloud providers. AWS consulting partners include professional and information technology services companies that support customers’ efforts to design, architect, build, […] More

Centennial, Colorado-based electronic surveillance services provider Subsentio has secured clearance from the U.S. government to export a cloud-based virtual surveillance platform to a customer in Europe. The company said Tuesday its Subsentio cloud-based virtual lawful intercept platform meets the European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s technical requirements. Steve Bock, Subsentio president and CEO, said the approval reflects the […] More

Mark Johnson, director of modern platform for government at Oracle, has said that agencies should consider three factors before moving information technology systems to the cloud and one of them is to adopt end-to-end security platforms. Johnson wrote in an FCW commentary piece published Friday that such security tools should work to protect applications from cyber vulnerabilities […] More

RMS‘ North American subsidiary has introduced a property management system on a Project Hosts-built cloud platform that is certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. RMS – The Hospitality Cloud is now available to Defense Department and federal civilian clients via Project Hosts’ Federal Private Cloud, RMS said Wednesday. The system works to help customers manage real estate properties, reservations, dining […] More

Druva‘s cloud-based data protection technology offering has received “in process” status under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The designation is for the Druva inSync platform and reflects the company’s commitment to meet federal government security requirements for data availability management and information governance across cloud applications, Druva said Tuesday. InSync is designed to support cloud application backup and archival, data compliance monitoring, […] More

Blackboard has launched its learning management system in Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud (US) region in a push to help government agencies manage online learning programs in a cloud environment. Washington, D.C.-based Blackboard said Monday the availability of Blackboard Learn on AWS GovCloud will support Blackboard’s efforts to obtain Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program accreditation. Blackboard Learn is designed to provide virtual learning support […] More

Microsoft and DXC Technology have teamed up to provide a new service offering designed to help clients manage workloads across the Microsoft Azure public cloud platform and DXC’s data centers. The DXC Services for Azure offering will work to help users facilitate hybrid and public cloud adoption as well as access Azure services in DXC’s […] More