Government Cloud

ClearDATA has joined the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Partner Program in a move to help government and nonprofit healthcare organizations access Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant cloud platforms. AWS added ClearDATA to the partner network for the healthcare cloud platform and managed services provider’s ability to help customers store, process, transmit and analyze […] More

Informatica has joined Amazon Web Services‘ new partner program to provide data management services to public sector customers through connected data in AWS’ cloud environment. Amazon Web Services launched the Public Sector Partner Program at the company’s AWS re:Invent 2016 event and Informatica will collaborate with the cloud provider to deliver hybrid data management platform configured for […] More

Palo Alto Networks has integrated its virtualized firewalls with the auto scaling and elastic load balancing platforms of Amazon Web Services in an effort to help joint customers secure their workloads. The companies seek to help clients automatically scale cyber breach prevention tools as their cloud-based workloads fluctuate through the use of VM-Series firewalls in conjunction with AWS Lambda, CloudFormation Templates and Amazon CloudWatch services, Palo […] More

Alfresco Software has been added to Amazon Web Services‘ new Public Sector Partner Program in a move to develop and advance the former’s government sector business with AWS. The San Mateo, California-based open source technology contractor said Tuesday it was selected as a partner for its efforts to bolster its open source offerings for federal, education and non-profit clients […] More

KeyW will join Amazon Web Services‘ Public Sector Partner Program to support the former’s information collection, processing, evaluation and dissemination offerings for the intelligence, cyber and counterterrorism sectors. The companies have previously partnered to transfer a specialized system from an intelligence community customer to the commercial AWS cloud platform, KeyW said Tuesday. Doug Worthington, vice president […] More

Amazon Web Services has included CACI International in a partner network that recognizes companies that utilize AWS practices to support missions of government, education and nonprofit customers. CACI said Wednesday it has been added to the AWS Public Sector Partner Program  because of the company’s efforts to deliver cloud-based platforms and services to clients with the use of AWS technology. The Arlington, […] More

The U.S. Transportation Command seeks partners from the academic and commercial sectors to study the cloud migration process through cooperative research and development agreements. A notice posted Nov. 16 on FedBizOpps stated the studies will utilize the Global Air Tranportation Execution System‘s information technology architecture as a baseline case to examine risks and migrate an existing government system to a […] More

IBM will add four new cloud data centers that possess cognitive intelligence capacities in the U.K. to meet a growing client demand. IBM said Monday the new facilities will triple the U.K.’s cloud center capacity as well as support the company’s commitment to deliver new products and services to the country’s market. The new facilities will provide users […] More

Qualys‘ cloud platform has received an authority-to-operate from the Department of Health and Human Services under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program as the company seeks to expand its footprint in federal civilian agencies. The company said Thursday the Qualys Cloud Platform provides more than 9,200 organizations an integrated suite to support asset discovery, compliance monitoring, network security, […] More

Distributed Solutions Inc. has secured a potential $10.5 million blanket purchase agreement from the integrated technology services branch of the General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service to develop a contract writing system-as-a-service platform for GSA and its customer agencies. DSI said Wednesday the agreement calls for the company to provide a software-as-a-service, cloud-based enterprise-grade system for government […] More

CGI has received a potential five-year, $7.2 million contract to help the Government Accountability Office transition GAO’s financial management, budgeting and procurement systems to a cloud infrastructure. The company said Wednesday it will use the Momentum enterprise platform within the Legislative Branch Financial Management System shared services environment to support GAO’s cloud migration effort. Momentum is part of the government’s […] More

 Cisco has launched a new cloud-based tool designed to provide a centralized mechanism that will manage data streams and help cities capture, analyze and share data across organizations, sectors and residents. Cecile Willems, a director at Cisco’s global public sector business, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday, the Smart+Connected Digital Platform uses integrated smart […] More