Government Cloud

The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has tasked CorasCloud to deliver its customizable project and portfolio management system to plan, manage and execute the service branch’s tasks and support its initiatives. CorasCloud said Monday it will provide its CorasManage system to the Program Manager Information Systems and Infrastructure – Product Manager Total Force Information Systems along with the Product Managers’ Tool Kit deployed on […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has selected VMware to provide cloud-based platforms for SAIC’s simulation training program as part of an effort to meet the technical requirements of government customers. Bob Kleinhample, vice president of simulation and training systems at SAIC, wrote in a blog article published Monday that SAIC developed a simulation-as-a-service offering with the use of VMware’s […] More

Dell and Software AG have launched an Internet of Things architecture offering intended to help enterprise customers analyze real-time data from networks, devices and sensors. The integrated offering combines Dell’s Edge Gateway 5000 Series and an embedded version of Software AG’s Apama Streaming Analytics to support real-time analytics at the edge of the network, Software AG said […] More

Unisys and Microsoft have agreed to expand their global cloud management and security partnership in an effort to help address customer demand for cloud-based cybersecurity tools. As part of the alliance, the companies plan to create new products intended to secure cloud computing systems and Unisys intend to exhibit its new cloud security technology for the public and […] More

Amazon Web Services has accepted Aquilent to an AWS-led network of technology partners with background in cloud infrastructure and application migration. Aquilent provides digital services, DevOps, agile development and cloud services to the federal government and continues to offer cloud products to customers as a member of AWS’ Managed Service Program, Aquilent said Wednesday. The program is intended […] More

The Commerce Department has approved two Amazon Web Services cloud computing platforms for use in the agency’s big data projects under a pair of existing authority-to-operate designations. Commerce Chief Information Officer Steve Cooper and Deputy Chief Data Officer Tyrone Grandison said Wednesday AWS GovCloud and AWS East/West hold ATOs under the government-wide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and the department has determined […] More

Sunera has been accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation to serve as a third-party assessment organization under the federal government’s cloud computing program. The company said Tuesday cloud service providers that aim to obtain Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification can now employ the help of Sunera’s subject matter experts and RMS compliance platform. “With so much overlap among security controls, […] More

Cloud Constellation has launched a space-based cloud storage network that works to store and transport data without the use of the internet. The SpaceBelt cloud infrastructure is designed to protect information from hijacking, theft, monitoring and sabotage through a private architecture that connects space-based data centers, Cloud Constellation said May 17. The company added SpaceBelt offers its services for organizations in industries […] More

A Cubic Corp. business unit will unveil a cloud-based platform designed to manage traffic and transportation systems at the four-day ITS European Congress that will run through Thursday in Glasgow, Scotland. Cubic Transportation Systems’ NextTraffic is based on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and works to facilitate data collection and sharing in order to help cities […] More

Level 3 Communications will continue to provide internet, virtual private network and cloud services to federal agencies as part of a three-year extension to its Networx Enterprise contract with the General Services Administration. GSA extended the company’s Networx Enterprise contract, which is scheduled to expire in May 2017, through May 2020 in order to provide […] More

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

Interactive Intelligence Group‘s customer engagement platforms have passed compliance programs that work to validate internal controls for security, availability and confidentiality of data center cloud operations. The company said Thursday its PureCloud offering attained a statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements and International Standard on Assurance Engagements SOC2 Type II from the auditing standards board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. PureCloud is […] More