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ViON’s Rob Davies on Multicloud Strategy, Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Rob Davies, executive vice president of operations at ViON and a former Wash100 award winner, told MeriTalk in an interview published Wednesday that application performance, data security and cost are the key factors driving the multicloud strategy.
ViON’s Rob Davies on Four Features Multicloud Management Tools Should Have
Rob Davies, executive vice president of operations at ViON, wrote in a GCN article published Tuesday that there are four features cloud managers should look for in a multicloud management tool and one is broad applicability.
CoSo Cloud to Add Adobe Learning Management System to FedRAMP-Certified Private Cloud Platform
Adobe has selected CoSo Cloud’s private cloud platform to host its enterprise learning management system in support of government organizations.
Cloudera’s Shaun Bierweiler: Enterprise Data Cloud Key to Addressing ‘Growing Pains’ of Federal IT Modernization
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president and general manager of the public sector business at Cloudera, wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday on Federal Times that an enterprise data cloud platform could help federal agencies address the challenges of information technology modernization.
Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: Agencies Should Assess Apps Under Multicloud Strategy
Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer at Dell EMC’s federal business, has said federal agencies should come up with a multicloud strategy in order to leverage the cloud platform as an operating model, FedScoop reported Monday. Chehreh called on agencies to assess how they plan to field, operate and manage applications in a multicloud IT environment and discussed how certain […] More
- in Government Cloud, News
Microsoft, Thales Forge Defense Cloud Dev’t Partnership
Thales and Microsoft have teamed up to build a cloud platform designed to help the armed forces and other defense clients store and secure classified and sensitive data within their information technology infrastructure. Microsoft said Tuesday it will integrate its Azure Stack hybrid cloud platform with Thales’ cybersecurity and encryption tools to develop the defense […] More
- in Government Cloud, News
General Dynamics Eyes milCloud 2.0 Accreditation to Host DoD Classified Data
Donald Robinson, chief technology officer of General Dynamics‘ information technology unit, has said the company aims to secure Impact Level 6 authorization for the milCloud 2.0 platform by 2019 to help the Defense Department manage classified data, Nextgov reported Wednesday. MilCloud 2.0 is powered by CSRA, which General Dynamics bought for approximately $9.7 billion in […] More
- in Government Cloud, News
Nutanix Survey: Federal IT Leaders Opt for Hybrid Cloud Platforms
A new Nutanix survey has found that federal information technology leaders that seek to upgrade and secure government data infrastructure prefer hybrid cloud platforms to public cloud models. Nutanix said Tuesday it commissioned Market Connections to poll 150 IT decision makers across civilian, defense and intelligence agencies and found that only 39 percent of them […] More
UK Army Adopts Red Hat OS, Automation Tool to Facilitate Private Cloud App Deployment
The U.K. army has implemented Red Hat-built operating system and automation platform for its private cloud infrastructure. The British army’s information application services group fielded the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform and Ansible Tower by Red Hat in an effort to facilitate the deployment of applications and adoption of DevOps processes as well as address compatibility […] More
- in Government Cloud, News
Accellion Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Tool
Accellion has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer a cloud-based content collaboration system to federal agencies. The FedRAMP moderate-impact level authorization seeks to facilitate the deployment of Accellion’s kiteworks content collaboration tool on Amazon Web Services’ Cloud platform to help government employees access and transmit sensitive data files, Accellion said Monday. “Earning […] More
- in Government Cloud, News
ConnectSolutions Earns SOC-II Certification for Internal Data Security Controls
ConnectSolutions has achieved Service Organization Control 2 Type II certification for its internal data security controls and practices after a services and systems evaluation by auditing company Armanino. SOC-II works to validate the compliance of the company’s commercial cloud with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Trust Services Principles and Criteria for policies, communications, procedures […] More