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    Teresa Carlson: AWS to Increase Cloud Infrastructure Investment in Australia

    Teresa Carlson, vice president of worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services, has said the company’s Australian operations will receive infrastructure upgrades to meet anticipated customer demand, The Australian Financial Review reported Monday. Carlson told the publication that AWS constantly evolves its cloud infrastructure in Australia as part of efforts to “innovate ahead of demand […] More

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    Microsoft Unveils Monitoring Tool for Agencies on Azure Government Cloud

    Microsoft has released a monitoring and analytics tool on the Azure Government cloud environment to help government agencies assess the state and performance of various resources. Tom Keane, head of global infrastructure for Microsoft Azure, said in a blog post published Wednesday that the Azure Monitor platform helps users troubleshoot resources as well as evaluate […] More

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    VMware’s Bill Rowan: DoD, DOJ IT Execs Agree on Hybrid Cloud’s Value

    Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, has said information technology leaders from U.S. service branches and the Justice Department agree when it comes to the value of hybrid cloud technology, WTOP reported Wednesday. He participated in a Federal News Radio-hosted panel discussion with Daniel Corbin, chief technology adviser at the U.S. Marine Corps‘ C4 Headquarters; Randall Conway, […] More

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    CSRA to Test Navy HR Mgmt System on AWS Cloud

    CSRA has obtained authorization from the U.S. Navy to test a new integrated pay and personnel system for the service branch on Amazon Web Services‘ cloud platform. The Interim Authorization to Test permits CSRA to assess the viability and flexibility of running a commercial off-the-shelf human resource management platform on AWS cloud, CSRA said Wednesday. The COTS HRM system will […] More

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    Navy Adopts Rubrik Cloud Data Management Tool to Streamline Backup Operations

    The U.S. Navy has begun to implement Rubrik’s software-defined converged platform in an effort to automate backup operations and manage data across public and private cloud environments. The service branch’s Commander, Navy Installations Command reported a reduction in the total cost of ownership and achieved cost savings after it deployed Rubrik’s Cloud Data Management platform, […] More

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    Crunchy Data Unveils Open Source Security Compliance Automation Platform

    Crunchy Data has unveiled an open source project with the goal to help agencies automate compliance with the Defense Department‘s security standards dubbed Security Technical Implementation Guide. The company said Tuesday it developed the PostgreSQL STIG Automation project to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s efforts to accelerate the authority-to-operate certification process for cloud platforms. The Defense Information Systems Agency […] More

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    Tiag Obtains AWS Consulting Partner Accreditation

    Amazon Web Services has designated tiag as a consulting partner under the AWS Public Sector Partner Program, which is comprised of companies that support the cloud operations of government, education or non-profit customers. Reston, Viginia-based tiag said Friday it has been authorized to support customer missions in all program categories including government; nonprofit; primary and K-12 education; […] More

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    CA Technologies’ Project, Portfolio Mgmt Offering Achieves FedRAMP Ready Status

    CA Technologies‘ project and portfolio management platform has achieved a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Ready status which validates the system’s compliance with security and quality standards required for cloud-based services. Vinod Peris, senior vice president of engineering in the Agile management business unit of CA Technologies, said in a post published Wednesday that the […] More

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    FCC Grants DocuSign FedRAMP ATO for Cloud-Based Electronic Transaction Service

    DocuSign has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification from Federal Communications Commission to offer a cloud-based electronic transaction service in support of the government’s digital transformation efforts. The company said Tuesday it aims to help customer agencies automate and digitize paper-based workflows that need signatures. “Federal agencies are looking for cloud computing technology to help deliver the […] More

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    Telos Offers Automated Risk Mgmt Software to AWS Govt Cloud Users

    Telos has begun to offer its automated risk management platform to government users of Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud isolated cloud region. Xacta 360 is now available in the AWS GovCloud Marketplace and the AWS Marketplace for commercial buyers, Telos said Friday. Richard Johnson, manager of cloud information system security at the Department of Homeland Security, said DHS […] More

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    IBM to Help Arizona Implement Cloud Managed Services

    IBM has been chosen by the state of Arizona to help its government agencies manage information technology operations with cloud technology. The Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology organization will deploy IBM cloud services in an effort to establish a statewide IT strategy and offer services and infrastructure to other local agencies, the company said Thursday. ASET will oversee […] More