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    AWS Unveils ‘City on a Cloud’ Innovation Challenge Winners; Teresa Carlson Comments

    Amazon Web Services has selected 19 winners for its 2017 AWS City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge to highlight local and regional governments’ contribution to develop technologies for citizens around the world. The company said Wednesday it named winners across the Best Practices, Dream Big and Partners in Innovation categories during the AWS Public Sector Summit in Washington, D.C. Teresa […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Qualys Aims to Help Agencies Comply With Cyber Executive Order Via Cloud Platform

    Qualys has unveiled a cloud platform designed to help federal agencies comply with the requirements of an executive order that seeks to build up the cybersecurity posture of the federal government’s networks and U.S. critical infrastructure. The EO signed by President Donald Trump in May requires agencies to manage cyber risks through the adoption of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s […] More

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    Tom Keane: Microsoft Debuts Internet-of-Things Hub on Azure Govt Cloud

    Microsoft has introduced an internet-of-things hub on the company’s Azure Government cloud platform in a push to help customer agencies connect, track and manage connected devices. Tom Keane, general manager of the Microsoft Azure team, wrote in a blog entry published Monday the IoT Hub is designed to help government users secure communications from  device to cloud and or vice versa. The […] More

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    Riverbed to Exhibit Software-Defined WAN at AWS Public Sector Summit; Davis Johnson Comments

    Riverbed Technology is set to present a suite of software-defined wide area network and visibility platforms designed for cloud environments at the three-day Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit that kicked off Monday in Washington, D.C. The company said Monday it will demonstrate its SteelConnect SD-WAN offering that works to combine policy-based orchestration and management across […] More

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    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

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    Labor Dept Seeks Info on Cloud Hosting Services Sources for EBSA Public Disclosure System

    The Labor Department has sought information on potential contractors that can provide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-certified cloud hosting services for the Employee Benefits and Security Administration’s public disclosure platform. DOL said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the ERISA Public Disclosure System is a database application that contains 12 terabytes of data that […] More

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    StackArmor Earns AWS Security Competency Status

    Bethesda, Maryland-based cloud consulting and managed services provider stackArmor has met the requirements for a “Security Competency” designation under an Amazon Web Services partner network. AWS has included stackArmor as one of ten initial security consulting launch partners for the former’s Partner Competency Program that works to help clients identify vendors that can help them integrate and implement cloud-based platforms, stackArmor said Wednesday. StackArmor […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Socrata Gets FedRAMP Authorization for Cloud-Based Govt Data Platform

    Socrata has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization to provide its cloud-based Government Data Platform to public sector customers. The company said Wednesday it achieved the FedRAMP authority to operate through the sponsorship of the Federal Communications Commission. Socrata’s data platform works to provide an enterprise-ready environment to help agencies collect, manage, analyze and disseminate data internally […] More

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    StoneFly Integrates Disaster Recovery Tool With Microsoft Azure, AWS Cloud Platforms

    StoneFly has combined its disaster recovery and backup tool with cloud platforms from Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. The integration with AWS’ Amazon Glacier and Simple Storage Service as well as Microsoft’s Azure Government and public cloud platforms seeks to equip StoneFly’s DR365 disaster recovery system with repositories designed to secure data, StoneFly said Wednesday. DR365 has […] More

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    Leidos-Esri Team Deploys Cloud-Based System to Help NGA Generate Geographic Data

    A team composed of Leidos and Esri has developed and implemented a cloud-based system for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to disseminate authoritative geographic data. Esri said Tuesday the platform uses geographic information system technology to support content delivery to the Defense Department and intelligence community. The system is based on Esri’s platform and designed to equip NGA analysts with tools and workflows that support feature extraction and maintenance. Kevin Hope, […] More

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    VA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud Managed Services Sources

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has asked information on potential industry sources of cloud managed support services as VA plans to move to the cloud to facilitate the delivery of services to military retirees. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says VA wants data on potential vendors that can provide professional, governance and operational support to […] More

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    Tech Industry Vet Praveen Asthana Joins Forcepoint as Chief Marketing Officer

    Praveen Asthana, former senior vice president at Oracle, has joined cybersecurity company Forcepoint as chief marketing officer. Forcepoint said  Monday Asthana will oversee global marketing for the company and its four business areas including cloud security, network security, global governments and data and insider threat security. Asthana will also report to Forcepoint CEO Matthew Moynahan and support the […] More