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  • in Government Cloud, News

    Jack Dangermond: FedRAMP Green Lights Esri’s GIS Cloud Service for Federal Clients

    Esri has been certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer cloud services for government users of a geographic information system technology. Jack Dangermond, president of Esri, announced at the company’s annual geospatial conference that its managed cloud service offering is designated FedRAMP compliant at the moderate security level, Esri said Monday. […] More

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    VMware Government Cloud Service Achieves FedRAMP Certification

    VMware has received certification under the government’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to provide cloud services to public sector customers, Data Center Knowledge reported Wednesday. Yevgeniy Sverdlik writes VMware’s vCloud government service has been confirmed to meet federal security requirements for cloud offerings. VMware’s partner Carpathia provides the government cloud service from its data […] More

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    Adobe Unveils Cloud Services for Gov’t Clients; John Landwehr Comments

    Adobe has introduced new cloud service offerings for government customers in an effort to help public sector organizations develop and deliver content and websites to citizens. The company unveiled the product at the Adobe digital government assembly, where the company also announced tools and resources designed to complement the offerings, Adobe said Tuesday. John Landwehr, Adobe’s public sector chief […] More

  • in News, Products & Service

    FedRAMP Board Approves SecureKey’s ID Authentication Tool; Charles Walton Comments

    SecureKey Technologies has received the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board provisional authority to operate for the company’s briidge.net exchange cloud-based identity and authentication platform after a review by third-party assessor Veris Group. The platform will work to help citizens use Connect.gov and access digital government services with government-approved, commercially issued online credentials, SecureKey said Tuesday. “Looking ahead to a digital future, identity services will be vital […] More

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    Oracle Gets FedRAMP Board OK for Cloud SaaS Platform

    Oracle has earned provisional authorization to offer software as a service to U.S. government agencies through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board gave the company’s Service Cloud platform authority to operate following an audit by a third-party assessment organization, Oracle said Monday. According to Oracle, the technology will work […] More

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    QTS Secures FedRAMP Compliance Via CSP Supplied Path; Chad Williams Comments

    QTS has established Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliance for its QTS Federal Cloud offering following a third-party security assessment by Veris Group. The company said Wednesday it secured FedRAMP compliance through the CSP Supplied path, allowing federal agencies to assess the company’s security package for agency-specific security authorization. Chad Williams, chairman and CEO of QTS, said FedRAMP compliance enables […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Autonomic Resources Approved to Authorize Commercial Data Centers

    Autonomic Resources has been approved to authorize commercial data center facility space under a provisional authority-to-operate through the FedRAMP program. The ARC-P Secure Data Center offering is intended to help agencies and government contractors secure their non-virtualized and legacy information technology systems to meet regulatory requirements, Autonomic Resources said Tuesday. Autonomic Resources and an accredited third-party assessment team will validate the […] More

  • in Executive Spotlight, Featured, General, News

    Bill Rowan, VMware’s New US Federal Lead, on Open Source’s Evolution and Data Analytics Collaborations

    Bill Rowan was appointed vice president of the federal business at cloud computing and virtualization company VMware in November after nearly four years at the firm. Rowan joined VMware in 2010 to lead its Defense Department business and the nearly 25-year veteran also held leadership roles at firms such as IBM, MicroStrategy and Storage Technology Corp. In […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Christopher Grady: CGS Cloud Tool Gets FedRAMP OK to Host Gov’t Data

    Clear Government Solutions has received a provisional authority-to-operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Joint Authorization Board to offer the company’ FedGRID cloud computing tool to federal agencies. The company said Tuesday that the board — which comprises officials from agencies such as the Defense Department, Department of Homeland Security and General Services Administration — awarded the JAB P-ATO after an […] More

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    Microsoft Obtains FedRAMP Authorization to Deploy Office 365 at HHS

    Microsoft has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization to provide Office 365 products and services that are tailored for government agencies to the Department of Health and Human Services. The company said Thursday that the authority to operate certifies Microsoft to provide HHS cloud-based email and enterprise collaboration services such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. Microsoft obtained […] More

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    KCG Receives A2LA Accreditation as Cloud Inspector; Maryann Hirsch Comments

    Knowledge Consulting Group has received an accreditation as a third-party cloud products and services assessor for FedRAMP after the company complated an evaluation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation. The ISO/IEC 17020:2012 permits KCG to conduct inspections and tests of cloud information systems on behalf of the government, the company said Monday. KCG President Maryann Hirsch said the […] More

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    NOAA Keys on Virtual Machines, Storage Services in Public Cloud RFI

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has asked industry for ideas and responses to a request for information on a public cloud computing setup the agency is interested in. NOAA says in the RFI released Friday that vendors should outline configurations, pricing and other characteristics in the service areas of virtual machines, storage services, network bandwidth […] More