Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
A new Research and Markets report predicts the global market for network security platforms to experience a compound annual growth rate of 7.84 percent from 2014 to 2019. The increasing demand among companies for software as a service-based network security tools and the rising cases of fraud, data theft and other forms of cyber attacks are […] More
The National Institutes of Health has granted NetComm a Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program certification that allows the company to implement its software-as-a-service platform to government organizations. Netcomm said Jan. 28 the FedRAMP authority-to-operate certificate is for the company’s Beacon, a cloud computing SaaS designed to help agencies manage and secure workflows. Veris Group audited the Beacon offering as an […] More
Decision Lens has received agency authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based software. The company said Wednesday it obtained the FedRAMP certification through sponsorship from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Decision Lens’ Software-as-a-Service platform is deployed in a public cloud environment and works to help government and commercial clients analyze, prioritize […] More
An International Data Corp. report forecasts public cloud services spending will increase to around $141 billion by 2019 from almost $70 billion last year, with software as a service to overtake other cloud computing service models. The public cloud-spend projection represents a compound annual growth rate of 19.4 percent and is nearly six times the projected CAGR for […] More
An integrated open source and cloud computing technology presents a potential investment area for government agencies that seek agile and adaptable federal IT solutions, Carahsoft Technology said Monday. The company noted that cloud adoption works to help agencies generate savings and meet requirements in government mandates such as FITARA and FedRAMP. Software-as-a-service and hybrid clouds also work […] More
Intel has decided to stop offering its portfolio of McAfee software-as-a-service email security and archiving platforms by Jan. 11, 2016, TechWeekEurope UK reported Friday. Tom Jowitt writes the company’s security unit will continue to provide support services for Email Archiving, Encryption and Protection & Continuity products through Jan. 11, 2019. Intel also set Jan. 11, […] More
Established vendors continue to dominate the federal market for cloud platforms amid competition with commercial newcomers, Alex Rossino writes in a blog post for Deltek. Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, cited IBM as the leading federal cloud vendor based on the value of awarded contracts from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2015. IBM booked $603 […] More
CGI has been selected to provide enterprise resource planning services to Genesee County in Michigan under a five-year contract. The county will have access to budget, financial, procurement and human resource management tools via the CGI Advantage360 software as a service, CGI said Monday. “Our innovative, SaaS-based solution provides local government with state of the […] More
Oracle has received a Defense Department Authority to Operate for its Oracle Service Cloud software-as-a-service offering under security impact Level 4 of the DoD Cloud Security Model. The company said Tuesday Oracle Service Cloud is a customer service platform that is part of its U.S. DoD Cloud portfolio. “[DoD] can now procure commercial cloud services in order to meet dynamic […] More
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is requesting information about potential providers of a software-as-a-service platform designed for contact center operations. IRS said Aug. 10 in a FedBizOpps notice that it seeks a vendor who can deliver SaaS that complies with the agency’s information technology security and data privacy policies. The agency also wants to know […] More
NGA.NET has adopted the new name of Acendre in an effort to expand the company’s Software-as-a-Service platforms designed to help government and commercial clients recruit and hire staff. “The rebrand represents an exciting growth phase for the company as the data revolution continues in HR,†Mike Giuffrida, co-founder and CEO of Acendre, said Tuesday. Giuffrida noted that […] More
AllSource Analysis and BAE Systems have formed an alliance in an effort to provide imagery analysis platforms and business intelligence content for commercial and government enterprises. AllSource’s network of military and intelligence professionals will work to deliver imagery-based geospatial and intelligence content to customers through the use of BAE’s cloud-based Software as a Service tools, AllSource said Thursday. […] More
