Government Cloud

Learn about the latest technologies that drive the rapid adoption of cloud services by the public sector. This section focuses on offerings for public, private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments specifically tailored for federal agencies.

Latest stories

  • IBM Opens Enterprise Cloud Tech Marketplace; Robert LeBlanc Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    IBM Opens Enterprise Cloud Tech Marketplace; Robert LeBlanc Comments

    IBM has debuted an online channel that will showcase a range of cloud computing software and service offerings from the company, its partners and third-party vendors. The IBM Cloud Marketplace allows enterprise clients to select from hundreds of software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and infrastructure-as-a-service platforms, IBM said Monday. “Increasingly cloud users from business, IT and development across […] More

  • CSC, Amazon Web Services to Establish Global Cloud Center; Terry Wise, Dan Hushon Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    CSC, Amazon Web Services to Establish Global Cloud Center; Terry Wise, Dan Hushon Comment

    CSC and Amazon Web Services have partnered to establish a CSC Global Cloud Center of Excellence that will cater to enterprise and public-sector cloud services needs by leveraging the companies’ cloud technologies. CSC said Tuesday they will set up the initial Global Cloud CoE in Austin, Texas, to deliver enterprise workload migration and private and hybrid cloud integration services, such as […] More

    by

  • FireEye's Darien Kindlund: New Tactics Needed Amid Changing Threat Landscape - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    FireEye’s Darien Kindlund: New Tactics Needed Amid Changing Threat Landscape

    Darien Kindlund, director of research science at FireEye, says that today’s changing threat landscape needs a flexible cybersecurity defense to match. “As attackers shift their strategies, the cyber defense industry is too, now moving away from a model built around identifying and remediating single attacks toward an environment where threat actors and their behaviors are […] More

  • Microsoft to Invest $274M, Add Cloud Infrastructure at Wyoming Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Microsoft to Invest $274M, Add Cloud Infrastructure at Wyoming Data Center

    Microsoft will allocate $274 million in investments to expand the company’s operations in Cheyenne, Wyo. and add a new cloud computing infrastructure there, Data Center Knowledge reported Saturday. Rich Miller writes that the plan would increase the company’s total spending in Wyoming to nearly $500 million. The company plans to start construction of the new […] More

  • Mark Hurd, Rich Geraffo Highlight Oracle Cloud Network's Reach - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Mark Hurd, Rich Geraffo Highlight Oracle Cloud Network’s Reach

    Oracle has reported a growing user base for its suite of cloud products through the Oracle PartnerNetwork, which Oracle President Mark Hurd said highlights the program’s value proposition to the company’s customers. “Oracle’s partner community is an invaluable asset to the company,” Hurt said Thursday. “Partner adoption of Oracle Cloud solutions has been tremendous and we will continue to provide […] More

  • Thomas Hansen: Microsoft to Offer Cloud Computing Training to Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Thomas Hansen: Microsoft to Offer Cloud Computing Training to Small Businesses

    Microsoft has debuted a training program to help owners of small and medium enterprises integrate cloud computing technology into their businesses, Web Host Industry Review reported Wednesday. Chris Burt writes that Microsoft’s Cloud SureStep program is designed to show entrepreneurs how cloud platforms work to manage profits, digital marketing and customer demand. Thomas Hansen, Microsoft’s […] More

  • David Blankenhorn: DLT to Connect Cloud Users With Amazon, Red Hat - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    David Blankenhorn: DLT to Connect Cloud Users With Amazon, Red Hat

    DLT Solutions has released a private cloud computing offering to integrate Red Hat‘s OpenShift Enterprise and Amazon Web Services into an environment for users to develop, test and deploy applications. CODEvolved is designed to expedite the software development and deployment process, the company said Wednesday. David Blankenhorn, chief cloud technologist at DLT, said the company aimed to connect users with […] More

  • Verizon's Maria Montenegro: Shipping, Distribution Industry Turning to Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Verizon’s Maria Montenegro: Shipping, Distribution Industry Turning to Cloud

    The shipping and distribution industry is increasingly turning to cloud computing for use in business operations, Verizon‘s Maria Montenegro wrote in a blog post published Tuesday. Montenegro, a communications manager at the company, said one of the drivers of cloud adoption in the industry is is the need for IT and software applications to manage […] More

    by

  • Julio Tapia: Red Hat Debuts 3rd-Party Cloud Apps Marketplace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Julio Tapia: Red Hat Debuts 3rd-Party Cloud Apps Marketplace

    Red Hat has launched a digital shop for developers to find and try cloud computing applications supported by the company’s OpenShift platform-as-a-service offering. The OpenShift Marketplace offers information on email delivery services, database, messaging queues and application performance monitoring products, Red Hat said Monday. The portal features platforms from various OpenShift value-added resellers, including BlazeMeter, ClearDB, […] More

  • IBM Unveils New Cloud Storage Platform Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    IBM Unveils New Cloud Storage Platform Offering

    IBM Corp. has launched a new software-defined big data storage platform offering in a move to meet demand for enterprise storage, The VAR Guy reported Monday. Christopher Tozzi writes the SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center platform is built to store and manage data with administrative tools. IBM intends for the technology to help medium-size businesses migrate […] More

  • Amazon Web Services Partner Net Adds XO Communications; Don MacNeil Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Amazon Web Services Partner Net Adds XO Communications; Don MacNeil Comments

    XO Communications has become a member of the Amazon Web Services Partner Network to offer AWS Direct Connect network users access XO’s Enterprise Ethernet and Intelligent WAN product portfolio. XO said Wednesday it aims to give AWS Direct Connect users secure connections of between 1 and 10 gigabytes per second, as well as application visibility for cloud-based enterprise applications. Don MacNeil, XO chief […] More

    by

  • Verizon, Unisys Form Public Cloud Hosting Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Verizon, Unisys Form Public Cloud Hosting Partnership

    Verizon and Unisys have signed a partnership agreement to offer managed cloud computing services in the state and local government markets, FierceTelecom reported Tuesday. Sean Buckley writes the companies intend to leverage a cloud hosting contract between Unisys and the Western States Contracting Alliance-National Association of State Procurement Officers. Buckley reports Unisys will offer a […] More