Smartronix Earns Amazon Cloud Design Certificates; Robert Groat Comments
Several Smartronix professionals have received certifications from Amazon Web Services for their work in designing and cloud-based offerings that use AWS technology. Amazon’s Certified Solutions Architect — Associate Level certification program is intended for administrators and developers working on applications for Amazon Web Services, Smartronix said Wednesday. The program requires knowledge of distributed systems architecture, [...]
The federal government is shifting toward cloud computing and Amazon.com is going in the same direction by expanding its cloud sales to the government. The online retailer currently provides cloud-based computer services in 100 government offices, including the State and Treasury departments, according to a Washington Post/Bloomberg report. Amazon joins Google and Microsoft in offering [...]
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Cloud computing may be more secure than the traditional client-server approach, the CIA’s chief technology officer said Tuesday. During an Amazon Web Services conference in Washington, Gus Hunt said the cloud provides the ability to reimage or remove all software from one server and get it all up and running quickly on another server in [...]
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URS Corporation’s URS Apptis obtained Authority to Operate for its FedCloud.com service portal to the U.S. Government allowing government agencies to easily purchase cloud computing infrastructure using a Blanket Purchase Agreement for IaaS from GSA. URS was granted the ATO after FedCloud.com met government security requirements and completed the Assessment and Authorization process in accord with [...]
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Red Hat Expands Cooperation With Amazon Web Services and SAP on the Cloud
September 13, 2011 No CommentRed Hat announced support for SAP solutions running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with Support for SAP Business Applications’ availability. “Today’s announcement fortifies Red Hat’s continued effort to provide customers flexibility in software deployment options and innovations in cloud computing,” said Gus Robertson, vice [...]
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Amazon Web Services announced this week the release of AWS GovCloud, a new, U.S.-only AWS region platform designed to provide government agencies with secure cloud computing capabilities. According to AWS, the cloud services will allow U.S. government agencies and contractors to move more sensitive workloads into the cloud by addressing their specific regulatory and compliance [...]
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Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company, announced today the start of its fifth annual AWS Start-Up Challenge, a contest that recognizes new and innovative uses of its cloud computing platform in start-up companies. Amazon Web Services has expanded the contest worldwide and will choose a total of 15 regional semifinalists from the Americas, Asia Pacific, [...]
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