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Report: Virtualization Still Just Chatter or Catching Hold
Early December, Quest Software released information following a survey that labeled cost savings, user demand and expectations and managing a mobile workforce as driving forces behind moving to virtual servers.
To Quest, the findings solidified the idea that server and desktop virtualization were moving into production instead of just being a concept. This conclusion is not…
Verizon, General Dynamics Among First In Line for FedRAMP Process
Published on 28 Dec, 2011 at 14:46 in Cloud | Viewed 186 times | No Comments
Companies that already provide cloud services to federal agencies will have their offerings vetted first under the new FedRAMP security assessment program.
Verizon Federal and General Dynamics‘ information technology business unit are among the companies who will have their cloud services reviewed under the new program according to Federal Times.
FedRAMP…
App Mall, Geospatial Collaboration in Works as Army Moves Intelligence to Cloud
Published on 27 Dec, 2011 at 17:21 in Cloud | Viewed 57 times | No Comments
In October, the director of the National Security Agency wanted to make clear to a Baltimore audience his views on the intelligence community using cloud computing.
“We need to go from our legacy databases to the cloud,” Army Gen. Keith Alexander said.
Alexander explained that cloud computing offers a better end-to-end view of…
IBM Moves Hong Kong-based Healthcare Provider Servers to the Cloud
Published on 23 Dec, 2011 at 15:13 in Cloud | Viewed 12 times | No Comments
IBM is to build a virtualized infrastructure to aid Hong Kong-based healthcare providers in consolidating physical servers and moving them to the cloud, the company has announced.
According to the release, the company will complete a project that includes consolidating more than 100 servers into a cloud environment that will host Quality HealthCare Medical Services‘ mission…
Salesforce, Rypple Aim to Create a Social Enterprise to Promote Agency Goals
Last week, Salesforce.com announced a social networking acquisition that has been long in the making, according to John Wookey, executive vice president of advanced applications.
The company said it will acquire Rypple, a cloud-based performance management services provider, and bring on all of Rypple’s staff and offerings. Wookey will run Rypple’s operations, which Salesforce will rename…
Cyber Experts Predict What Will Leave, What Will Stick in 2012
With the year’s end approaching, many information technology firms and officials are making their stance on what they believe is to come and has come to be in terms of cybersecurity.
“As we head into 2012, many CIOs are evaluating the various aspects of IT, looking ahead to the new technologies that…
Verizon Promotes From Within Terremark Federal Operations to Drive Cloud Strategy
Verizon has tapped a veteran of its information technology subsidiary Terremark‘s federal operations to drive its global cloud strategy.
Nelson Fonseca will lead the subsidiary as its new president, where he will also oversee enterprise IT infrastructure solutions for government agencies and large companies.
He will be responsible for accelerating the execution of Verizon’s…
GovConExec Engages the New C4ISR in Recently Launched Winter Issue
Published on 16 Dec, 2011 at 17:03 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 35 times | No Comments
With the end of one year and the launch into another, GovConExec, published by The New New Internet’s parent company Executive Mosaic, has released it’s eighth issue in the second year of publishing.
The Winter 2011 issue, C4ISR: GovCon Leaders Enable a New Era, delves into the new C4ISR, policy, executives…
HP, Microsoft Partner to Deliver Public Cloud Services
HP Enterprise Services and Microsoft Corp. have announced a global, four-year initiative to deliver Microsoft’s communications and collaboration products via the public and private cloud.
Through the public cloud, Microsoft will deliver its collaboration and productivity tool Microsoft Office 365. A Microsoft release said the companies’ cloud solutions will shift information technology from…
GSA Plans Cloud Platform for Info Sharing, Program Management
Published on 9 Dec, 2011 at 12:09 in Cyber | Viewed 36 times | No Comments
The General Services Administration, the first agency to move email to the cloud, is now planning to move information sharing and program management to the cloud as well.
Laura Stanton, GSA’s director of process improvement and communications, said the move is expected to happen in early 2012, according to Federal Computer Week. GSA…
