Oracle puts up early protest fight for $427M storage contract
Oracle Corp. has filed a pre-award protest of a contract to provide the Defense Department with on-demand storage infrastructure services.
Opinion
Four cloud hurdles and how to clear them
The cloud is still about potential in the government market, but DLT Solutions exec David Blankenhorn explains how to clear four major hurdles to wider adoption on the cloud, including the need to reduce so much industry noise.
Labor plans for 5-year cloud IDIQ
In a new sources sought notice, the Labor Department is developing a five-year contract for cloud-based business process management services.
En Pointe wins $72M Microsoft deal
En Pointe Technologies will provide 100,000 seats of Microsoft Office 365 under a five-year, $72 million contract with Los Angeles County.
Opinion
Geospatial intell projects point the way toward more data sharing
Intelligence agencies and their defense counterparts are using geospatial solutions as a way to breakdown silos and increase collaboration.
Four cloud solutions win DOD approval
Four cloud service solutions have been provisional authority to compete for Defense Department contracts, though only for unclassified levels of information, FCW.com reports.
Why InfoZen is so pumped about a $12M DHS contract
InfoZen gets tapped by the Homeland Security Department to take "IT to a whole new level." Here's the inside story on what the company will be doing and how it could be a model for other projects.
Gens. Lawrence, Sorenson share insights on transformation
Whether it is everything as a service, cloud computing, big data or mobile, the government technology landscape is evolving quickly. Retired Lt. Gens. Susan Lawrence and Jeff Sorenson talk about the challenges and opportunities that come with change.
VMware, Carpathia join forces on new cloud offering
VMware and Carpathia have formed a partnership that will leverage both VMware's dominance as a virtualization provider and Carpathia's public cloud infrastructure.
Is the virtual desktop the next big thing?
Tom Simmons, the leader of Citrix's federal team, sees the virtual desktop as a next big thing in the federal market. The only problem is that it's still a few years away.
Opinion
Lessons from DOD's bumpy adoption of cloud computing
The military services might be embracing the cloud with a "make haste slowly" approach, but there is plenty to glean from how they are doing it.
State, local agencies want better efficiency but face infrastructure challenges
While most state and local organizations plan to fully deploy data center consolidation, mobility, security, big data and cloud computing in the next three years, most agencies simply aren’t prepared for the resulting demands on their IT infrastructure.
Accenture report shows slow cloud adoption
Despite the federal Cloud First mandate, only 10 percent of agencies have migrated more than one half of their IT portfolios to the cloud so far. A new Accenture report points to some of the reasons why.
Mori Associates captures $200M JPL contract
Small business wins $200 million contract to support the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with engineering, networking and IT support.
Interior searches for Drupal contractor
The Interior Department wants a small-business contractor who can build and manage a Drubal web content management system that entire agency can use for their public websites.
Opinion
Cloud may be slow, but it's going to be big
The cloud computing market hasn't lived up to its hype, but that doesn't mean it still won't become a big opportunity and transform government IT.
Tough times breed new opportunities
Experts at Deltek's recent FedFocus event urge contractors to avoid the "hunker down" mentality, and to embrace these tough times as an opportunity to transform how you do business, and how you help your customers deliver on their mission.
Judge says IBM never stood a chance of winning CIA contract
A recently unsealed court order in the battle between IBM and Amazon for a $600 million CIA cloud computing contract is very critical of IBM, claiming the company designed its proposal so it would have grounds for a protest if it lost.
Dell, DLT push cloud strategies with new Army BPAs
We look inside the go-to-market strategies of Dell Federal and DLT Solutions as they ramp up their Army BPAs to provide commercial cloud services. Dell will market Microsoft 360 while DLT goes with Google.
IBM passes FedRAMP muster
IBM has recieved its FedRAMP certification, becoming the 10th company to capture the cloud computing distinction.
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