GSA restarts $2.5B e-mail contract

After losing part of a bid protest, GSA reopens a lucrative cloud e-mail contract.

Federal cloud procurements not 'gloom and doom' for small vendors

While federal agencies are transitioning to cloud computing environments, what are the prospects for smaller IT vendors in being part of the trend?

Saleforce promotes executive VP to COO

Enterprise cloud provider Salesforce.com has promoted executive vice president George Hu to chief operating officer to direct the company’s major shared operational functions.

Storms continue to rain on LA municipal cloud project

Controversy still swirls around CSC's Google email implementation in Los Angeles. What's the latest complaint?

DISA readies cloud computing RFPs for early 2012

The agency wants a DOD-wide enterprise cloud but it sees hurdles ahead.

Unisys transfers DOE Idaho lab employees to the cloud

Unisys Corp. will install cloud-based Google Apps for Government for some 5,000 Energy Department lab employees in Idaho under a 10-year contract with a potential value of more than $10 million.

Oracle makes $1.5B cloud acquisition

Plan to purchase RightNow Technologies builds customer service capabilities and solidifies Oracle's commitment to the public cloud.

Salesforce lands $28M GSA-wide cloud contract

The public cloud gains ground in the government market with GSA's contract award to Salesforce.com. How is the agency going to use the contract?

Two years in, Google and CSC face critics in LA cloud project

Google and CSC's contract to provide the city of Los Angeles with cloud-based applications faces completion issues after nearly two years.

Oracle jumps into public cloud arena

CEO Larry Ellison launches Oracle Public Cloud at the Oracle OpenWorld conference.

CGI lifts DHS public websites into the cloud

The Homeland Security Department is moving its public-facing websites to the cloud on a $600,000-a-year contract.

Google stops suit against Interior

Company says Interior will consider them for future cloud solicitations, but the Interior says, 'not so fast.'

Salesforce grows with cloud help-desk acquisition

Salesforce.com has acquired Assistly, an instant customer service help desk built for the cloud, for approximately $50 million in cash.

CGI takes North Carolina county into the cloud

CGI Group Inc. has won a 12-year contract worth $30.5 million to replace a North Carolina county's enterprise resource planning system with a cloud-based system.

Army makes strides in data center consolidation

The Army IT Agency is touting its major efforts to reduce servers and energy consumption.

URS unveils cloud portal for GSA schedule purchasing

URS-Apptis, the IT business arm of URS Corp., has received federal approval to operate its FedCloud.com as an infrastructure-as-a-service portal so government agencies can use it to make purchases on the GSA Schedules.

Google, Microsoft cloud crashes: Is this the new normal?

Recent outages for Google Docs and Office 365 add to a string of public clouds going dark.

Kundra wrong to attack industry

When Vivek Kundra blamed an "IT cartel" for the slow adoption of cloud computing, he showed how little he understands about how government and contractors work, writes Mark Amtower.

Kundra's 'IT cartel:' Fact or fiction?

Outgoing Federal CIO says a cartel of contractors holds back progress in federal IT. Is he right, or on shaky ground? Our readers speak up.

Kundra 'IT cartel' remarks raise ire of contractor professionals

Former Federal CIO Vivek Kundra provoked an outcry with an editorial claiming that major federal contractors are holding back progress in updating federal technology.