Apptis scores $60M SEC Alliant award
Company will implement cloud solution to help agency improve its infrastructure.
Which cloud services are you eyeing?
E-mail has been a popular choice among early public cloud adopters, so what's next?
Amazon’s cloud strategy: As big as books
James Hamilton, vice president in charge of Amazon Web Services, describes the the company's cloud strategy in an article in Bloomberg Businessweek.
Verizon makes $1.4B cloud play with Terremark acquisition
Acquisition of cloud service provider moves forward Verizon's 'everything-as-a-service model.'
Consumer group calls for investigation of Google's no-bid fed contracts
Consumer Watchdog is asking Congress to investigate whether Google is inappropriately benefiting in its contracting activities with federal agencies.
Navy freezes server purchases
The Navy has frozen its server purchases and halted the creation of new data centers in a move seen as a step toward reducing its IT infrastructure.
Rival snags Microsoft GM
Salesforce.com has hired Microsoft GM Matt Miszewski as senior vice president for the global public sector.
House Dem pushes IT policy as bipartisan agenda
Rep. Gerry Connelly (D-Va.) thinks IT management and procurement are issues Democrats and Republicans can embrace. He wants hearings on insourcing federal work and poaching contractors' employees.
GE's $500M bet on data center consolidation and cloud computing
General Electric's energy division has agreed to acquire Lineage Power Holdings in a $520 million deal that will get the company into the cloud computing and data center game.
Is Robert Gates a visionary?
If Robert Gates succeeds in cutting DOD costs through his plan, other agencies may follow suit.
Google wins: Interior forbidden to award noncompetitive contract to Microsoft
Interior Department officials began considering awarding a contract to Microsoft too early in the contracting process, judge writes.
Dell adds storage solutions provider to its portfolio
Dell Corp. will pay $27.75 per share in cash for each share of Compellent Technologies Inc., a provider of virtualized storage solutions, for a total equity value of approximately $960 million.
Red Hat acquisition opens way for new cloud services
Acquisition of Makara provides new scalable technologies for upcoming Red Hat cloud offerings.
Google watches another cloud deal slip away
As another federal cloud computing contract goes to Microsoft, Google claims the government is unfairly favoring its rival.
Army IT strategy for intell includes key role for cloud computing
The Army intends to push vast amounts of the intelligence data it collects to a cloud environment.
GSA's Google Apps award raises Microsoft’s hackles
Microsoft Corp. complains that GSA amended a request for proposals that resulted in Unisys Corp. winning a $6.7 million contract to create a cloud-based e-mail system using Google Apps. What ticked off the software giant?
Unisys brings Google Apps to GSA
Unisys Corp. has won a General Services Administration contract worth $6.7 million to create a secure, cloud-based e-mail and collaboration platform for the agency.
White House promises major changes to IT management
The federal government is doing a major rehab on how it oversees and manages the $70 billion in annual IT spending.
Cloud vendors get $77M opportunity from GSA
Eleven contractors get the green light from the General Services Administration to provide federal, state, local and tribal governments with cloud storage, virtual machines and Web hosting services.
Is Google's fight with Interior a sign of maturity?
Cloud vendors are starting to fight each other in the legal arena for contract advantages. Is the technology still cutting-edge?
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