U.S. Customs and Border Protection has awarded Accenture Federal Services a $380 million information technology infrastructure operations and modernization task order under the second phase of the Data Center Support Services program. Accenture’s federal arm is expected to upgrade CBP systems at various agency offices and data centers. It will also support the Office of […]
The enterprise resource planning cloud solution of SAP National Security Services has secured authorization from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board, allowing public sector customers to deploy SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition software-as-a-service applications in SAP NS2’s cloud environment, which has secured moderate authorization from JAB. The ERP solution will help accelerate cloud transformation while securing […]
An IT official at the Defense Information Systems Agency said the organization is engaged in an overseas beta test for the private cloud instantiation solution set to replace milCloud. Speaking at a Defense One webinar on March 14, DISA Hosting and Compute Center Director Sharon Woods shared that the agency is testing the Stratus platform […]
The adoption of an Agile approach to project management and software development within the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office Enterprise Information System has enabled the deployment of ArmyIgnitED, the enterprise voluntary education portal that allows eligible soldiers, cadets and Army civilians to request financial assistance for classroom and online learning courses. During a Defense Acquisition […]
AECOM has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to expand government access to PlanEngage, a project planning, visualization and engagement software-as-a-service platform. Mauricio Palomino, AECOM’s global digital leader for SaaS and hosted services, said the solution is meant to “streamline communications and collaboration.” According to a Carahsoft press release, use cases include projects relating to alternative energy, […]
The U.S. Coast Guard’s cloud and data branch is building a software development foundation, an effort that involves moving systems into the cloud and improving data management to support decision-making related to application development. In an interview for Federal Monthly Insights – Feature Management – Cyber Perspective, Jonathan White, the Coast Guard’s cloud and data […]
The Department of Defense is set to issue the first Joint Warfighting Capability Contract task orders. Sharon Woods, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency Hosting and Compute Center, said in a Defense One-hosed online event that secret-level bidding opportunities will be available in the coming weeks while top-secret contracts will be ready in the […]
Carahsoft Technology will distribute SentientDB, a cloud-based database platform as a service from Verge Technologies, to public sector customers as part of a new partnership. Verge CEO Jimmy Jobe said the product addresses the government’s real-time connectivity and data retrieval needs using artificial intelligence. SentientDB is aimed at providing hybrid and convergent cloud database management […]
Three additional AvePoint software-as-a-service offerings have achieved FedRAMP moderate authorization, which certifies that the products comply with government security standards. The new FedRAMP-authorized SaaS solutions are Cloud Backup for Azure Active Directory, Virtual Machines and Blob Storage; ReCenter for finding and restoring lost data in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace; and Confide, a Microsoft 365-hosted […]
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has awarded CGI Federal a potential five-year, $40 million contract for financial management systems support services. CGI Federal will continue offering its Momentum federal enterprise resource planning solution to the NRC Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Momentum is a cloud-based, agency-wide system that gives the CFO Office a holistic […]
