Chicago moving 30,000 employees' e-mail to Microsoft cloud
Cloud strategy is part of the city's move toward modernizing its digital infrastructure while improving employees' access to mobile tools and reaping significant cost savings.
N.C. cloud provider wins first FedRAMP stamp of approval
GSA grants Autonomic Resources provisional approval to offer cloud services to federal government agencies.
Appian Cloud app gets FISMA moderate security cert
GSA, which is using Appian Cloud's business process management app for acquisition planning, has upped its rating from FISMA low-level security.
Western states build a platform for storing GIS data
Regional cooperation and sharing resources is the wave of the future, members of the 15-state alliance say.
Scanner sends docs directly to the cloud
Brother's ImageCenter ADS-2500W can scan documents and send them to cloud storage sites such as Google Docs, Evernote, Dropbox and more.
5 ways the cloud gets disruptive in 2013
Agencies' steady march to the cloud will combine with disruptive technologies such as big data, analytics and mobile computing to push services in a new direction.
AWS changing PaaS before our eyes
With Amazon pushing the envelope on platform-as-as-service, public-sector IT managers should hold off on PaaS implementations until it shakes out -- or suffer vendor lock-in.
Cloud provider claims next-generation virtual data center tech
ProfitBricks unveils virtual data center services that offer customers precise control of design and scale of cloud infrastructure resources.
Agencies could get a cloud hub for trusted identities
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is considering commercial cloud services for authenticating third-party credentials of users accessing government websites.
DOE to broker its own cloud services
The department is taking a cloud brokerage approach to securely connecting a diverse set of users and partner organizations.
HP launches pay-per-use model for modernizing networks
Some analysts say the FlexNetwork Utility Advantage Program offers a new model for modernizing network infrastructure.
VA plugs into the cloud with Office 365 for 600,000
The Veterans Affairs Department is about to begin transitioning 600,000 users to a cloud-based e-mail system using Microsoft Office 365 for Government.
New service makes it easier to track use of Amazon cloud
Amazon Web Services, which has many public-sector customers, will let customers track usage and costs by the hour or by individual service.
Metalogix can boost agency collaboration, content sharing
Company's Content Matrix lets agencies smoothly migrate to newer versions of SharePoint and keep content organized on an ongoing basis.
How the Recovery Board gathered its multiple clouds
The agency's cloud hub helps control, monitor and audit systems, even among multiple cloud providers.
SharePoint 2013 upgrade offers a chance to get it right
SharePoint is a living, breathing thing. Upgrading is a chance to set up and maintain the collaboration platform as it grows over time.
10 predictions for government IT in 2013
Consolidation, cloud and mobile computing, lots of data and the foundations of smart government are among the key trends forecasted by IDC Government Insights.
NARA to adopt Google Apps for Government
Federal agencies' move to the cloud for office suites continues, as Google and Microsoft battle for territory.
GSA shuts down apps.gov
One-stop cloud portal launched three years ago wasn't getting business.
Why SaaS should scare government IT managers
As in a good horror show, it’s what you can’t see — and can’t control — that’s the most frightening.
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