Army Can’t Wait for JEDI, So It’s Building Enterprise Cloud Services of Its Own
There’s no telling when the Defense Department might finally have its JEDI Cloud up and running. But the Army’s not waiting around for it. Keep Reading
Amazon Seeks Trump Testimony in JEDI Cloud Lawsuit
The company says the depositions are necessary to help support its claims that Trump exerted political influence over the award because of his alleged bias against Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos. Keep Reading
DHS Updates Its View of Trust in New Network Security Guidance
CISA wrote in the draft that, under the new TIC, the government is ditching old documents that established a “strictly-defined” approach to trust. Keep Reading
The Pentagon’s AI Center Needs a Cloud Integrator
The platform, called the Joint Common Foundation, or JCF, will serve as the main building and proving ground for the JAIC’s forthcoming AI tools. Keep Reading
Amazon Cites Fox News Segment, Trump Rally in Formal Protest of Pentagon’s $10B JEDI Award
The protest was filed under seal Friday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, but an exhibit lists four videos that provide a glimpse into the company’s legal strategy. Keep Reading
Unisys Launches New Cloud-Based Offering for Secure Biometric Identity Management
Stealth(identity) SaaS will support multiple forms of biometric authentication technologies, including facial recognition as well as behavioral biometrics, with the ability to integrate new biometric modalities in the future. Keep Reading
After a Dozen Years, Agencies Are Freed from Restrictive Cyber Policy
Office of Management and Budget released the final Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) policy that opens the door much wider to use cloud services. Keep Reading
Perspecta Protests Defense Enterprise Office Solutions Cloud Loss
The contract was won by General Dynamics Information Technology on Aug. 29. According to contracting documents, Perspecta was the only other bidder. Keep Reading
SBA Official Optimistic on Value of Cloud-Based AI Tools
Cavallo explained that SBA’s decision to turn to cloud services was driven by a number of factors, but prominent among them is the agency’s relatively small size overall. Keep Reading
Inspector General’s Office Elaborates on Scope of Latest JEDI Probe
The IG began investigating the JEDI award in June. It was referred to that watchdog's office after a previous internal investigation. Keep Reading
New SecDef Undergoing ‘Education’ on JEDI After Trump Complains About Cloud Contract
DoD will still be "continuing through the technical evaluation process as part of our overall source selection," says CIO. Keep Reading
Intel Joins ClearSky Security, Bessemer Venture Partners in Capsule8 Investment
Capsule8 is for Linux production environments – whether containerized, virtualized or bare metal, deployed on-premises or in the cloud. Keep Reading
AT&T and IBM Announce Multi-Year Alliance
AT&T will use IBM’s expertise to modernize AT&T Business Solutions’ internal software applications, enabling migrations to the IBM Cloud. In addition, IBM will provide infrastructure to support AT&T Business’s applications. AT&T will utilize Red Hat's open source platform to manage workloads and applications. Keep Reading
Microsoft and AT&T Form Strategic Alliance for Cloud, AI and 5G
AT&T Communications and Microsoft Corp. are embarking on an extensive, multiyear alliance where the two companies will apply technologies, including cloud, AI, and 5G, to improve how people live and work today and in the future. Keep Reading
Report: Most IT Ops Can’t Keep Up on Cloud Security
The average organization believes its employees are using 452 cloud apps, but the actual number of shadow IT apps in use per organization is nearly four times higher. Keep Reading
DHS to Move Biometric Data on Hundreds of Millions of People to Amazon Cloud
The agency’s Office of Biometric Identity Management will replace its legacy biometric analysis platform, called the Automated Biometric Identification System, or IDENT. Keep Reading
Most Businesses Recognize Value of Data Yet Struggle with Adequate Data Protection
Data protection is more challenging. Disruption incidents are occurring frequently, but more alarming is the increasing amount of irreversible data loss. Keep Reading
McAfee: New Technologies Get Approval from DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program
The CDM program began in 2013 in partnership with the General Services Administration to provide a “consistent government-wide set of information security." Keep Reading
IBM Invests $15 Million in Argentina Innovation Center
The investment includes the opening of a Client Center to help clients face the business challenges in their industries through Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud, Blockchain, Security, and Internet of Things (IoT). Keep Reading
General Dynamics IT Business to Deliver Cloud Services to Navy
General Dynamics Information Technology will deliver commercial cloud services to the Navy through the General Services Administration’s Schedule 70, which includes Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Keep Reading