Cloud Computing

  • Shadow IT, the stuff that's on a network that leadership doesn't know is on the network, plagues agencies across government. Shawn Kingsberry, former chief information officer at the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and director of cloud solutions at Engility Inc., tells In Depth with Francis Rose the shadow IT concept is starting to seep into the bring-your-own-device arena.

    September 08, 2015
  • Randy Wood, vice president of F5 Networks, joins host John Gilroy to discuss network application security and how his company can help your agency with its cybersecurity efforts. September 8, 2015

    September 07, 2015
  • GSA's office of integrated technology services and the Defense Information Systems Agency are in discussions to determine whether cloud is a "sufficiently defined" market to warrant a new multiple award contract of its own.

    September 03, 2015
  • This week on Women of Washington, Eileen Sweeney, senior vice president and general manager of data management at Iron Mountain, discusses her work securely storing both digital and traditional paper files for the government and its contractors.

    September 02, 2015
  • Bill Corrington, federal director for the Cloud Security Alliance and Juanita Koilpillai, founder and CEO of Waverly Labs, join host John Gilroy to explain why Software Defined Perimeters is a new paradigm in computer security. September 1, 2015

    August 31, 2015
  • The Defense Information Systems Agency is taking an interesting approach as it transitions from its former role as the sole broker for the DoD commercial cloud market and into something more like a cloud sherpa for the rest of the military.

    August 24, 2015
  • While its known as a marketplace for contraband and subculture activity, network defenders have found that movement in the dark web can help predict potential hacks and breaches.

    August 21, 2015
  • David Bray, the FCC’s chief information officer, has been creating the team, the processes and the culture to bring major changes to the way the commission manages and uses information technology.

    August 20, 2015
  • The Army plans on requesting proposals for the third iterations of its ITES and ADMC contracts by next January. New proposals will likely tackle target areas such as mobility, cloud integration and cybersecurity, but CHESS wants to make sure small businesses are in the running for contracts.

    August 20, 2015
  • GSA, on behalf of the Defense Information Systems Agency, made a $296 million award for email-as-a-service to Dell Federal. GSA made the award to Dell June 19.

    August 17, 2015
  • Agencies will soon have an easier time buying telecom, cloud and other network services. The General Services Administration is working on the first of a few successors to its Networx contracts. Network Services 2020 Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions is offering agencies a more flexible buying market. Bob Woods is president of Topside Consulting and former commissioner of the Federal Technology Service at GSA. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the differences between the current Networx contracts and NS 20-20 Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions.

    August 14, 2015
  • Karl Mathias, the Marshals Service’s chief information officer, said his priorities include mobility, moving to the cloud and figuring out how best to address infrastructure support and maintenance needs.

    August 14, 2015
  • Matt Goodrich, FedRAMP director at the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies at GSA, wants to hear what's working and what's not as more agencies move to the cloud.

    August 13, 2015
  • At least 38 cloud service providers are now compliant with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program -- up 41 percent over the past six months. And initial estimates show at least 700 cloud systems meet FedRAMP standards. But the General Services Administration knows there's a gap between what agencies and vendors report and what they're actually using. Matt Goodrich is FedRAMP director at the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies at GSA. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that he wants to hear what's working -- and what's not -- as more agencies move to the cloud.

    August 11, 2015

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