TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 7, 2018 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled a Microsoft 365 software package specifically for government customers with support from three government cloud platforms, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. A company blog post said Monday the Microsoft 365 for U.S. Government package includes Office 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security and …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 13, 2018 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has hired IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) former vice president for human resources as chief diversity officer who will lead cross-company workforce diversity efforts, GovCon Executive reported Monday. Lindsay-Rae McIntyre brings approximately 20 years of experience from her previous work, where she …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 2, 2018 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has received Authority to Operate certifications from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for its Azure Government cloud platform based on compliance with government standards, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Tom Keane, a general manager at Microsoft, wrote in …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 29, 2017 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has partnered with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to offer training to military service members for potential civilian careers in information technology, science, technology, engineering and math, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The U.S. Marine Corps said Saturday the ERAU-Microsoft Software and Systems Academy …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 4, 2017 — ViON will provide capacity-as-a-service and hardware testing services to help the Defense Information Systems Agency migrate to Microsoft‘s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Azure Government cloud platform under a $1.4 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The public cloud acquisition contract serves to support the Joint Interoperability Test Command’s development …

Frank Vella, formerly chief revenue officer at BlueJeans Network, has joined New York-based business intelligence and analytics platforms provider Information Builders as chief operating officer. Vella will collaborate with Information Builders’ executive group to seek new market opportunities, support expansion efforts and create growth strategies, the company said Monday. His appointment …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2017 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has secured certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for the deployment of its “intelligent” business applications to U.S. government agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. James Townsend, CEO of Microsoft partner company Infostrat, said in a blog post published Monday that the …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 17, 2017 — Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have collaborated to launch a deep learning library that will work to support the development, prototyping and deployment of machine learning models, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Microsoft said Thursday the open source Gluon platform seeks to facilitate …

A team composed of Dell EMC, Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a potential five year, $1 billion contract to build a cloud-based collaboration and unified communications platform for the U.S. Air Force. The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service awarded the contract as part of …