Tag Archives: Cloud Computing

The Department of Veterans Affairs has released a request for proposals for a potential five-year, $247.3M contract intended to help drive the VA's enterprise-wide information technology modernization initiatives.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 28, 2020 — Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published May 7 that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s release of the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 guidance for interim telework settings will help organizations leverage cloud infrastructure in line with zero-trust concepts.

The Library of Congress has issued a solicitation for a potential five-year, $150M contract to provide cloud computing, professional services, training and related services in support of the information technology needs of LOC’s service units and legislative agencies. A notice posted Friday says the single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract should include the delivery of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services cloud services.

The U.S. Transportation Command has released a sources-sought notice for information technology services to support software applications based on Amazon Web Services cloud environments.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft Technology, as an inductee of the 2020 Wash100 Award for his dedication to company expansion and revenue through securing major contract awards and developing close partnerships within the sector.

A new Deltek report forecasts that the addressable information technology market for Department of Defense contractors will increase to $55.7B in fiscal year 2024 from $53B in FY19. Another report from the Herndon, Va.-based company predicts that the intelligence community will increase IT investments to $11B in FY24 from $9.9B in FY19.

The total value of unclassified information technology contracts awarded by the federal government during its 2019 fiscal year increased by 6 percent to $69B and nearly $40B of the obligated funds came from the Department of Defense, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday.

Amazon Web Services, Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have secured separate contacts to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provide environmental data sets for public access through the use of cloud computing platforms.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 10, 2019 — Bob Fortna, president of Fortinet’s (Nasdaq: FTNT) federal business, urged federal agencies to consider security while updating information technology systems to be compatible with cloud technology instead of adding features to secure IT infrastructure after modernization efforts have already taken place, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 4.

Unsealed court documents claim that the White House influenced the Department of Defense's selection of Microsoft over Amazon Web Services for the $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract.