Cloud computing headed for $20B market

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra is pushing for 25 percent of federal IT spending to head to the cloud, with data center consolidation helping to pay for it.

  • By Kathleen Hickey

Cloud computing math — does it add up?

If you doubt the economic benefits of a governmentwide approach to cloud security, do the math.

  • By Rutrell Yasin

Level 3 takes FBI functions to the cloud

Under a subcontract, Level 3 will provide content delivery services under a cloud model for the FBI.

  • By Sami Lais

Apptis scores $60M SEC Alliant award

Company will implement cloud solution to help agency improve its infrastructure.

  • By Sami Lais

Which cloud services are you eyeing?

E-mail has been a popular choice among early public cloud adopters, so what's next?

  • By John Zyskowski

Amazon’s cloud strategy: As big as books

James Hamilton, vice president in charge of Amazon Web Services, describes the the company's cloud strategy in an article in Bloomberg Businessweek.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Verizon makes $1.4B cloud play with Terremark acquisition

Acquisition of cloud service provider moves forward Verizon's 'everything-as-a-service model.'

  • By Nick Wakeman

Consumer group calls for investigation of Google's no-bid fed contracts

Consumer Watchdog is asking Congress to investigate whether Google is inappropriately benefiting in its contracting activities with federal agencies.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Navy freezes server purchases

The Navy has frozen its server purchases and halted the creation of new data centers in a move seen as a step toward reducing its IT infrastructure.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Rival snags Microsoft GM

Salesforce.com has hired Microsoft GM Matt Miszewski as senior vice president for the global public sector.

  • By Kurt Mackie

House Dem pushes IT policy as bipartisan agenda

Rep. Gerry Connelly (D-Va.) thinks IT management and procurement are issues Democrats and Republicans can embrace. He wants hearings on insourcing federal work and poaching contractors' employees.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

GE's $500M bet on data center consolidation and cloud computing

General Electric's energy division has agreed to acquire Lineage Power Holdings in a $520 million deal that will get the company into the cloud computing and data center game.

  • By Alysha Sideman

Is Robert Gates a visionary?

If Robert Gates succeeds in cutting DOD costs through his plan, other agencies may follow suit.

Google wins: Interior forbidden to award noncompetitive contract to Microsoft

Interior Department officials began considering awarding a contract to Microsoft too early in the contracting process, judge writes.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Dell adds storage solutions provider to its portfolio

Dell Corp. will pay $27.75 per share in cash for each share of Compellent Technologies Inc., a provider of virtualized storage solutions, for a total equity value of approximately $960 million.

  • By David Hubler

Red Hat acquisition opens way for new cloud services

Acquisition of Makara provides new scalable technologies for upcoming Red Hat cloud offerings.

  • By Henry Kenyon

Google watches another cloud deal slip away

As another federal cloud computing contract goes to Microsoft, Google claims the government is unfairly favoring its rival.

  • By Alysha Sideman

Army IT strategy for intell includes key role for cloud computing

The Army intends to push vast amounts of the intelligence data it collects to a cloud environment.

  • By Henry Kenyon

GSA's Google Apps award raises Microsoft’s hackles

Microsoft Corp. complains that GSA amended a request for proposals that resulted in Unisys Corp. winning a $6.7 million contract to create a cloud-based e-mail system using Google Apps. What ticked off the software giant?

  • By David Hubler

Unisys brings Google Apps to GSA

Unisys Corp. has won a General Services Administration contract worth $6.7 million to create a secure, cloud-based e-mail and collaboration platform for the agency.

  • By David Hubler
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