The Homeland Security Department is entering into direct contracts with the four major hyperscalers and setting up a separate, multiple-award vehicle as part of this enterprise cloud effort.
The unit will use legal authorizations and technical capabilities to impede cyber threat groups, though company execs say it will not go so far as to hack into adversaries' systems.
After completing use case testing with major cloud providers, the judiciary is moving to buy professional and managed services so it can expand adoption and enhance cybersecurity.
The company is widening the scope of its argument that the products in question do not meet security requirements and the agreements violate other requirements.
Ask Sage claims the pacts circumvent federal acquisitions regulations, lack required security authorizations and mislead agencies about actual costs and capabilities.
The five-year agreement includes greater use of Google's distributed cloud offering as well as certifying 1,000 SAIC employees on the tech giant's products.
One of the General Services Administration's senior IT officials is telling industry that the agency essentially wants OneGov to create a role reversal of who the prime contractor is.
The company’s cloud offering for government customers achieved more important security milestones last week, allowing it’s tech tools to be used in the most sensitive, classified environments.
Frank Konkel, editor-in-chief for GovExec’s publications including us, jumps in to go over Google’s massive discounted offering to agencies and how that pact with the General Services Administration will not be the last like it.
The governmentwide software discount inked between Google and the General Services Administration prompted several competitors to reach out to the agency, according to sources familiar.
A “large percentage” of U.S. military and intelligence agencies briefed on the upcoming Gemini version expressed interest in the tool, a Google executive said.
Frank Konkel, editor-in-chief for GovExec's publications including us, jumps in to break down both what Google's cloud can now do for federal agencies and the tech giant's larger public sector ambitions.
This global tech giant's relationships with Accenture's federal subsidiary and Deloitte help show how partnering strategies are evolving in the government market.
