Cloud

Agencies Turn In ‘Best FITARA Scorecard Ever’

Collectively, the federal government improved its oversight grades in IT modernization.

  • By Frank Konkel

Grading My 2019 GovTech Predictions

Did I pull an Icarus and fly too close to the sun?

  • By John Breeden II

Defense Digital Service Seeks Platform that Could Automate Hiring Process

Officials are looking for technical solutions that boost automation and reduce unconscious bias.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Microsoft and Pentagon to Kick Off JEDI Cloud Prep 

Microsoft and Defense Department officials will meet for three days to discuss the cloud project despite Amazon lawsuit.

  • By Frank Konkel

Amazon Claims Pentagon Got Almost Everything Wrong in JEDI Evaluation

The company alleges the president’s public beef with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos influenced “substantial and pervasive errors” in the Defense Department’s technical evaluation of bids.

  • By Frank Konkel

Amazon’s Bezos Hits Silicon Valley For Not Working With Pentagon

His comments come as his company fights to wrest DOD’s giant cloud contract from Microsoft.

  • By Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One

Amazon Web Services Chief Says Pentagon Got it Wrong with JEDI Award

The head of Amazon Web Services isn’t pulling punches at the company’s global summit in Las Vegas.

  • By Frank Konkel

Survey: As-a-Service IT Is Here to Stay

Cloud-based services continue to change the way organizations offer IT services.

  • By Frank Konkel

The Pentagon's AI Center Needs a Cloud Integrator

Selected vendors would help the Joint AI Center deploy its main development platform in the cloud.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Amazon’s JEDI Protest Centers on President Trump

President Trump's public remarks are part of Amazon's legal protest of the Pentagon's JEDI decision.

  • By Frank Konkel

Amazon Cites ‘Political Influence’ in Coming JEDI Protest

Amazon will fight over the $10 billion cloud contract that the Pentagon awarded to Microsoft in October.

  • By Frank Konkel

Why Visibility is the Driving Force Behind Hybrid Cloud 

Agencies need quality operational data.

  • By Lee D. Koepping

NOAA to Solicit Public Insight on Four Draft Science and Technology Strategies

Focus areas include artificial intelligence, unmanned systems, ‘omics, and the cloud.

  • By Brandi Vincent

DISA Previews Big Tech Opportunities for 2020

The Pentagon’s IT shop released a list of next year’s contracting opportunities, including 12 worth more than $100 million.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Featured eBooks

Digital First
Cloud Smarter
Cybersecurity & the Road Ahead

Pentagon Tech Chief Defends Integrity of JEDI Award

The White House had no sway over the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract that the Defense Department awarded Microsoft, according to Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy.

  • By Jack Corrigan and Aaron Boyd

Agency Spending on Outsourced IT Nearly Doubled in Fiscal 2019

Only a portion of that was directly spent on cloud services. 

  • By Aaron Boyd

Microsoft Wins Massive JEDI Cloud Contract

In a $10 billion upset, after months of legal and Trump-fueled political controversy, Amazon loses out to a competitor.

  • By Patrick Tucker and Frank Konkel

Senators Push FTC to Investigate Amazon’s Role in Capital One Hack

The bank was renting servers from the tech company, which were exploited in the attack. 

  • By Brandi Vincent

Esper Recuses Himself from JEDI Cloud Contract Review

The Pentagon’s acquisition team will continue its review of bids submitted by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, as the department’s deputy secretary of defense takes over the process. 

  • By Heather Kuldell and Frank Konkel

Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan

What the Amazon founder and CEO wants for his empire and himself, and what that means for the rest of us.

  • By Franklin Foer, The Atlantic

NavalX Innovation Office Really Wants the Navy to Be More Agile

The office is expanding to more cities and publishing iterative playbooks that are as agile as the gospel they preach.

  • By Aaron Boyd