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Pentagon’s next cloud contract could be worth billions

December 27, 2017 By Andrew Smith

According to an internal strategy document obtained by Nextgov, the Pentagon aims to award a 10-year cloud computing contract—potentially worth billions—to a single company by the fourth quarter of 2018.

The contract would call on one commercial cloud service provider to host unclassified, secret and top secret Defense Department data, and the Pentagon’s approach mirrors the CIA’s enterprisewide approach to cloud four years ago, which resulted in a 10-year, $600 million contract with Amazon Web Services. AWS has since invested heavily to provide capabilities across all data classification levels.

The similarities between the Defense’s early cloud strategy and the CIA’s has rival tech companies worried that the department’s acquisition may lean toward AWS. In any case, such a massive contract could disrupt the $100 billion federal IT market and leave the winner in a position to dominate it for years to come.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2017/12/pentagons-next-cloud-contract-could-be-worth-billions/144506/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Amazon, CIA, cloud, DoD, technology, Technology Contracts

Pentagon building wish list for new technology spending

December 8, 2017 By Andrew Smith

The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer is drafting a list of desired technologies as part of a new effort to coordinate the Defense Department’s research and development, including at U.S. laboratories and government-funded research centers.

“We think that we have to make choices and focus in a limited number of areas and put our funding on it,” Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, told reporters at the Reagan National Defense Forum, an annual gathering of defense industry and government leaders here.

The goal of the new “modernization strategy” is to “make sure that we are aligned across the services, across all of OSD [the Office of Secretary of Defense] on a strategy that gives us greater overmatch against our adversaries,” Lord said.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.defenseone.com/business/2017/12/pentagon-building-wish-list-new-technology-spending/144249

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: contracting opportunities, DoD, Pentagon, technology, Technology Contracts

The rise of cyber security: How governments are buying and what it means for vendors

September 15, 2016 By Andrew Smith

Cyber security is no longer an issue that can be managed exclusively by IT departments and technology vendors alone. With data breaches and attacks on critical infrastructure occurring each year, government agency professionals are struggling to keep up with the increasing cyber attacks. Now, a special report, The Rise of Cyber Security, provides insight into how cyber security impacts the entire business-to-government (B2G) marketplace for both buyers and sellers.

The report is produced by Onvia, a government business intelligence company.

The cyber security report includes the latest research on industry trends and data from Onvia’s comprehensive database of state, local and federal contracts. Readers will discover how cyber security affects all industries and why it is an important issue in government procurement today.

Readers of this report will learn:

  • Areas of government where cyber security solutions are deployed
  • Buying trends and top procurement vehicles
  • Top vendors involved in cyber security projects nationwide
  • Which states are issuing the most cyber security contracts

Download this free report to learn how cyber security affects the business-to-government (B2G) procurement market, and how to make the most informed business decisions in this growing field.

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: B2G, business intelligence, contracting opportunities, cooperative purchasing, Cyber Security, cybersecurity, E-Rate, federal contracting, government contracting, IT Contracting, IT Government Contracts, SLED, state and local government, Technology Contracts

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