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Interior email contract saga ends with Onix, Google winning
The agency announced it awarded Onix, the company which protested the 2010 contract, a $35 million deal to provide email-as-a-service to 92,000 employees. Under the terms of the deal, Onix must fully migrate Interior employees to the cloud by December.
Tags: technology , contracting , industry , Onix , Google , Interior , cloud computing , Softchoice , Microsoft , Jason Miller
Enterprise email forcing broader changes for the Army
The Army and DISA are using more disciplined processes to implement technology upgrades. Email-in-the-cloud also is giving the Army better a firmer cyber posture, and it opens the door for a host of emerging technologies because of better identity management.
Tags: technology , Mike Krieger , David Simpson , Stephen Smith , Army , cybersecurity , cloud computing , DISA , AFCEA DC , Reggie Brothers , research and development , identity management , Jason Miller , ITIL , DoD
GSA creating cloud marketplace for federal services
The goal is for agencies to offer on a fee-for-service basis excess cloud capacity. GSA's Dave McClure said financial management, human resources, customer relationship management and geospatial services are some of the possible offerings.
Tags: technology , Dave McClure , GSA , cloud computing , acquisition , contracting , OMB , FedRAMP , cybersecurity , SIIA , Jason Miller
Army to resume moving email to the cloud March 17
Deputy CIO Mike Krieger said the Secretary of the Army certified the program as technically and financially sound.
Tags: DoD , technology , cloud computing , Army , Mike Krieger , Jason Miller
Interior trying again to move email, collaboration to cloud
The department released a new RFP asking for a host of services. Interior made an award in 2010 to a Microsoft provider only to see a Google provider protest and eventually force the agency to pull back the contract.
Tags: technology , contracting , Interior , cloud computing , Google , Microsoft , Onix , Softchoice , industry , Andrew Jackson , Bernie Mazer , Jason Miller
GSA reopens cloud email RFQ
The agency fixes the issues found by GAO after two vendors protested the contract. Vendors must submit new or revised proposals by Dec. 20.
Tags: technology , contracting , industry , GSA , Mary Davie , cloud computing , GAO , Jason Miller
Interior tries again to move email to the cloud
The department released a request for information for 11 email and collaboration services in the cloud. The RFI comes after Onix and Google dropped its protest of Interior's award to Softchoice and Microsoft for cloud email in October 2010.
Tags: contracting , industry , Interior , cloud computing , Google , Microsoft , Onix , Softchoice , FISMA , cybersecurity , Jason Miller
GAO upholds two of three email-as-a-service protests
Two vendors found success in the claim that GSA was unfair in requiring data centers to be housed only in Trade Agreements Act designated countries. GAO also said GSA was ambiguous in its security requirements for cloud data centers. But the vendors lost on their protest of GSA's requirement for a "government-only" cloud.
Tags: technology , contracting , industry , GSA , GAO , technosource information systems , truetandem , cloud computing , bid protest , Jason Miller
Interior to start over for cloud email with an RFI
Agency will do market research to see how the cloud market has changed. This decision prompted Onix and Google to drop their lawsuit.
Tags: technology , contracting , industry , Interior , Onix , Google , Softchoice , Microsoft , cloud computing , bid protest , Jason Miller
Google, Onix withdrawal protest of Interior cloud email award
The two protestors said in court documents Interior has agreed to take steps to fix potential contracting issues. But the Justice Department disputed Google and Onix's claims saying no agreement has been reached. Interior hired Softchoice to provide Microsoft software for email and collaboration in the cloud almost a year ago.
Tags: technology , industry , contracting , Interior , Google , Onix , Softchoice , Microsoft , Susan Braden , bid protest , Jason Miller , cloud computing ,
