Brian Cann

Has Microsoft’s “all in” the cloud strategy arrived?

July 24 2013 @11:05 AM
By: Brian Cann
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I attended Microsoft’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston, Texas, from July 7-12. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the week with an impressive and passionate speech on how Microsoft has delivered on its promise of being “all in” in the cloud. More...
Brian Cann

Is cloud brokerage the next big thing?

July 9 2013 @12:40 PM
By: Brian Cann
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For the past 18 months, there’s been a lot of buzz in the cloud industry over the notion of “cloud brokerage.”  While the term has various meanings, it essentially describes the capability of an organization to select cloud services from different providers through a single point of entry (portal).The concept is similar to the popular travel websites that offer consumers access to services from different airline, hotel and car rental providers and enable them to choose the best services for their travel needs. More...
Paul Douthit

Using CGI’s FedRAMP Provisional Authority to Operate

March 6 2013 @7:37 AM
By: Paul Douthit
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The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is the U.S. government-wide program providing a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring for cloud-based services. It uses a “do once, use many times” framework to reduce the costs, time and staff required to conduct agency security assessments. More...

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