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Sharon Woods Discusses DISA’s Search for Rapid Cloud Technology

Sharon Woods, the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Hosting and Compute Center, shared that efforts are underway to forge a cooperative research and development agreement between federal research facilities and private industry for new cloud capabilities. Speaking at the 2022 Forecast to Industry conference, Woods specified that DISA seeks infrastructure code that enables […] Read more

Department of Defense Prepares to Award $9B Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability Deal

Sharon Woods, the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Hosting and Compute Center, said that officials expect the Department of Defense to award the $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract in mid-December. The original plan was to award it in April but the DOD opted to push the deadline back following the issuance […] Read more

New DevSecOps Program in Development at Defense Information Systems Agency

The Hosting and Compute Center at the Defense Information Systems Agency is working on Vulcan, a continuous integration and continuous delivery program aimed at propagating DevSecOps software development principles and tools. Alex McFarland, Vulcan’s technical lead, said at the Trellix Cybersecurity Summit on Oct. 19 that he aims for the program to serve as both […] Read more

DOD to Use New Approach in Awarding JWCC Contracts, Official Says

The Department of Defense plans to use a novel approach to awarding task orders under its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, an official said. Danielle Metz, the DOD’s deputy chief information officer for information enterprise, said that the JWCC contractors will not submit bids to win task orders, Federal News Network reported. Instead, a computer […] Read more

Top Government Contracts Won by Ace Info Solutions

Ace Info Solutions is a highly-reputable full-service IT consulting company based in Reston, Virginia. As a leading prime contractor for 95% of its contracts, Ace Info mainly serves federal government agencies in accomplishing various critical missions. Let’s explore some of the top government contracts won by Ace Info Solutions has successfully won. 1. DISA’s IT […] Read more

Five Cloud Applications Experts in Government Contracting

Government agencies are increasing their uptake of cloud applications due to their benefits. Cloud-based software enables users to securely work even when on-site networks and systems experience issues. It also enhances collaboration and efficiency by improving workloads and eliminating siloed information, enables remote work and increases scalability and cost savings. To ensure that the government […] Read more

State Department Planning to Issue $4B Vehicle to Replace Existing IT Contracts

The Department of State plans to roll out a new $4 billion contract vehicle to replace its set of information technology contracts that are nearing their expiration dates. The department’s Information Resources Management office manages a collection of contract vehicles collectively referred to as Vanguard, Nextgov reported. The upcoming contract vehicle will be focused more […] Read more