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Washington Wants $2.5B in Cloud Services

It seems the GSA will entertain proposals offering different kinds of clouds: public, private, government-only

The US government is looking for $2.5 billion worth of cloud services over five years, beginning with e-mail and moving on to office automation and records management, then possibly geospatial and financial services. The feds may share what they buy with state and local governments. The blanket purchase order would be made under the General Services Administration's SmartBuy program. Any e-mail bid needs at least a 5GB mailbox, mobile support, spam and virus filtering, remote provisioning, a 3nine SLA, trouble ticketing and help desk support. It also wants instant messaging, calendaring, archiving and e-discovery. Quotes are due June 19. It seems the GSA will entertain proposals offering different kinds of clouds: public, private, government-only. A number of federal agencies are already making their own arrangements.

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Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025. Twitter: @MaureenOGara

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