Gimmal LLC | September 23, 2020
Gimmal LLC, a Houston-based provider of information governance and compliance software, has now made it much easier for government customers to grant a FedRAMP ATO for a cloud deployment of Gimmal Records Management. By being deployed on Project Hosts' Federal Private Cloud (FPC) FedRAMP-authorized Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Gimmal Records Management inherits 86% of the controls required for FedRAMP compliance. Gimmal has just completed the Project Hosts' FedRAMP validation process, where Gimmal and Project Hosts ensure that all required application-level controls have been implemented. Gimmal's offerings include providing a System Security Plan (SSP) that describes how all application-level controls are implemented and any evidence of implementation that is requested.
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Databricks | November 27, 2020
Databricks, the Data and AI Company, today declared that Microsoft Azure Databricks has gotten a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Authority to Operate (ATO). This approval approves Azure Databricks security and consistence for high-sway information investigation and AI over a wide scope of public area, industry, and endeavor use cases.
FedRAMP is a normalized way to deal with security evaluation, approval, and nonstop checking for cloud administrations as characterized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The ATO was allowed by the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB) which comprises of delegates from the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the General Services Administration (GSA).
"At Veterans Affairs, we included Azure Databricks as part of our Microsoft Azure Authority to Operate (ATO)," said Joseph Fourcade, Lead Cyber Security Analyst, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office (ECSO). "When Databricks received FedRAMP High approval, we were able to move quickly to inherit that same Azure ATO and approve Azure Databricks for production workloads. Timing couldn't have been better, as we have been working with a number of VA customers implementing Databricks for critical programs."
"Numerous federal agencies are looking to build cloud data lakes and leverage Delta Lake for a complete and consistent view of all their data," said Kevin Davis, VP, Public Sector at Databricks. "The power of data and AI are being used to dramatically enhance public services, lower costs and improve quality of life for citizens. Using Azure Databricks, government agencies have aggregated hundreds of data sources to improve citizen outreach, automated processing of hourly utility infrastructure IoT data for enabled predictive maintenance, deployed machine learning models to predict patient needs, and built dashboards to predict transportation needs and optimize logistics. FedRAMP High authorization for Azure Databricks further enables federal agencies to analyze all of their data for improved decision making and more accurate predictions."
"We are pleased to add Azure Databricks to our portfolio of services approved for FedRAMP at the high impact level in Microsoft Azure Government," said Lily Kim, General Manager of Azure Government at Microsoft. "Azure Government provides the most trusted cloud for mission-critical government workloads. FedRAMP High approval for Azure Databricks enables government customers to build fast and reliable data lakes for innovative new use cases, such as risk management and predictive analytics."
With this certification, clients would now be able to utilize Azure Databricks to handle the U.S. government's generally touchy, unclassified information in distributed computing conditions, including information that includes the insurance of life and monetary resources. From customized medical care and instruction to space investigation and energy research, Azure Databricks empowers associations to quicken new development while limiting danger when working with exceptionally touchy, private and public area information.
With FedRAMP, associations have a steady method to assess the security of cloud arrangements utilizing NIST and FISMA characterized principles. FedRAMP offers a few degrees of affirmation and Azure Databricks has met the entirety of the necessities for approval for the most significant level of confirmation. Sky blue Databricks gets numerous other Azure administrations together with the FedRAMP High approval, empowering public area, undertaking and industry vertical clients to make and send cloud-based applications with certainty.
About Databricks
Databricks is the data and AI company. Thousands of organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Nationwide and H&M — rely on Databricks' open and unified platform for data engineering, machine learning and analytics. Databricks is venture-backed and headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe. Founded by the original creators of Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow, Databricks is on a mission to help data teams solve the world's toughest problems.
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Carahsoft | October 23, 2021
Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced a partnership with Icertis, the contract intelligence company that pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with contract lifecycle management (CLM). Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as an Icertis Master Government Aggregator®, making the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) platform available to the Public Sector through Carahsoft’s NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 (ITES-SW2), National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) ValuePoint, National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (NCPA) and OMNIA Partners contracts and through the company’s reseller partners.
“Icertis chose to partner with industry leader Carahsoft to help expand our footprint in key Public Sector markets and optimize the contracting experience for our government customers,” said Mike Cook, General Manager, Icertis Public Sector. “Carahsoft’s extensive experience and commitment to helping government agencies will allow us to better serve our Public Sector customers by providing improved access to Icertis’ industry-leading contract intelligence platform.”
In addition to the core ICI platform available for all Public Sector organizations, Icertis offers the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) for Federal, the next-gen leading contract intelligence platform built to enable government agencies to accelerate IT modernization, deliver more value for taxpayers, and transform the acquisition process. With the AI-powered ICI for Fed platform, contract officers and acquisition professionals can shift their focus from tactical contract management activities to strategic, compliant, and outcome-based procurement that better serves their agency’s mission. The solution provides a single source of truth for all contracting needs by eliminating data redundancies, increasing cost savings, and delivering more value through a frictionless acquisition process.
Icertis was named a Leader in both the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contract Life Cycle Management and The Forrester Wave™: Contract Lifecycle Management for All Contracts, Q1 2021. The company is a Microsoft Strategic Alliance Partner and was named 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year for AI and a finalist in the Global ISV category for the fourth consecutive year. Icertis remains the only CLM provider named to the Forbes AI 50 and Cloud 100 lists.
“We are pleased to offer acquisition and contract professionals a solution tailored to optimizing contract management in Government. Icertis’ comprehensive approach to contract management challenges facing public sector makes them a unique and valuable partner as Carahsoft and our reseller partners work to support our government customers’ procurement transformation and IT modernization goals. We look forward to working with Icertis and our reseller partners to expand ICI’s reach across the Public Sector.”
Thomas Mason, Sales Manager supporting Icertis at Carahsoft
Icertis software and services are available through Carahsoft’s SEWP V contracts NNG15SC03B and NNG15SC27B, ITES-SW2 Contract W52P1J-20-D-0042, NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement #AR2472, NCPA Contract NCPA01-86, and OMNIA Partners Contract #R191902.
About Icertis
With unmatched technology and category-defining innovation, Icertis pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with CLM. The AI-powered, analyst-validated Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) platform turns contracts from static documents into strategic advantage by structuring and connecting the critical contract information that defines how an organization runs. Today, the world’s most iconic brands and disruptive innovators trust Icertis to govern the rights and commitments in their 10 million+ contracts worth more than $1 trillion, in 40+ languages and 93+ countries.
About Carahsoft
Carahsoft Technology Corp. is The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, supporting Public Sector organizations across Federal, State and Local Government agencies and Education and Healthcare markets. As the Master Government Aggregator® for our vendor partners, we deliver solutions for Cybersecurity, MultiCloud, DevSecOps, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Open Source, Customer Experience and more. Working with resellers, systems integrators and consultants, our sales and marketing teams provide industry leading IT products, services and training through hundreds of contract vehicles.
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