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Advocacy Group Calls on US Government to Improve FedRAMP for Cloud Service Providers

Industry advocacy group FedRAMP Fast Forward is calling on the federal government to improve the process for Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) to obtain FedRAMP Authority to Operate (ATO). Continue reading

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Supreme Court Permits Challenge to Colorado Internet Tax

Colorado’s Internet tax law can be challenged in federal court, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday. This reverses a decision reached by the federal appeals court that state tax laws can only be challenged in state court, increasing the likelihood that the law will ultimately be changed. Continue reading

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Queensland’s Cloud First Initiative Moving Forward Ahead of Federal Australian Efforts

The Queensland, Australia government released an addendum Tuesday to the Queensland Government ICT Strategy 2013-17 report as well as the state’s Cloud Computing Implementation Model. The plan follows the announcement of the federal Australian Commission of Audit’s mandatory “cloud first” policy. The state Independent Commission of Audit and Queensland Government… Continue reading

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US Government Explains Thought Process Behind Keeping Some Cybersecurity Threats Secret

The White House has given a peek behind what factors the federal government considers when deciding whether to disclose knowledge of computer vulnerabilities to the public. Continue reading

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The Year in Downtime: The Top 10 Outages of 2013

Fires. Floods. Power problems. Software updates gone bad. Thermal events. There was a wide range of causes for data center downtime in 2013. The year’s major outages covered the spectrum, affecting clouds, companies, payment networks and governments at the federal, state and local level. Continue reading

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