VMware hybrid vCloud gets FedRAMP approval

February 6, 2015 Off By David

Grazed from GCN. Author: Editorial Staff.

VMware announced that its VMware vCloud Government Service (vCGS), provided by Carpathia, has achieved provisional authority to operate (ATO) through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) program. vCGS is a government community hybrid cloud service built on VMware’s vSphere data center platform.

It lets agencies run new and existing applications in the cloud and offers on-demand compute, network and storage resources via a self-service portal or application programming interface (API). With vCGS – an infrastructure-as-a-service offering – agencies using vSphere-based virtual infrastructure in the data center can move workloads easily between their internal data center resources and the vCGS, VMware said in its announcement…

It also allows agencies to use their existing investments in VMware tools and training, eliminate migration costs (because the platform is compatible with existing environments) and deliver the benefits of cloud computing with predictable costs, according to a blog by Carpathia…

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