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Unisys Cloud Offering Included In FedRAMP Accelerated Pilot

Thursday, April 7th, 2016

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Unisys’s [UIS] Service Management Government Cloud offering will be included in a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) pilot program to speed up reviews for compliance to government cloud service standards, the company said Wednesday.The GSA selected Unisys as one of three cloud service providers to participate in this pilot for accelerated FedRAMP process. The pilot looks to reduce authorization timeframes, now at six to 18 months, down to under six months.FedRAMP is a…

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