Salesforce.com's (CRM's) Government Cloud has been granted an Authority to Operate (ATO) by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Dan Kobialka, Contributing writer

May 30, 2014

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The US Department of Health and Human Services HHS today granted Salesforcecom CRM an Authority to Operate ATO its Government Cloud
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today granted Salesforce.com (CRM) an Authority to Operate (ATO) its Government Cloud.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today granted Salesforce.com (CRM) an Authority to Operate (ATO) its Government Cloud, which includes both platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and software-as-a-service (SaaS).

Salesforce will be able to support government organizations that “are looking to achieve the significant cost, agility and innovation benefits of cloud computing,” according to the company.

Public sector organizations can leverage the ATO, the company said, and use traditional, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications from Salesforce.

These organizations can use the Salesforce1 Platform to customize and extend their applications or build new apps within the same cloud.

Salesforce also noted government organizations can develop and run applications over the Internet.

Other Salesforce Government Cloud features include:

  • Can be used by U.S. federal, state and local governments, federally funded research and development centers and U.S. government contractors

  • Managed by U.S. citizens located in the U.S.

  • Supported by an isolated multitenant infrastructure that includes networking, routers, servers, storage and switches

“Government organizations need to be assured that their IT solutions are safe, reliable and trustworthy,” Dave Rey, Salesforce’s senior vice president of public sector, said in a prepared statement. “With HHS’s authorization and our new Government Cloud, Salesforce.com will give government organizations one location for all their cloud solutions. We are helping to build a connected government.”

Salesforce plans to launch its Government Cloud next month.

About the Author(s)

Dan Kobialka

Contributing writer, Penton Technology

Dan Kobialka is a contributing writer for MSPmentor and Talkin' Cloud. In the past, he has produced content for numerous print and online publications, including the Boston Business Journal, Boston Herald and Patch.com. Dan holds a M.A. in Print and Multimedia Journalism from Emerson College and a B.A. in English from Bridgewater State College (now Bridgewater State University). In his free time, Kobialka enjoys jogging, traveling, playing sports, touring breweries and watching football (Go Patriots!).  

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