“The Veterans Affairs Department’s spending on cloud services and cloud migration has been growing each of the last four years, reaching more than $860 million in 2017.”
“Now VA wants help in managing the cloud infrastructure, accessing the cloud through mobile devices and applying artificial intelligence to the assorted services and data.”
“John Everett, the executive director for demand management at the VA, said earlier this year during a panel discussion that his agency’s goals with modernization are around enabling the agency’s customers to use services faster and more easily.”
“Everett said VA has about 621 applications that have the potential to move to the cloud today. Going forward, he said VA is taking the buy-before-build approach to new capabilities, particularly by using software-as-a-service.”
“VA released an RFI for an API management platform that would help the agency bring its digital experience on par with commercial companies.”
“VA wants the vendor to provide agile development of APIs and to support its API gateway through an assortment of project management, product management, human-centered design, iterative development, user research and usability testing, automated testing support and automated monitoring and performance reporting. The agency created the API gateway earlier this year as one of its “lighthouse” micro-purchasing efforts.
“At the same time, VA also issued a request for proposals under its…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA goes on acquisition spree to support its cloud habit – By Jason Miller, August 6, 2018. Federal News Radio.
