The agency will use the CloudForte IaaS, PaaS and SaaS solution from Unisys, an IT company it's done cloud work with before.

The awards come via the 10-year, $2.5-billion NewPay shared services contract.

FDIC is among the agencies shrinking its security perimeter in order to open up its network for local offices.

Developers who led the sprints, design and configuration couldn't test the SaaS, cloud-based solution at first because of how different it was.

Darryl Peek says if “trailblazers” start with small projects, its easier to fight the risk-adverse nature of agencies and win buy-in for change

Software-as-a-service platforms allowed SBA greater scalability to support customers during hurricane disasters last year, says CIO Maria Roat.