IBM SmartCloud Social Collaboration for Government

IBM SmartCloud Social Collaboration for Government pairs the productivity benefits of social collaboration with the total cost of ownership benefits of cloud to maximize productivity and interaction among employees, citizens, and agencies.

With SmartCloud Social Collaboration for Government, agencies can leverage cloud infrastructure standards, virtual resources, and automated processes in a secure environment.

SmartCloud Social Collaboration for Government is compliant with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) guidelines, is hosted in the IBM Federal Data Center, and is available for all United States government entities at the federal, state, and local levels.

With these social collaboration offerings, agencies can:

• Connect people: Streamline communication and information sharing with access through mobile platforms and desktop clients; connect people regardless of role, affiliation, or location with Web 2.0 capabilities

• Reduce costs: Share infrastructure with other agencies in the IBM Federal Community Cloud; access email and collaboration services without extensive, up front investments in hardware, software, and IT skills

• Provide flexibility: Pay for services based on usage on demand to reduce need for capacity based on usage projections; change the size of a project without adding or subtracting from computing infrastructure

• Offer government-grade security: Meet privacy, security, and transparency standards specified by FISMA moderate; improve application and data center security controls for successful FISMA C&A compliance audit