Groklaw: Microsoft Cloud Services Aren't FISMA Certified

doperative writes with this excerpt from Groklaw: "If you were as puzzled as I was by the blog fight, as Geekwire calls it, between Google and Microsoft over whether or not Google was FISMA certified, then you will be glad to know I gathered up some of the documents from the case, Google et al v. USA, and they cause the mists to clear. I'll show you what I found, but here's the funny part — it turns out it's Microsoft whose cloud services for government aren't FISMA certified. And yet, the Department of the Interior chose Microsoft for its email and messaging cloud solution, instead of Google's offering even though Google today explains that in [actuality] its offering actually is. It calls Microsoft's FUD 'irresponsible.'"

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[Anonymous Coward]

Is there anyway to filter google/microsoft wars on /. ?

Re:Did Microsoft ever claim it was?

[Derekloffin]

I would say the claim was implied since they were producing the product that was competing. If the certification was irrelevant, than bringing it up (particularly falsely as they did) is highly suspect.

Re:Big F*cking Surprise

[Anonymous Coward]

The reason MS falsely claimed that Google wasn't certified was to deflect attention away from their own lack. MS not having certification is just the motive for the lie.