Microsoft Dynamics CRM Private Cloud Solutions From Project Hosts to Be FedRAMP JAB P-ATO Approved This Fall

SUNNYVALE CA–(Marketwired – Mar 5, 2014) – Project Hosts, the leading provider of Custom Cloud hosting for Microsoft PPM, SharePoint and CRM, announced today that its hosted Dynamics CRM 2013 platform is expected to be FedRAMP approved in Q3, 2014. Dynamics CRM is the third Microsoft solution that Project Hosts has recently announced as part of its FedRAMP and U.S. Government cloud initiative. Project Hosts is also underway with the control and assessment process to ensure that SharePoint 2013 clouds and Project Server 2013 clouds are also fully FedRAMP approved. Project Hosts will leverage the FISMA / NIST compliant, and “Cloud First” authorized Azure platform to deliver hosted Dynamics CRM solutions and applications that are specifically tuned to U.S. Government agency requirements.

“Ensuring that U.S. Government agencies have access to a FedRAMP authorized CRM cloud is a key priority for us,” said Scott Chapman, CEO and Co-founder of Project Hosts. “With FedRAMP authorization, Government agencies will be assured that our CRM, SharePoint and Project Server Custom Clouds meet all their mandated requirements and standards.”

The FedRAMP program supports the U.S. government’s “Cloud-First” initiative to enable U.S. federal agencies to use managed service providers that enable cloud computing capabilities. The FedRAMP program is designed to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA). Windows Azure is a secure and reliable cloud platform that enables companies like Project Hosts to quickly build, deploy and manage applications in a SaaS offering across Microsoft’s extensive network of data centers.

About Project Hosts: Project Hosts, Inc. is the worldwide leader in custom cloud hosting of Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management (PPM), CRM and SharePoint SaaS solutions. Government Agencies, leading enterprises and medium-sized businesses rely on Project Hosts to deliver all of the benefits of a cloud-based solution with the additional business and technology advantages of a dedicated solution architecture, advanced application integration, customized security requirements and real-time business intelligence reporting. Many of our customers report their solutions and users are up and running in one-half (1/2) the time, and at one-half (1/2) the cost as compared to similarly configured on-premise cloud environments. www.projecthosts.com – info@projecthosts.com