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Amazon files suit protesting Microsoft JEDI cloud contract
Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Amazon Web Services on Friday confirmed that it has filed a lawsuit challenging the Defense Department’s decision to award Microsoft a major contract for cloud services. The JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) deal, which could be worth up to $10 billion, was hotly contested …
Alibaba Cloud technology powered $1B of GMV in 68 seconds with zero downtime during 11.11
What’s an ecommerce platform without the tech engine that powers it? Without the powerful backend, they could very well be just an instrument that entices but never delivers. And when millions are filling their carts and checking out all at the same time, the technology has to be no less than the one powering a …
Digi Expanding Market Reach, Technology with Opengear Acquisition
Digi International, a provider of IoT connectivity solutions, is shelling out $140 million to acquire Opengear, a provider of secure IT infrastructure products and software. Opengear delivers IT infrastructure, including failover-to-cellular and out-of-band management solutions, to a broad range of Fortune 100 and other customers. Its provisioning, orchestration and remote management of network devices allows …
Alibaba Cloud and Animal Logic Deepen Global Technology Collaboration
SYDNEY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, and Animal Logic, one of the world’s leading independent creative digital studios, have announced a partnership to meet the growing and demanding requirements of media production. Animal Logic has started backing-up its on-premise production content onto Alibaba Cloud’s world-class computing platform. Through this partnership, the …
Microsoft Beats out Amazon for Pentagon’s $10 Billion Cloud Computing Contract
The Pentagon’s $10 billion deal to provide cloud computing services to the Department of Defense officially went to Microsoft Friday. The news came as an upset to Amazon, whose competing bid appeared to be the frontrunner for most of the contract’s deliberations. Throughout the yearlong process, President Donald Trump has repeatedly rebuked Amazon’s prospects, which …
Pentagon awards Microsoft $10B ‘war cloud’ contract, snubbing Amazon
The Pentagon announced Friday that it awarded a $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract to build a cloud-computing system for the military to Microsoft, in a noteworthy snub to Amazon. The Pentagon initially considered Microsoft, Amazon, IBM and Oracle in the contentious bidding process to build the so-called “War Cloud.” Oracle and IBM were …
DoD’s $10 billion ‘Jedi’ cloud contract goes to Microsoft over Amazon
After a couple years of competition, the US Department of Defense has awarded a lucrative contract for cloud computing services to Microsoft. It beat out Amazon, the only other remaining competitor after others were weeded out or, in the case of Google, dropped out citing “AI principles.” Dubbed the Jedi Cloud contract, it could be …
The Benefits of Embracing Custom Technology Projects across the Capital Markets
The Benefits of Embracing Custom Technology Projects across the Capital Markets – WatersTechnology.com Sponsored by: ? This article was paid for by a contributing third party. The Panel Peter Vaihansky, Senior-Vice President, DataArt Craig Rowe, Head of Fixed-Income Technology, Cantor Fitzgerald Keith Lubell, CTO, Berkery, Noyes & Co Moderator: Victor Anderson, Global Content Director, WatersTechnology Buy- and sell-side firms have a vast array …
How Will Data Warehousing Evolve With Cloud Technology?
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin technology smart city with network communication internet of thing. Internet concept of global … [+] business in New york, USA. Getty What is the future of data warehousing with relation to the cloud? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from …
Making reading fun: Osceola Reads technology installed in Kissimmee, St. Cloud | News
A technology station that features the Footsteps2Brilliance reading app was installed at the Veterans Memorial Library in St. Cloud. Submitted Photo The Osceola Reads program, a countywide literacy initiative that offers the Footsteps2Brilliance reading app to all Osceola County children at no cost, has installed new technology stations in Kissimmee and St. Cloud At the …
