
Amazon Wins Court Battle With IBM To Build A $600 Million Game-Changing Cloud For The CIA
• Business InsiderIn the legal fight between IBM and Amazon to build a private cloud for the CIA, Amazon has emerged the winner.
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In the legal fight between IBM and Amazon to build a private cloud for the CIA, Amazon has emerged the winner.
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Feds preparing for calamity?
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Mr. Gregory Roseman, Deputy Director, Enterprise Networks and Tier Systems Support, was involved in securing nearly $500 million in government contracts to Strong Castle.
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Hey Palantir Technologies: Are you reading this right now?
Palantir is a company founded by Peter Thiel — of Paypal and Facebook renown — that has software which absolutely changes the game with intelligence.
Palantir Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices in McLean, Virginia, New York City, London, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Wellington, New Zealand, and Canberra, Australia is a software company that produces the Palantir Goth
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