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Parler Sues Amazon Web Services After Hosting Takedown

Consequences from President Trump’s attempted coup last week continues, with Google and Apple removing Parler from app stores

Amazon Urges Rethink On JEDI Contract Award

Amazon claims Microsoft cloud contract award was down to political interference, but Microsoft alleges that Amazon retrospectively adjusted its bid pricing

AWS Lambasts President Trump, As Pentagon Confirms Microsoft Jedi Contract

US Department of Defense confirms Microsoft’s JEDI award, but AWS calls it a “politically corrupted contract award” and lambasts US President Donald Trump

Study: ‘Cloud-Native’ Development On The Rise

There are now 4.7 million cloud-native developers, with Amazon Web Services a clear favourite for those using cloud-centric technologies

Pentagon Inspector Unable To Say If White House Influenced JEDI Decision

Investigation into JEDI contract award to Amazon unable to determine if President Trump’s White House influenced the decision

Pentagon To Reconsider Parts Of JEDI Cloud Contract Award

More bad news for Microsoft, as it is reported the Pentagon is requesting permission to reconsider parts of its decision to award JEDI contract to Azure

US Court Grants Amazon Request For Pentagon JEDI Delay

Bad news for Microsoft after US court grants Amazon request for halt on all work concerning the Pentagon’s JEDI cloud contract

Amazon Surges Past $1tn Mark Once Again On Strong Earnings

But Amazon Web Services faces increased cloud competition from Microsoft, whose Azure grew 62 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter

Amazon Files Motion To Halt Microsoft Work On Pentagon JEDI Contract

Amazon has (as expected) filed a motion with US court to halt Microsoft’s work on Pentagon JECI contract until appeal ruling

British Passport Data Exposed On Unsecured AWS Bucket

Who is to blame? Unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket held passport scans and other sensitive personal data, but the culprit has yet to be identified

Amazon Asks US Court To Bar Microsoft From JEDI Contract

Restraining order. Amazon AWS to ask judge to impose temporary block on Microsoft working on Pentagon’s JEDI cloud contract

Study: Enterprises Choosing Microsoft Cloud Over Amazon’s AWS

Goldman Sachs study finds Microsoft’s Azure used by more large companies than AWS, while Amazon continues to lead in revenues terms

Amazon’s Pentagon JEDI Complaint Blames President Trump

US President Donald Trump has been named in official AWS complaint over Pentagon JEDI cloud contract award to Microsoft Azure

AWS Boss Points To ‘Political Interference’ Over Pentagon’s JEDI Decision

Amazon cloud boss cites ‘significant political interference’ over Pentagon decision to award JEDI contract to Microsoft Azure

AWS Developing Powerful Data Centre Chip – Report

Second generation data centre chip is being designed by Amazon Web Services, based on ARM technology

Amazon Challenges Pentagon Over JEDI Cloud Contract

Political bias? AWS files intention to appeal DoD’s decision to give major cloud contract to Microsoft

Microsoft Wins $10 Billion Pentagon ‘JEDI’ Cloud Contract

Pentagon decides not to give lucrative contract to Jeff Bezos’ AWS, after much scrutinised bidding process

Google Anthos: A New Age in Hybrid Cloud Services?

Will Google’s innovation fundamentally change how hybrid cloud services are built and deployed?

Pentagon Puts JEDI Cloud Project On Hold After Trump Criticism

After Trump alleges ‘tremendous complaints’ about lucrative cloud contract, Pentagon put JEDI project on hold

What is the Hybrid Cloud?

As businesses expand their use of cloud-based services, a hybrid cloud approach to developing the network infrastructures they need is fast becoming the norm. What is the hybrid cloud, and what impact is this approach to cloud services having on CIOs, CTOs and their enterprises?