Amazon re-awarded $10 billion NSA cloud contract after Microsoft dispute
the NSA re-awarded the"Wild and Stormy" cloud computing deal to Amazon Web Services after reviewing the decision. While the Government Accountability Office recommended a reevaluation in October following Microsoft's objections, it's clear the second look didn't substantially change the outcome.
Many details of the contract are unsurprisingly murky, but it's part of a larger Hybrid Compute Initiative that will see the NSA migrate intelligence data from in-house servers to those of a cloud provider like AWS. Wild and Stormy should help the security agency cope with growing datasets without having to manage the storage itself.
This isn't the first time Amazon and Microsoft have been at odds over a large-scale US government agreement. The two
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