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Global 5G from space
Two tech companies are teaming up to deliver a direct-to-device hybrid 5G network that combines the reach of a global satellites with mobile wireless carrier networks.
Cloud & Infrastructure
MilCloud adds AWS option
The Defense Department’s MilCloud 2.0 contract now gives Defense Information Services Agency and other non-combat DOD agencies access to cloud services from Amazon Web Services.
Cloud & Infrastructure
CIA awards massive cloud contract
The CIA confirmed the award of its Commercial Cloud Enterprise (C2E) contract to roll out new cloud hosting capabilities for the 17 intelligence agencies.
Air Force, AT&T push ahead with 5G testing
The Air Force announced that it will test out AT&T’s 5G networking-as-a-service capabilities at three bases.
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS-Microsoft JEDI fight will stretch into 2021
The $10 billion cloud project is already two years behind schedule and has yet to be implemented -- three years after the Defense Department first unveiled the project and almost a full year after Microsoft was first awarded the contract.
Cloud & Infrastructure
JEDI saga continues
A federal judge is giving the Defense Department until Aug. 17 to accept proposal revisions addressing storage pricing, effectively extending a nearly three-year-long drama over the potential $10 billion enterprise cloud contract.
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS wants to stop JEDI roll-out
Amazon Web Services has asked for a temporary pause in Defense Department's work with Microsoft on the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Enterprise cloud contract.
Cloud & Infrastructure
DOD tries to shut down Oracle's JEDI appeal
Government attorneys argued that Oracle's allegations are moot, now that Microsoft won the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure procurement.
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS JEDI protest points at Trump
Amazon Web Services' protest of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract award to Microsoft will likely center around allegations of political influence.
Cloud & Infrastructure
JEDI award signals rise of hybrid cloud
Advances in cloud technology are making data and applications increasingly interoperable between clouds.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Oracle fights on against JEDI cloud contract
The company is appealing a July ruling by Court of Federal Claims that denied Oracle's protest over the potential Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Microsoft moves on classified cloud
Two new Azure Government Secret regions are in private preview and pending accreditation, Microsoft says.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Latest timeline for JEDI cloud contract
Federal Claims Judge Eric Bruggink lifted a stay on an Oracle lawsuit against the procurement and approved a new timeline for the matter, including a new date for oral arguments.
Cloud & Infrastructure
BlackBerry pushes into federal cloud
A new business unit will be exclusively focused accelerating the company's government cloud computing initiatives.
Emerging Tech