IBM (NYSE: IBM) has agreed to acquire Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) for approximately $34B in a move both companies expect to create a global hybrid cloud provider. IBM said Sunday it will pay $190 in cash for each share of Red Hat under the deal that is expected to conclude in the latter half of next...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 18, 2018 ” Amazon Web Services is collaborating with Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) to create a cloud-based satellite service that will work to support the former’s internet of things applications, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 28. Iridium said Sept. 27 its satellite network will underpin Iridium Cloud...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 11, 2018 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has unveiled a new hybrid cloud connectivity service built on a software-based networking platform as part of its Cloud Connect portfolio of offerings for government and enterprise customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday Cloud Connect Dynamic Connect...
Google has dropped plans to compete for the Defense Department™s potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement contract, Federal News Network reported Monday. œWe couldn™t be assured that it would be aligned with our artificial intelligence (AI) principles, Aileen Black, an executive direc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 13, 2018 ” Amazon Web Services is reportedly looking to hire a data processing engineer and a product manager for space and satellite systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. CNBC reported Tuesday the Amazon-tracking website This Just In first discovered the job postings, which were later removed, noting that ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 10, 2018 ” An Amazon Web Services program has been helping the Space Telescope Science Institute keep space observation data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope available to the public as well as researchers free of cost, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the AWS Public ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 5, 2018 ” Amazon Web Services has added CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) as a partner in the AWS Managed Service Provider program, enabling the latter to offer AWS-powered cloud products and services to the former’s customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. CenturyLink said Friday it completed a third-party a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 27, 2018 ” Amazon Web Services has launched a two-phase, 110-day program that seeks to train public sector partners on how to conduct cloud readiness assessments and develop tailored action plans for cloud migration, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the AWS Public Sector Partner Tr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 23, 2018 ” Jennifer Chronis, general manager of the Defense Department business area at Amazon Web Services, has said cloud-based machine learning and artificial intelligence tools can drive DoD agencies’ efforts to support the warfighter mission, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 9. Chronis told Government Matters...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 22, 2018 ” Amazon Web Services will host the Defense Logistics Agency‘s learning management system under a partnership with SAP National Security Services, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. AWS said Monday its GovCloud (US) infrastructure will support the recently updated LMS platform that is de...
