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Why CIA Picked Amazon | DISA's $450M Cloud Deal

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  Thursday, June 27, 2013
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CIO Columnist Defense Dept. Seeks $450 Million Cloud Builder
By Charles Babcock
$450 million in business up for grabs as DISA seeks provider for DOD cloud plans.

Amazon Wins Best Cloud In CIA Bake-Off
Despite a higher bid, Amazon gets CIA contract over IBM due to its deeper experience as a cloud services provider.

HP Wins $67 Million Spain Government Cloud Contract
HP will migrate Catalonia's compute infrastructure and applications into an HP Enterprise Cloud facility.

Google Gets Help In Spanish Privacy Fight
Legal filing argues Europe's right to be forgotten isn't quite a right and doesn't obligate Google to delete data that makes people unhappy.

NASA's IRIS Mission Delayed
Power outage at Vandenberg Air Force Base prevented the 400-pound observatory from lifting off on Wednesday; plan is to launch Thursday.

Tech Companies Embrace Marriage Equality
Tech companies say supporting social issues like gay marriage strengthens employee relations, recruiting and overall business success.

Phishing Attackers Diversify, Target Facebook Credentials
FBI warns of surge in spear-phishing attacks, says criminals seek more than bank credentials.

Germany Criticizes U.K. 'Project Tempora' Cyber Spy Program
German politician wants the EU to address reports that Britain's spymasters are even better at harvesting Internet traffic than their NSA allies.

U.S. Supercomputer To Model Renewable Energy Impact
New supercomputing facility will focus on how to integrate renewable energy sources into nation's energy grid.

 
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Pressures on federal IT salaries keep building: 42% of IT managers and 35% of staff say their pay has been frozen because of the economy. Despite those findings, government IT workers are generally satisfied with their compensation, and 45% of federal IT staffers and 47% of managers say they're very secure in their jobs. But uncertainty lies ahead.
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Salesforce.com Sees Company Communities As Intranet Killers
Salesforce says Company Communities spell the end for legacy intranets. But some companies have been investing in newer collaboration and HR apps for the past decade.

China Boasts World's Fastest Supercomputer
While it doesn't hold the No. 1 spot, the U.S. still dominates the latest Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers.

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