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Amazon | February 14, 2020

A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt of Microsoft's work on a $10 billion military cloud contract, a win for Amazon, which sued the U.S. government last year for awarding the contract to its rival. Amazon's lawsuit, filed in November, alleged that President Donald Trump's bias against the company hurt its chances to win the project. Amazon and Microsoft were finalists for the lucrative contract, for which Amazon was considered an early front-runner. The project, known...

The Defense Department | March 18, 2020

The Defense Department recently revealed it’s working with the National Spectrum Consortium through an other transaction agreement to strategically test and pioneer applications of fifth-generation wireless technology at four domestic military bases. The agency outlined its aims in December to publish four separate requests for prototype proposals that solely the consortium’s more than 300 members would be eligible to respond to. Each RPP would encompass different military installati...

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Palantir Technologies Inc. | April 05, 2022

Palantir Technologies Inc., a leading builder of data operating systems in use across the U.S. Government, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider, today announced a partnership. In Palantir's new channel partner program, Carahsoft will serve as Palantir’s U.S. Federal Distributor, making Palantir’s industry-leading data operations software available to the U.S. Federal Government through Carahsoft’s reseller partners, contracted through...

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Technation | April 11, 2022

Technation, Canada’s leading technology association, is pleased to see increased investments in cyber and digital government in 2022 Federal Budget. The Association has long advocated for government to significantly enhance federal investments in cyber security as Canada’s current level of investment is not sufficient to secure our economy, critical infrastructure, or government enterprises. Technation is pleased to see the commitment of $875.2 million over 5 years to ...