The White House is ordering federal agencies to accelerate the adoption of cloud computing tools in 2018, according to a new report from Trump administration tech officials that lays out a blueprint to overhaul government information technology systems. All federal agencies within the federal government will be expected to migrate to the cloud when possible,…
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The Pentagon’s spending on cloud computing is set to surge as the agency relies more on technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning to develop new warfighting applications that involve human-machine collaboration. That’s according to a new report by public-sector contracting analytics firm Govini. The Department of Defense is the biggest spender…
Uncle Sam remains at a “crossroads” when it comes to cloud computing. That’s the conclusion from a recent survey by professional services firm Grant Thornton, which sized up progress the federal government has made in adopting cloud computing.
In this week’s Cloud Round-Up for LiftrNews.com, AWS gets Federal Government approval, Oracle’s stock tumbles on cloud guidance, Microsoft introduces a new cloud-based computing service, Google and Spotify team up for security, AWS starts billing by the second, and more!