Amazon quietly pursues federal cloud-computing work

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Cloud Computing Spunje
Published: May 3, 2010Posted in: Amazon, Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2), Business Intelligence, Cloud Technologies, Google, Government Cloud, Microsoft, Opinions & Explanations, SecurityTags:
Amazon quietly pursues federal cloud-computing work
As Google, Microsoft and other technology companies talk up their ability to provide cloud computing services to federal agencies, another tech giant, Amazon.com Inc., is quietly positioning itself to be a major government cloud provider as well.The Seattle-based online retailer has been characteristically secretive about its efforts in Washington, D.C. But the company — which is still better known for its e-commerce website than its cloud offerings — is making some progress engaging with federal agencies.

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In a sign of Amazon’s interest in the federal cloud market, the company last year teamed with Apptis, the Chantilly, Va.-based government IT services company, to respond to a request for quotes (RFQ) put out by the General Services Administration.

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