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* The cloud services space was dominated by Amazon, who had billions of dollars worth of contracts with federal defense agencies like the Department of Defense. Amazon held nearly 34% of the worldwide cloud computer market. Amazon was the dominant cloud provider for federal agencies, the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. The NSA awarded Amazon a secret cloud computing contract worth up to $10 billion. Even the CIA used Amazon’s cloud services. The contracts Amazon had secured with the government were a factor in why the company had increased investment in cloud services.<ref>https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudhealth/azure-vs-aws-comparison-azure-really-catching</ref> | * The cloud services space was dominated by Amazon, who had billions of dollars worth of contracts with federal defense agencies like the Department of Defense. | ||
*Amazon held nearly 34% of the worldwide cloud computer market. | |||
*Amazon was the dominant cloud provider for federal agencies, the Department of Defense, and the intelligence community. | |||
*The NSA awarded Amazon a secret cloud computing contract worth up to $10 billion. Even the CIA used Amazon’s cloud services. | |||
*The contracts Amazon had secured with the government were a factor in why the company had increased investment in cloud services.<ref>https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudhealth/azure-vs-aws-comparison-azure-really-catching</ref> | |||
Latest revision as of 18:21, 23 March 2022
- The cloud services space was dominated by Amazon, who had billions of dollars worth of contracts with federal defense agencies like the Department of Defense.
- Amazon held nearly 34% of the worldwide cloud computer market.
- Amazon was the dominant cloud provider for federal agencies, the Department of Defense, and the intelligence community.
- The NSA awarded Amazon a secret cloud computing contract worth up to $10 billion. Even the CIA used Amazon’s cloud services.
- The contracts Amazon had secured with the government were a factor in why the company had increased investment in cloud services.[1]
