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Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by qubax on Saturday July 28, 2018 @07:33PM (#17635619)
Or given their budget, why not operate their own cloud? Why not build a tech/infrastructure team and run their own datacenter/cloud? You would think something so important as data and the cloud would be something the pentagon wants to keep in-house.
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Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by Retric on Saturday July 28, 2018 @09:57PM (#17636089)
Fewer kickbacks if you operate inside the government.
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Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by manigandham on Sunday July 29, 2018 @10:15PM (#17641587)
You need serious talent to accomplish projects at that scale, and most of that talent does not (want to) work for the government.
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Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by joejerryronnie on Saturday July 28, 2018 @11:14PM (#17636318)
Because it would cost the government $100B to do it themselves.
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