Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud contract

Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by anoncoward111 on Sunday July 29, 2018 @05:07AM (#17637196)

I couldn't agree with you more. These companies have become such a terrible value for consumers that they have to abuse the public trust and effectively win business through lobbying and nepotism.

And lots of golf.

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Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by MaxikCZ on Sunday July 29, 2018 @04:03PM (#17639993)

I dont know. From what I know from inside automotive, the IT departments there are buying new compute clusters about every second year.

After they make their requirements public usually a few companies show interest. The companies swear by their techs and claim it tested for requirements, yet almost always this new company have to back up after they prove themselves unable to keep up to their promises.

The IBM was the one delivering past several years of compute hardware, while other companies were just not able to do the same.

Claiming whole corp is rubbish because you know of one case where it didnt work out seems not right here.

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Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by ekovarski on Monday July 30, 2018 @05:32PM (#17648245)

Remember the old adage, nobody ever got fired for buying <x> or in this case IBM.

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