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As Govt. Budget Shrinks, Amazon Expands Fed Cloud Sales
The federal government is shifting toward cloud computing and Amazon.com is going in the same direction by expanding its cloud sales to the government.
The online retailer currently provides cloud-based computer services in 100 government offices, including the State and Treasury departments, according to a Washington Post/Bloomberg report. Amazon joins Google and Microsoft…
Autodesk Launches Design, Engineering Cloud Service with Help of Amazon and Citrix
Published on 29 Sep, 2011 at 15:00 in Cloud | Viewed 23 times | No Comments
Autodesk, the world’s largest design and engineering software provider, has released a cloud service for its sector professionals.
The company’s cloud features include rendering, optimization, energy analysis and 3GB of storage capacity. The features will be available to people without Autodesk software, enabling widespread collaboration.
Intuitive simulation and visualization software will further provide multiple design options, the company said.
The company received help from Amazon to make its cloud services more…
AWS Hosts Fifth Annual Cloud Computing Challenge
Published on 1 Aug, 2011 at 13:35 in Industry News | Viewed 21 times | No Comments
Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company, announced today the start of its fifth annual AWS Start-Up Challenge, a contest that recognizes new and innovative uses of its cloud computing platform in start-up companies.
Amazon Web Services has expanded the contest worldwide and will choose a total of 15 regional semifinalists from the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle…
Sen. Durbin Introduces Federal Bill to Collect Online Sales Tax
Published on 1 Aug, 2011 at 12:28 in Cyber | Viewed 40 times | No Comments
Congress introduced a bill Friday that would establish a federal framework for collecting sales tax from online retailers. The bill would provide a federal solution to the growing issue of states seeking to collect billions in taxes from online transactions.
Sen. Dick Durbin and Reps. John…
LulzSec Releases Massive Data Dump, Shuts Down Thousands of Australian Sites
Published on 17 Jun, 2011 at 10:07 in Cyber | Viewed 220 times | No Comments
Prankster hacker group LulzSec has steered its Lulz Boat and quest for mischief toward “down under,” breaking into Australian domain registrar and web host Distribute.IT, and crippling access to thousands of websites, according to media reports.
The Register reports that the among the Australian data dump were details from Australian universities and government departments, including AusAID, the Victorian Department of Childhood and Early Education and several local…
CyberCom Blocks Access to Streaming Video; YouTube No Go for DoD Workers
Published on 15 Mar, 2011 at 9:08 in Cyber | Viewed 189 times | No Comments
The U.S. Cyber Command has restricted Defense Department workers’ access to streaming-video websites such as YouTube, Amazon and Googlevideo, according to The Associated Press.
Officials say the overwhelming demand to see the Japan earthquake is using up the much-needed bandwidth already weakened by Internet problems in that region of the world.
Cyber Command has directed…
Anonymous: An Online Gathering ‘Fed Up’ with Injustice
Published on 13 Dec, 2010 at 8:37 in Cyber | Viewed 286 times | 2 Comments
Media outlets–including The New New Internet–have struggled to correctly describe the phenomenon Anonymous, labeling the loose coalition as hackers, online vigilantes and hacktivists. In an effort to set the record straight, Anonymous on Dec. 10 issued a press release to clarify what it really is and what it wants. Just don’t call them a group…
Microsoft’s Teresa Carlson Takes Up New Role at Amazon
Published on 2 Dec, 2010 at 15:17 in Industry News | Viewed 375 times | 1 Comment
Teresa Carlson, vice president of Microsoft’s U.S. federal government business, is leaving to join Amazon’s growing cloud-computing business, according to Federal News Radio.
Federal News Radio reported yesterday that although Amazon has not confirmed, Carlson has told friends she will start Dec. 13.
Carlson joined Microsoft in 2002 as part of…
Amazon Shoppers Warned about Bogus Email Containing Trojan Virus
Published on 6 Jul, 2010 at 14:26 in Cloud | Viewed 669 times | No Comments
Amazon has long been a target for scammers attempting to use the online retailer’s name for phishing scams in hopes of luring users to hand over personal information that can be used to empty bank accounts or steal identities.
The latest scam involving Amazon’s name comes in form of an official-looking email purporting to be from amazon.com. With the subject line of the email being “your amazon.com order,” the…
Amazon Gets into the Cloud with Federal Agency
Published on 2 Jun, 2010 at 10:13 in Cyber | Viewed 141 times | No Comments
Online retailer Amazon is getting into the federal space by announcing it will host the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board’s money-tracking website Recovery.gov, a move that marks the first government wide shift to cloud computing.
With more organizations moving their data into the cloud, concerns are being raised about security issues. However, Adam Selipsky, vice president of Amazon Web Services,…
