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The other day I took a moment to count the number of stories we’ve done on TechCrunch on the DoD’s $10 billion, decade-long, winner-take-all, JEDI cloud contract. This marks the 30th time we’ve written about this deal over the last two years, and it comes after a busy week last week in JEDI cloud contract […] Continue reading The $10B JEDI contract is locked, loaded, and still completely stuck
The Amazon CEO testified before Congress that the tech giant has a policy against using third party seller data to help its private label business, but couldn’t guarantee it had never been broken. Continue reading Jeff Bezos Has No Idea How Often Amazon Rips Off Its Sellers
Social media giant Twitter is sharing updates coming out of the second day of investigations into this week’s hack of high-profile accounts by Bitcoin scammers. Avid readers will recall that Twitter recently fell victim to a massive social engine… Continue reading Twitter Releases New Details About Recent Hack of High-Profile Accounts
The real worry of the Twitter hack is not the cryptocurrency scam that was spammed out, but that attackers might have accessed private messages sent and received by the rich and powerful.
Continue reading The Twitter hack: Why Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and others might have reason to be worried
The real worry of the Twitter hack is not the cryptocurrency scam that was spammed out, but that attackers might have accessed private messages sent and received by the rich and powerful.
Continue reading The Twitter hack: Why Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and others might have reason to be worried
Microsoft and Amazon are at it again as the fight for the Defense Department JEDI contract continues. In a recent series of increasingly acerbic pronouncements, the two companies continue their ongoing spat over the $10 billion, decade-long JEDI contract spoils. As you may recall (or not), last fall in a surprise move, the DoD selected […] Continue reading Microsoft and AWS exchange poisoned pen blog posts in latest Pentagon JEDI contract spat
While controversy has dogged the $10 billion, decade-long JEDI contract since its earliest days, a report by the DoD’s Inspector General’s Office concluded today that, while there were some funky bits and potential conflicts, overall the contract procurement process was fair and legal and the president did not unduly influence the process in spite of […] Continue reading DoD Inspector General report finds everything was basically hunky-dory with JEDI cloud contract bid
It’s easy to think, as we find ourselves in the midst of a truly unprecedented situation, that the rules of building a successful business have suddenly changed. While the world may be topsy-turvy at the moment, keeping your customer at the center of your business strategy is more important than ever. That means finding creative […] Continue reading Even in the age of COVID-19, you need to stay focused on the customer
The JEDI contract award process might never be done. Following legal challenges from Amazon after the Pentagon’s massive, $10 billion cloud contract was awarded to Microsoft in October, the Pentagon indicated in court documents last night that it wishes to reconsider the award. It’s just the latest plot twist in an epic government procurement saga. […] Continue reading Pentagon asks court for time to reconsider JEDI award to Microsoft
In episode 96 of our monthly we discuss the controversy of voting by smartphone in our elections, the Jeff Bezos hacking incident, and the recent Microsoft support security breach. ** Show notes and links mentioned on the show ** Seattle-Area Voters To… Continue reading Voting by Smartphone, Jeff Bezos Hacked, Microsoft Security Breach