IBM surrenders $600M CIA cloud deal to Amazon
October 31, 2013
Grazed from VentureBeat. Author: Eric Blattberg.
A high-profile legal battle over a $600 million spy agency contract has finally come to an end. IBM has withdrawn the injunctive action it filed after Amazon received a favorable ruling regarding its $600 million cloud computing contract with the CIA.
“In light of the government’s recent submissions emphasizing its need to move forward on the contract, IBM has withdrawn its motion,” reads a statement provided to VentureBeat by an IBM representative. “IBM maintains its position that the [Government Accountability Office’s] findings were appropriate.”…
Earlier this month, Judge Thomas Wheeler of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims sided with Amazon and shut down IBM’s renewed effort to win the contract — a ruling IBM promised to appeal…
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