Feed: Slashdot
Feed Link: https://slashdot.org/
---

Title: Amazon's Cloud Business Giving Federal Agencies Up To $1 Billion In
Discounts

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/07/21372...

Amazon Web Services has struck a deal with the U.S. government to provide up
to $1 billion in cloud service discounts through 2028. CNBC reports: The
agreement is expected to speed up migration to the cloud, as well as adoption
of artificial intelligence tools, the General Services Administration said.
"AWS's partnership with GSA demonstrates a shared public-private commitment
to enhancing America's AI leadership," the agency said in a release. Amazon's
cloud boss, Matt Garman, hailed the agreement as a "significant milestone in
the large-scale digital transformation of government services." The discounts
aggregated across federal agencies include credits to use AWS' cloud
infrastructure, modernization programs and training services, as well as
incentives for "direct partnership." Further reading: OpenAI Offers ChatGPT
To US Federal Agencies for $1 a Year

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

---
VRSS v2.1.180528