AWS scoops three-year cloud deal with UK government
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced an agreement with the UK government that will increase public sector adoption of cloud computing. The three-year memorandum of understating between AWS and the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), the government’s procurement agency, means that participating UK government and public sector organisations will be treated as a single client, instead [] The post AWS
scoops three-year cloud deal with UK government appeared first on Verdict.
Author: Robert Scammell
Date: 2020-11-02
URL: https://www.verdict.co.uk/aws-uk-government/
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