Report: IBM protests Amazon $600m CIA cloud contract

IBM has lawyered-up to protest the CIA's alleged plan to spend $600 million with Amazon Web Services over the next decade. Big Blue has filed a bid of protest with the government to try and get the CIA to reconsider its decision to spend money on Bezos & Co.'s cloud, according to some diligent muckraking by government IT mag …

[ratfox]

Neither Amazon or IBM had responded…?

Yes, but what did the CIA say, then?

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Neither Amazon or IBM had responded…?

We neither confirm nor deny the existence of either Amazon or IBM. In the event that those organisations do exist, we neither confirm nor deny any relationship with them.

[nuked]

Yes, but what did the CIA say, then?

They wrote the article.

[Tomato42]

German census

I see what you did there

[Anonymous Coward]

True to form...

Yep, IBM - a law firm with an attached IT shop.

Says a soon to be ex-IBMer...

[Britt Johnston]

while we are bashing companies...

why would the CIA want to use a notorious tax minimizer like Amazon?

[zooooooom]

Re: while we are bashing companies...

Well doh - they're cheaper.

[Gil Grissum]

YAY FOR AMAZON!!!

Protest all you want IBM. IBM is in bed with the Chinese, thanks to their 2004 sale of their PC Business to Lenovo of China that included an 18% stake in Lenovo. And IBM can't possibly underbid Amazon. So there you have it. GO AMAZON!!!