Microsoft is trying to get Alphabet, Oracle and other tech companies to join it in lobbying the federal government to choose more than one cloud provider for major cloud computing contracts, reported The Wall Street Journal. The effort shows how Microsoft is trying to slow the momentum Amazon Web Services is gaining in the government cloud market, which includes winning a $10 billion deal to...
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With bids for the entity formerly known as Silicon Valley Bank due Friday, potential buyers and regulators are running into an interesting reality: Breaking up—and salvaging—SVB is hard to do. Nearly two weeks after SVB failed, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has yet to find a buyer for the so-called bridge bank that took over SVB’s operations, despite being on the third...
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