Quantum computing is one of three breakthrough technologies – the others are artificial intelligence and augmented reality – that will be critical to the future of the company, says CEO Nadella.
Lawmakers have asked the Defense Department to justify why the agency is planning to give a single company a multi-year contract for cloud services worth billions of dollars.
The department already has difficulty moving information, particularly to the battlefield, and using multiple clouds would 'exponentially increase the complexity,' a spokesperson said.
Faced with a growing threat for cloud computing services from Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. as an alternative to Dell’s server and storage hardware businesses, the company has focused on its top-tier customers.
The Pentagon will outline its plans for the procurement to IT vendors at an industry event that more than 100 companies are expected to attend in Northern Virginia today.
The firm is releasing new cloud technologies to fight disease and help health providers abide by privacy laws as the medical sector moves to internet-based computing.
At issue is whether federal and state law enforcement officials can use a decades-old law to demand user emails and other information held abroad by domestic companies.
