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Report: Amazon’s HQ2 Search Grew Out of Jeff Bezos’s Tesla Envy

April 28, 2020 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Getty Images Amazon’s doomed search for HQ2, its second headquarters, came about because Jeff Bezos was envious of the large incentive Elon Musk was able to command from Nevada for Tesla’s giant battery factory, a new report says. There’s a lesson there for every leader: Be careful of letting emotions, especially negative emotions, drive your business decisions.… Read more

A Cloud Guru Announces Acquisition of Linux Academy

April 27, 2020 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Combined organization now represents THE school for the future of IT with the largest cloud computing training library in the world AUSTIN, TX – Today, A Cloud Guru announced the acquisition of Linux Academy, creating the largest and most effective cloud computing training platform in the world.… Read more

The Epic Story of Dropbox’s Exodus From the Amazon Cloud Empire

April 27, 2020 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

IF YOU’RE ONE of 500 million people who use Dropbox, it’s just a folder on your computer desktop that lets you easily store files on the Internet, send them to others, and synchronize them across your laptop, phone, and tablet. You use this folder, then you forget it.… Read more

Microsoft acquires Mover to help with Microsoft 365 cloud migration

April 18, 2020 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Image Credits: Imam Fathoni / Getty Images Microsoft wants to make it as easy as possible to migrate to Microsoft 365, and today the company announced it had purchased a Canadian startup called Mover to help. The companies did not reveal the acquisition price.… Read more

Is my company required to register under ITAR?

November 6, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

A frequently asked compliance question among government contracts firms is whether they are required to register under the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (“ITAR”). ITAR are the State Department controls that regulate defense products, technical data and services. Under ITAR 22 CFR §122.1, parties that manufacture, export or temporarily import “defense articles” or furnish “defense services” are required to register with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) within the State Department. … Read more

ITAR Compliance in Office 365

November 6, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

The world of government data is surrounded by regulation. Whether that’s FedRAMP compliance, DFARS compliance, and the upcoming Cybersecurity Maturity Model Compliance framework(CMMC) — operating as a government entity (or as a contractor who handles government data) can be tough. Once you take these bundles of regulations and apply the ever-complex technology ecosystem to them, complexities start to mount.… Read more