Alexa, Tell Me A National Security Secret: Amazon's Reach Goes Beyond The Post Office

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Alexa, Tell Me A National Security Secret: Amazon's Reach Goes Beyond The Post Office

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...the president might be surprised to learn that one of Amazon's biggest customers is, in fact, the federal government. Amazon's relationship with the government goes well beyond delivering packages — to playing a vital role in protecting America's national security secrets.

While Amazon still makes most of its money selling stuff online, a growing part of the company's business is storing stuff in the cloud.

Amazon Web Services, or AWS, sells its cloud services to lots of companies, and increasingly to the government. Agencies from the Smithsonian to the CIA have awarded contracts to AWS...{more}
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/23/60438487 ... -post-offi
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