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Accelera Awarded U.S. Peace Corps Microsoft Azure Cloud Hosting Contract

Accelera Solutions was awarded the U.S. Peace Corps Microsoft Azure Cloud Hosting contract.  The Peace Corps was seeking a managed Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution, within Microsoft Azure Enterprise Government cloud to host PCMEDICS, the Peace Corps’ electronic medical record system.

Accelera will provide the Peace Corps with a fully managed Azure Cloud solution in support of their globally deployed electronic healthcare application environment.

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Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it — The Verge

President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year, writes Lauren Feiner.

IBM to acquire HashiCorp for $6.4B

IBM and HashiCorp have entered into an agreement for IBM to acquire HashiCorp, a provider of infrastructure and security management products, for $6.4 billion.

Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry — CNBC

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter, writes Ashley Capoot.