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IBM picks Slack over Microsoft Teams for its 350,000 employees — The Verge

Internal teams at IBM reportedly started using the chat app as far back as 2014, writes Tom Warren. Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/10/21132060/ibm-slack-chat-employee-rollout-microsoft-teams-competition

We need to talk about ‘cloud neutrality’ — Wired

A multibillion-dollar, privately-owned infrastructure is now essential to the modern internet economy. That should freak you out, writes Molly Wood. Here is the link: https://www.wired.com/story/we-need-to-talk-about-cloud-neutrality/  

It’s official: AWS is challenging Microsoft’s $10 billion JEDI contract win — ZDNet

AWS made the company's decision to file paperwork to challenge the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) public, writes Mary Jo Foley. Here is the link:...

Microsoft, Nokia collaborating on joint enterprise solutions for communications service providers

Microsoft and Nokia have inked a collaboration; combining Microsoft cloud, AI and machine learning with Nokia networking and communications.

Databricks raises $400 million

Unified data analytics company Databricks has raised $400 million.