IBM and Red Hat are part of a five-year collaboration to modernize the U.S. Department of Education's G5 grants management system with open hybrid cloud technologies.

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) will provide technology support services to the U.S. Department of Education through a new contract, said the company in a statement.

Amazon is entering the education technology market with an online marketplace of digital educational resources. Called Amazon Inspire, the platform will let educators upload or access free...