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IBM is spinning a multi-billion cloud deal with AT&T as justification for its Red Hat acquisition, while AT&T anoints Microsoft its “preferred cloud provider for non-network applications.”

Meanwhile, Oracle lost a court appeal, so now it’s trying a political one as it attempt to derail AWS as the anticipated winner of a rich JEDI contract with the U.S Department of Defense.

Google shuts down Project Dragonfly, a censor-friendly search effort for the Chinese market; bugs in a server component highlight the vulnerability of tech’s extended supply chain, and Verizon and Ericsson  partner on a live trial of a microservices architecture on Ericsson mobility gear.

IBM announces Q2 financials, and Boeing and Ryan Air experiment with renaming the troubled 737 Max.

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IBM lands AT&T contract worth ‘billions’ – Financial Times

IBM And AT&T Announce Multi-Year Strategic Alliance – IBM

AT&T announces cloud partnership with Microsoft 1 day after similar deal with IBM – IEEE ComSoc Technology Blog

AT&T And Microsoft Announce Strategic Alliance – AT&T

Judge dismisses Oracle lawsuit over $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract – TechCrunch

The Empire Strikes Back: Trump discovers $10bn JEDI cloud deal may go to nemesis Jeff Bezos, demands probe – The Register

Trump Expressed Concern About Pentagon Cloud-Computing Contract – Bloomberg

Amazon or Microsoft set to pick up $10 billion DoD cloud deal after O...