The National Ground Intelligence Agency, a military agency supporting US Army Intelligence, plans to procure and use Amazon's cloud service, according to an unclassified task order from last month.CC0CIA Predicts Burger Franchise in N Korea as Kim-Trump Talks in Limbo - Reports Specifically, the agency will adopt the "C2S Cloud," or Commercial Cloud Services, which the army says "is Amazon Web Services for the [intelligence community]." The hit product, AWS, is a huge deal in American commercial IT circles. Amazon's massive server farms allow clients to purchase computing power on a "buy as you go" basis and scale up usage efficiently. The company describes cloud computing as "the on-demand delivery of compute power, database storage, applications and other IT resources." "When Amazon launches in your space, you're stupid if you don't get scared by that," Emil Eifrem told the Wall Street Journal on Friday. Eifrem designed … [Read more...] about Amazon Collects Another US Intelligence Contract: Top Secret Military Computing
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Plight of UK Amazon Employees Revealed by Top Union
One of Britain's largest trade unions, GMB, using disclosures resulting from Freedom of Information Requests has revealed the conditions inflicted upon workers employed by US-based tech-giant Amazon. Among the revelations reported in the British business press are that ambulance services were called a total of 600 times over three years to the company's premises in response to serious health emergencies. At least 14 of the medical emergencies related to employees suffering from breathing problems, with others involving workers suffering electrocution and complications pertaining to pregnancy. Amazon has consistently come under criticism for the conditions of its employees around the world, however the revelations of working conditions in Britain are among the first insight into the corporation's employment practices in a first-world country. … [Read more...] about Plight of UK Amazon Employees Revealed by Top Union
Amazon earmarks North East for new fulfilment centre, reports claims
Online retail giant Amazon is set to create a huge fulfilment centre in the North East with the potential to create hundreds of jobs, reports suggest. The shopping behemoth is said to have launched a search for sites capable of housing multi-storey schemes taking up more than 2.2 million square feet of space, both within the region and in the West Midlands. According to trade insiders including Property Week, the fulfilment centres could be as large as four storeys in height, similar to the huge units Amazon has opened at the London Distribution Park in Essex and Central Park in Bristol, which is the largest warehouse of its kind in the UK standing 70ft high. It’s not known how many jobs a centre of such size would create, but the giant warehouse at Severn Beach, near Bristol, created around 1,000 jobs including operations managers, engineers as well as HR and IT staff. It is also understood that Amazon is looking to work with developers rather than constructing its own … [Read more...] about Amazon earmarks North East for new fulfilment centre, reports claims
Total determined to drill Amazon basin as Greenpeace storms AGM
Total is determined to push ahead with its plans to drill for oil in the Amazon basin, it said on Friday as Greenpeace activists interrupted its annual general meeting in protest at the project. The French oil major wants to explore Brazil’s Foz do Amazonas basin, but Brazil’s environmental agency rejected its licence application on Tuesday for a fourth time. As the company’s annual general meeting opened in Paris on Friday, four activists from Greenpeace descended by rope from the ceiling above the stage, unfurling banners reading “Let’s save the Amazon’s coral reef”. At least a dozen others managed to enter the hall, with some chaining themselves to fixtures in the room. Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne told the meeting he would not cede to any kind of blackmail over the project, as the activists dangled on ropes above him. “Our position on the Amazon project has not been abandoned. We have our rights and we have obviously to respect … [Read more...] about Total determined to drill Amazon basin as Greenpeace storms AGM
Last chance to get your free tickets for the Amazon Academy in Newcastle
There are just a few days left for SME owners and entrepreneurs to get their hands on free tickets for the Amazon Academy, which takes place in Newcastle’s Crowne Plaza Hotel on Tuesday June 5th. The free tickets are available here until Monday evening. Run in partnership with Enterprise Nation, the North East LEP and the Department for International Trade, the Amazon Academy offers hands-on, practical support to help small businesses in Newcastle and across the North East succeed in the digital economy. Anyone thinking of starting their own business, or growing their current business, will learn how to take their business global, how to boost their productivity and how to market their products to millions of customers at the free event. Amazon started the programme two years ago because it believes the internet and technology have a big role to play in helping small businesses grow across Britain. Today, more than 373,000 businesses use various Amazon services to grow their … [Read more...] about Last chance to get your free tickets for the Amazon Academy in Newcastle