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Cyber

NSA Awards Hewlett Packard Enterprise $2 Billion Deal For High-Performance Computing Tech

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, September 7th, 2021

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NSA Awards Hewlett Packard Enterprise $2 Billion Deal For High-Performance Computing Tech

NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland

The National Security Agency (NSA) has awarded Hewlett Packard Enterprise [HPE] a 10-year, $2 billion contract to provide high-performance computing (HPC) technology. HPE said the services will be offered through its GreenLake platform, allowing the NSA to “harness rapidly growing AI and data needs more efficiently.” “Implementing artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics capabilities on massive sets of data increasingly requires High Performance Computing systems,” Justin Hotard, the company’s senior vice president for HPC and mission critical solutions, said in…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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