From JEDI and Pax8 to AWS and Salesforce: Hot Cloud Computing News

The cloud computing sector has seen a lot of movement this week, despite a lack of big news (you can chalk that up to summertime lulls). Let’s catch you up.

First off, some interesting tidbits related to the Defense Department’s infamous JEDI contract arose this week. You’ll find out more on the first slide. Next, and more partner-related, Pax8 and Nerdio made an announcement for managed service providers. After that, NetApp and Rackspace both showed up this week with some news that impacts the channel. Finally, we’ve got the latest from Amazon Web Services and Salesforce as well. There’s a lot to digest and it’s all here in this slideshow roundup of the week’s most significant cloud computing announcements.