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* The cloud services space was dominated by Amazon, who had billions of dollars worth of contracts with federal defense agencies like the Department of Defense. 
*Amazon held nearly 34% of the worldwide cloud computer market. 
*Amazon was the dominant cloud provider for federal agencies, the Department of Defense, and the intelligence community. 
*The NSA awarded Amazon a secret cloud computing contract worth up to $10 billion. Even the CIA used Amazon’s cloud services. 
*The contracts Amazon had secured with the government were a factor in why the company had increased investment in cloud services.<ref>https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudhealth/azure-vs-aws-comparison-azure-really-catching</ref>