{"id":8023,"date":"2021-07-07T11:03:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T15:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=8023"},"modified":"2021-07-23T13:49:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T17:49:24","slug":"pentagon-cancels-10-billion-deal-with-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/pentagon-cancels-10-billion-deal-with-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Cancels $10 Billion Deal With Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Defense Department has cancelled the complicated and highly politicized saga of one of the most lucrative military tech contracts in U.S. history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon is officially terminating its $10 billion cloud computing contract with Microsoft, ending a tendering process hotly contested in court by rival Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon has been suing the contract, known as JEDI, since 2019, when the company was shocked to lose the lucrative 10-year contract to Microsoft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon’s legal strategy also includes testimony from former President Donald Trump, who said his contempt for company founder Jeff Bezos affected the bidding process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Defense Department said Tuesday that the JEDI contract – short for Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure – no longer meets its requirements “due to evolving requirements, increased cloud conversancy, and industry advances.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency said it is now pursuing a multi-company contract instead of a winner-take-all approach with JEDI, which has long faced criticism from lawmakers and experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon said it would seek bids for the new multi-cloud contract from Amazon and Microsoft, as the two companies are currently the only ones equipped to meet the military’s demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon again argued in a statement on Tuesday that awarding JEDI to Microsoft was the result of “outside influence” and not the merits of the company’s proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n

For more information, read the original story<\/a> in NPR.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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