The Pentagon on Friday reaffirmed its decision to give Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) a massive $10 billion cloud computing contract, but runner-up Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has vowed to press on against what it called a "politically corrupted contract award." The Department of Defense's October 2019 awarding of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract raised eyebrows at the time, as analysts viewed Amazon as the front-runner. Amazon in November filed suit to try to reverse the award, claiming that President Donald Trump's long-standing feud with the company and its CEO Jeff Bezos caused him to steer the contract to Microsoft. Read More...
Amazon Vows to Fight After Pentagon Reaffirms Microsoft’s $10 Billion Cloud Award
The Pentagon on Friday reaffirmed its decision to give Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) a massive $10 billion cloud computing contract, but runner-up Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has vowed to press on against what it called a “politically corrupted contract award.” The Department of Defense’s October 2019 awarding of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract raised eyebrows at the time, as analysts viewed Amazon as the front-runner. Amazon in November filed suit to try to reverse the award, claiming that President Donald Trump’s long-standing feud with the company and its CEO Jeff Bezos caused him to steer the contract to Microsoft.
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