Microsoft’s $10m JEDI cloud contract “sets dangerous precedent”, says AWS

Microsoft’s $10m JEDI cloud contract “sets dangerous precedent”, says AWS

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https://tech.newstatesman.com/cloud/microsoft-jedi-contract-precedent-aws

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has issued an extraordinary attack on the US government after defence officials revealed they would not row back on their decision to award a controversial $10m cloud contract to Microsoft.

The Department of Defense (DoD) confirmed on Friday that, following a “comprehensive re-evaluation of the JEDI [Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure] Cloud proposals”, it had “determined that Microsoft’s proposal continues to represent the best value to government”.

Microsoft’s $10m JEDI cloud contract “sets dangerous precedent”, says AWS

Sep 7, 2020, 2:14pm UTC
https://tech.newstatesman.com/cloud/microsoft-jedi-contract-precedent-aws > Amazon Web Services (AWS) has issued an extraordinary attack on the US government after defence officials revealed they would not row back on their decision to award a controversial $10m cloud contract to Microsoft. > The Department of Defense (DoD) confirmed on Friday that, following a “comprehensive re-evaluation of the JEDI [Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure] Cloud proposals”, it had “determined that Microsoft’s proposal continues to represent the best value to government”.