The U.S. Defense Department has cancelled a 10-year, $10 billion cloud-computing contract it awarded to Microsoft. The Defense Department announced the cancellation of the long-awaited procurement on Tuesday.
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The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has completed a comprehensive re-evaluation of its $10bn Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI) cloud computing contract proposals and determined that Microsoft's submission still represents the best value for the government.
The US Defense Department's inspector general has found that the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) project cloud contract award process wasn't improperly influenced by President Trump.
The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival Amazon protested what it called a flawed bidding process.
A US federal judge has granted Amazon’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Defense from proceeding with a $10bn US defence contract awarded to Microsoft while the case is litigated.
