The Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday that it had canceled a 10 billion deal with US software company Microsoft. Under the agreement, the Pentagon was to use Microsoft's cloud services. The Pentagon says it will now negotiate with cloud services other than Microsoft and Amazon.
Remember that cloud services refer to the ability to store computer files and data on a remote server and provide easy access to it.
The Pentagon said in a statement that "as technology has changed, it has become clear that the JEDI cloud contract, which has been stalled several times before, now meets the needs of the Department of Defense." Does not meet
According to the Associated Press (AP), the statement did not specify whether Amazon had sued former US President Donald Trump for awarding the deal to Microsoft, alleging political bias.
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According to the AP, Pentagon Chief Information Officer John Sherman told reporters on Tuesday that much has changed during the court battle with Amazon and now new possibilities have opened up in the massive cloud services. Are
"Therefore, we have to start anew and negotiate with other companies," he said.
According to Sherman, the agreement, known as JEDI, will be replaced by another program called Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability. The agreement is expected to award contracts to both Microsoft and Amazon, but nothing is final yet.
Sherman said three more cloud services providers, Google, IBM and Oracle, could also be candidates for the deal.
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