ToplineThe Department of Defense is canceling a $10 billion cloud computing contract with Microsoft, the military announced Tuesday, ending years of legal battles after Amazon wasn’t awarded the 2019 contract. Aerial photo of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. What To Watch ForThe Pentagon says it will replace JEDI with a new program called Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability. It plans to solicit bids from both Amazon and Microsoft, and could award the deal to more than one company, meaning JEDI’s cancellation could give Amazon a second shot at scoring a military contract. Key BackgroundThe Pentagon selected Microsoft for the JEDI contract in late 2019, beating out Amazon for the lucrative deal.

Source: Forbes July 06, 2021 17:16 UTC