Surprise move
The US Defense department is cancelling a $10B JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) contract awarded to Microsoft. The Pentagon says that they seek a new multi-cloud , multi vendor contract.
The Pentagon will seek proposals from both Amazon and Microsoft.
They Defense Department said:
- “Due to evolving requirements, increased cloud conversancy, and industry advances, the JEDI Cloud contract no longer meets its needs.”
Amazon was contesting the contract award to Microsoft. In May, US officials considered pulling the plug on the contract.