Microsoft, AWS prepare for new Pentagon $10 bn Cloud contract

Washington: After witnessing a bitter war over the $10 billion JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) Cloud computing contract, the Pentagon has announced a new cloud initiative that replaces the ill-fated JEDI contract.

Pentagon had to cancel the $10 billion JEDI contract that was given to Microsoft in 2019, leaving the favourite Amazon out of the race during the Donald Trump administration.

Now, all Cloud giants like Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle have been invited to bid for the ‘Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability’ (JWCC) Cloud contract.