For months, the drama has been steady in the Pentagon’s decade long, $10 billion JEDI cloud contract procurement process. This week the plot thickened when the DOD reported that it has found new evidence of a possible conflict of interest, and has reopened its internal investigation into the matter. “DOD can confirm that new information […]
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Pentagon stands by finding of no conflict of interest in JEDI RFP process
A line in a new court filing by the Department of Defense suggests that it might reopen investigation into a possible conflict of interest interest in the JEDI contract RFP process involving a former AWS employee. The story has attracted a great deal of attention in major news publications including the Washington Post and Wall […]
View More Pentagon stands by finding of no conflict of interest in JEDI RFP processMicrosoft continues to build government security credentials ahead of JEDI decision
While the DoD is in the process of reviewing the $10 billion JEDI cloud contract RFPs (assuming the work continues during the government shutdown), Microsoft continues to build up its federal government security bona fides, regardless. Today the company announced it has achieved the highest level of federal government clearance for the Outlook mobile app, […]
View More Microsoft continues to build government security credentials ahead of JEDI decisionAWS signs on to defend itself in Oracle’s JEDI RFP lawsuit against US government
Just when you didn’t think there could be any more drama over the Pentagon’s decade long, $10 billion JEDI contract RFP, the plot thickened again last week when Amazon Web Services (AWS) joined the US government as a defendant in Oracle’s lawsuit over the Pentagon’s handling of the contract RFP process. Earlier this month, Oracle […]
View More AWS signs on to defend itself in Oracle’s JEDI RFP lawsuit against US governmentOracle is suing the US government over $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract process
Oracle filed suit in federal court last week alleging yet again that the decade-long $10 billion Pentagon JEDI contract with its single-vendor award is unfair and illegal. The complaint, which has been sealed at Oracle’s request, is available in the public record with redactions. If all of this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s the same argument the […]
View More Oracle is suing the US government over $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract processGovernment denies Oracle’s protest of $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud RFP
When Oracle filed a protest in August with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI RFP process was unfair, it probably had little chance of succeeding. Today, the GAO turned away the protest. The JEDI contract has been set up as a winner-take-all affair. With $10 billion on the table, there has […]
View More Government denies Oracle’s protest of $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud RFPMicrosoft has no problem taking the $10B JEDI cloud contract if it wins
The Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract bidding process has drawn a lot of attention. Earlier this month, Google withdrew, claiming ethical considerations. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos responded in an interview at Wired25 that he thinks that it’s a mistake for big tech companies to turn their back on the U.S. military. Microsoft president Brad Smith agrees. […]
View More Microsoft has no problem taking the $10B JEDI cloud contract if it winsJeff Bezos is just fine taking the Pentagon’s $10B JEDI cloud contract
Some tech companies might have a problem taking money from the Department of Defense, but Amazon isn’t one of them, as CEO Jeff Bezos made clear today at the Wired25 conference. Just last week, Google pulled out of the running for the Pentagon’s $10 billion, 10-year JEDI cloud contract, but Bezos suggested that he was happy […]
View More Jeff Bezos is just fine taking the Pentagon’s $10B JEDI cloud contractIBM files formal JEDI protest a day before bidding process closes
IBM announced yesterday that it has filed a formal protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office over the structure of the Pentagon’s winner-take-all $10 billion, 10-year JEDI cloud contract. The protest came just a day before the bidding process is scheduled to close. As IBM put it in a blog post, they took issues with […]
View More IBM files formal JEDI protest a day before bidding process closesMicrosoft shows off government cloud services with JEDI due date imminent
Just a day after Google decided to drop out of the Pentagon’s massive $10 billion, 10-year JEDI cloud contract bidding, Microsoft announced increased support services for government clients. In a long blog post, the company laid out its government focused cloud services. While today’s announcement is not directly related to JEDI per se, the timing […]
View More Microsoft shows off government cloud services with JEDI due date imminentWhat each cloud company could bring to the Pentagon’s $10 B JEDI cloud contract
The Pentagon is going to make one cloud vendor exceedingly happy when it chooses the winner of the $10 billion, ten-year enterprise cloud project dubbed the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (or JEDI for short). The contract is designed to establish the cloud technology strategy for the military over the next 10 years as it begins […]
View More What each cloud company could bring to the Pentagon’s $10 B JEDI cloud contractPutting the Pentagon $10B JEDI cloud contract into perspective
Sometimes $10 billion isn’t as much as you think. It’s true that when you look at the bottom line number of the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, it’s easy to get lost in the sheer size of it, and the fact that it’s a one-vendor deal. The key thing to remember as […]
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