The Pentagon canceled the $ 10 billion contract with Microsoft

The American Pentagon canceled the colossal $ 10 billion contract awarded to Microsoft for the development of the internet data storage system (cloud), which was disputed by the company Amazon.

According to the US Department of Defense, the technology giants Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com are the unique providers considered “capable of meeting the requirements” of the project.

The, now canceled, JEDI contract (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud), a ten-year program, was part of the Pentagon’s broader digital modernization program to make its services more technologically flexible.

The contract was awarded to Microsoft in 2019, but Amazon challenged it, suing and arguing that the procedure followed reflected the former president’s unfair influence. Donald Trump.

Trump, then president of the United States, publicly mocked him Jeff Bezos, the then CEO of Amazon and repeatedly criticized the company.

Last April, a federal judge denied to dismiss Amazon’s appeal, as broadcast by APE BPE.

In its statement, the Pentagon claims, however, that this convention “no longer meets his needsMainly “due to the evolution of requirements” and “progress” made in the sector.

A ministry spokesman said new contract will be worth “billions of dollars”, but avoiding giving specific numbers.

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