Microsoft wins Pentagon's $10bn cloud computing contract
by Reuters in Washington from Technology | The Guardian on (#4T7HN)
Microsoft edges out Amazon to win joint enterprise defence infrastructure cloud contract
Microsoft has won the Pentagon's $10bn (7.8bn) cloud computing contract, beating Amazon, which was seen as the favourite to build the system.
The joint enterprise defence infrastructure cloud (Jedi) contract is part of a broader digital modernisation of the Pentagon meant to make it more technologically agile.
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