Amazon challenges Pentagon's US$10-billion cloud award to Microsoft

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Amazon challenges Pentagon's US$10-billion cloud award to Microsoft
Amazon on Thursday said it is contesting the Pentagon's award of an up to USUS$10 billion cloud computing deal to Microsoft Corp , expressing concern that politics got in the way of a fair contracting process. The company filed notice last Friday that it will formally protest the decision on the ...

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