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AWS, Microsoft shortlisted for US$10bn Pentagon cloud deal

By Staff Writer on Apr 11, 2019 3:23PM
AWS, Microsoft shortlisted for US$10bn Pentagon cloud deal

IBM, Oracle out of the race for JEDI.

Amazon and Microsoft have been selected to continue competing for Pentagon cloud computing services as part of a contract that could be worth some US$10 billion, the US Department of Defense said on Wednesday. The selection leaves Oracle and IBM out of the competition for the contract for the ...

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