Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he’s certain the awarding of a $10-billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft instead of Amazon was done fairly.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday he was certain that the awarding of a $10-billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft instead of Amazon was done fairly.
“I am confident that it was conducted freely and fairly without any type of outside influence,” Esper said at a news conference in Seoul.Amazon’s competitive bid for the “war cloud” project drew criticism from President Trump and its business rivals.
JEDI will store and process vast amounts of classified data, allowing the U.S. military to use artificial intelligence to speed up its war planning and fighting capabilities.Amazon was long thought to be the front-runner for the contract. Its Amazon Web Services division is far ahead of second-place Microsoft in cloud computing, and Amazon has experience handling highly classified government data.
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