The company filed notice last Friday that it will formally protest the decision on the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud, known as JEDI. In a company-wide meeting on Thursday, Amazon Web Services’ CEO Andy Jassy said it would be challenging for a U.S. agency to award a contract objectively when the president is disparaging one of the contestants, according to an Amazon spokesman.
A challenge to the Defense Department’s award announced last month was widely expected by legal experts, analysts and consultants, especially after Trump publicly derided Amazon’s bid for the high-stakes contract. Trump had said in August that Amazon’s bid for the JEDI contract was under review by his administration after complaints from other companies.
Amazon was considered a favorite for the contract, part of a broader digital modernization process of the Pentagon, before Microsoft emerged as the surprise winner. Reporting by Shariq Khan in Bengaluru, Jeffrey Dastin in San Francisco and David Shepardson and Nandita Bose in Washington; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta, Arun Koyyur and Cynthia Osterman
Oh my, poor monopoly is complaining another monopoly elbowing them out of some money. There are children in Africa weeping for Bezos as we speak.
Microsoft won because it was 'schooled' in why corporations must 'donate' to politicians years ago. Jeff Bezos is channeling Bill Gates before Gates was 'schooled' Bezos will eventually come around, they all do. American politicians demand money for leaving you alone
you'd think the Pentagon and CIA would want control of their own cloud system. Doesn't seem real secure to farm it out these companies.
Right. Amazon needs another $10B of taxpayer money that they don't pay into.
Best answer. The government has zero need for cloud computing. Done.
Amazon was the front runner, until Trump interfered and then everyone went back and changed the parameters to shift the decision away from Amazon. Microsoft became the beneficiary as they were the only other party in the race.
He in lies the problem when you have a gobshite as POTUS. Airing all his anger, dislike and personal grievances over Twitter 24 hours a day, leading to a clear opening for extremely expensive lawsuits... covered by the taxpayer.
Unfortunately for awscloud, “unmistakable bias” and “we didn’t win it” are not the same thing.
Didcisions for online and nothing person can I'm gave fulfled mga scomer toe you our pilliticians people laders
Make sure you remind them that Microsoft is a convicted felon.
Washington Post’s fault
Yea its called “corruption”
'Deficiencies, errors, and unmistakable bias' is the normal Republican modus operandi.
Bezos is pissed his down to his last 💯 billion what the hell can he buy with that his only one small country away from welfare and to rub salt 🧂 in gates is packing a fatter wallet wtf so unfair
It's time for everyone to understand that REUTERS has become FAKE NEWS...
Eff them.
amazon =💩
What a sore loser! You don’t already have enough 💰 that you want other people money? Really Amazon?
Amazon needs to PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE IN TAXES. amazon you've got enough! JeffBezos stop being so greedy!
Welcome to Trump's world.
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