Posted on 10/26/2019 10:13:37 AM PDT by libh8er
Amazon Web Services is "still evaluating options" after the Department of Defense selected Microsoft for a $10 billion contract to move the agency's database to the cloud, according to a source close to the situation.
"We're surprised about this conclusion," an AWS spokesperson said in a statement. "AWS is the clear leader in cloud computing, and a detailed assessment purely on the comparative offerings clearly lead to a different conclusion. We remain deeply committed to continuing to innovate for the new digital battlefield where security, efficiency, resiliency, and scalability of resources can be the difference between success and failure."
This contract – known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, contract – is a 10-year contract to move the Department of Defense's database to the cloud.
It's a big loss for AWS, which drives the majority of the profit for the entire Amazon empire — and a surprise, given that AWS was the favorite to win by most industry-watchers.
It was not immediately clear what Amazon's options might be after losing the contract. The bidding process for JEDI began more than one year ago, contenders like Oracle and IBM were eliminated from the process in April. Oracle previously launched an ultimately-failed lawsuit alleging that the JEDI contract selection process was "riddled with improprieties."
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When you and your company and your newspaper are partners of the ‘deep state, you shouldn’t even be allowed to compete for government contracts.
Mmm hmm.
And of course no FN’s ever, ever have anything to do with development, right?
Right. That’s why Redmond looks like downtown Mumbai now. Been there? Seen that?
They may have physically separate compliant facilities and servers but I doubt the code is constrained by that. Just the implementation.
And there’s no reason they can’t have TAAs to conduct ITAR business with licensed FNs.
One way of the other Satya’s relatives get our cash. Don’t BS me into thinking they don’t.
That’s probably it in a nutshell.
Can Amazon be trusted to not let some woke IT person sabotage a $10 billion project? The Amazon worker bees that would have been charged with administering the project have been complaining about this since day one.
It was wise to find a more reliable partner.
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