steve benen: Paul Sakuma/AP Following Trump's intervention, Amazon sues over DOD contract 11/25/19 12 34 PM By Steve Benen At first blush, the Pentagon's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure JEDI contract a multi-billion-dollar cloud-computing initiative may only seem relevant to those closely involved with national security and the tech industry, according to MSNBC. But as regular readers know, there are real political implications to the controversy and this newly filed lawsuit. In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, a United Parcel Service UPS driver lifts an Amazon box in Palo Alto, Calif. Amazon Web Services on Friday confirmed it has filed a lawsuit challenging the Defense Department's decision to award Microsoft a major contract for cloud services. It's entirely possible that Microsoft won the contract strictly on the merits and there's no concern about possible presidential corruption. The JEDI, or Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, deal, which could be worth up to 10 billion, was hotly contested and marks a big win for Microsoft as it chases down AWS in cloud infrastructure.
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