Just as Amazon filed a complaint after Microsoft was awarded the Pentagon’s $10bn JEDI contract, Microsoft has taken issue with the National Security Agency (NSA) awarding Amazon a different US government contract also worth $10bn.
The secret cloud computing contract, code-named WildandStormy, was awarded to Amazon back in August though details about the contract were scarce given how it is part of the NSA’s efforts to move its classified data repository to the cloud.
In fact, the few details we do know about the contract only came to light after Microsoft, which was one of the other bidders, filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) after losing the lucrative deal to Amazon.
While the Pentagon’s JEDI contract was canceled back in July of this year, it now…
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