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Navigating a multi-cloud environment under the JWCC mandate
The cancellation of the JEDI contract marked the end of single-source vendor contracts and the beginning of a multi-cloud era.
By Melissa Palmer
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Pentagon closing in on $9B cloud contract award after scuttling JEDI
JWCC work is meant to connect the military’s most remote edge with its farthest headquarters, all while bridging classifications and other sensitivities.
Does DoD’s big-money cloud contract really need a new new review?
Amid cheers and controversy, there are experts that say it does make sense for newly installed Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to review the Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract.
By Andrew Eversden
Lawmakers to Trump: Don’t delay Pentagon cloud contract. No, do.
Amazon Web Services Inc., a division of Amazon, and Microsoft Corp. are finalists for the contract estimated to be worth up to $10 billion over a decade.
JEDI: How we got here
After months of back-and-forth in court filings, oral arguments are finally here.
By Andrew Eversden
Massive Pentagon cloud contract could be awarded soon
Further delays of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure [JEDI] contract will harm the war fighter and hinder combatant command plans, according to DoD CIO Dana Deasy.
By Andrew Eversden
Is this a JEDI mind trick?
I don’t question industry’s ability to develop a secure, capable cloud infrastructure for the Pentagon. I do question how on earth the Pentagon screwed up the competition so badly.
By Jill Aitoro
House appropriators lack faith in JEDI plan, choke funds
The House Appropriations defense committee plans to hit pause on JEDI funding.
By Aaron Mehta
‘I wouldn’t have changed a single thing.’ DDS head reflects on the JEDI wars
Chris Lynch, the outgoing head of the Defense Digital Service, reflects on the last year of fights over the Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative cloud contract.
By Aaron Mehta
Microsoft progresses on secret cloud ahead of JEDI decision
Microsoft plans to offer private previews of its Azure Secret cloud while it awaits accreditation.
By Jessie Bur
Despite the ‘potential ethical violations,’ JEDI moves forward
Two companies have been selected to move forward in the Department of Defense's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract consideration.
By Jessie Bur
Watchdog group: DoD’s JEDI cloud is mired in murk
A report examines how the complexity of artificial intelligence and cloud technologies lend themselves to obscurity in federal contracting.
By Kelsey D. Atherton