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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.
The Pentagon’s JEDI cloud strategy is ambitious, but can it work?
The strategy sets ambitious goals on how the military will use cloud technology to pool its vast streams of data and operate “at the speed of relevance."
By Tom Keelan
Judge grants stay of lawsuit to investigate JEDI conflicts of interest
The Department of Defense will now have the time to investigate information concerning a conflict of interest between two former employees and the $10 billion cloud contract.
By Jessie Bur
Does the new DoD cloud strategy actually offer opportunities?
The Department of Defense strategy indicates further opportunities for cloud service providers beyond the controversial Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, but challenges may still remain.
By Jessie Bur
A tweaked DoD cloud strategy looks beyond Amazon
The official Department of Defense cloud strategy will pursue a single general purpose cloud surrounded by multiple other cloud environments designed for more specific uses.
By Jessie Bur
Oracle takes JEDI protest to federal court
Oracle's court filing protesting the Department of Defense's $10 billion cloud contract is the latest in a series of actions opposing the agency's intent to award the contract to a single source.
By Jessie Bur
IBM adds to its JEDI cloud contract protest
IBM filed additional materials to its protest of the potentially $10 billion single-source Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract.
By Jessie Bur
GAO shuts down Oracle’s JEDI protest, but it’s not over yet
One JEDI protest down ... many, many more likely to go.
By Brandon Knapp and Amber Corrin
Did JEDI go to the dark side? Lawmakers request an investigation in Pentagon cloud contract.
Two lawmakers want an investigation into whether the Pentagon tilted its high-stakes cloud computing acquisition to favor Amazon.
By Joe Gould
IBM calls out JEDI ‘turning its back’ on cloud priorities
The Department of Defense's potentially $10 billion cloud contract directly contradicts many of the stated goals of both the Trump administration and Congress, according to an IBM official.
By Jessie Bur
Microsoft announces cloud service expansion ahead of JEDI deadline
Microsoft announced that it will be enhancing cloud offerings that meet some of the highest government security requirements in the coming months.
By Jessie Bur