In order to handle its cloud needs, the Pentagon modified its strategy last year and solicited bids from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle. Now, Google, Oracle, Amazon and Microsoft are all set to work for Pentagon in a $9 billion deal.
The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle had been awarded a cloud computing deal worth up to $9 billion through 2028.
The result of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability, or JWCC, endeavor is consistent with the United States Defense Department's initiative to lean on several providers of remotely operated infrastructure technology rather than a single corporation, as advocated by the Trump Administration.
According to an email from a Department of Defense spokesperson, "JWCC is a multiple award procurement composed of four contracts with a shared ceiling of $9 Billion."
A growing number of companies have also resorted to rely on multiple cloud providers. In some instances, they depend on one ...
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