Pentagon Hands Microsoft $10B Cloud Computing Contract, Snubs Amazon

Pentagon Hands Microsoft $10B Cloud Computing Contract, Snubs Amazon
A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California on Nov. 7, 2017. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson
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The Pentagon has awarded Microsoft a $10 billion cloud computing contract called JEDI.

The contentious bidding process for the contract pitted Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle, among others, against one another.