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Tiffany Wang is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.
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In 2019, Microsoft and the Pentagon signed a via deploying cloud technology. One man was not too happy with the agreement. , Jeff Bezos, persisted in fighting for the lucrative contract, especially after the Biden Administration began work at White House.听
Amazon Web Services, . Amazon鈥檚 efforts have not gone unnoticed.
, ending the feud between the two technology giants over the ten-year commercial contract. The DoD did not explicitly name the feud as the motivating factor for cancellation. Instead, the DoD announced that the 听John Sherman, acting Pentagon Chief Information Officer, stated that the inevitably call for novel strategies.
The JEDI deal has long been controversial. In 2019, Amazon suggested that the Pentagon award the contract to Microsoft due to . Moving away from a Microsoft monopoly, the current Biden administration welcomes bids from which satisfy the government鈥檚 standards. , and others have joined the ranks.
Companies anticipate competing for the new contract: . Attempting to canvass by military personnel.
The JEDI deal aims to upgrade the More than a contract duel, the JEDI deal acknowledges the rapid growth of the 鈥攁nd the pace at which the U.S. military needs to work to match this evolution.
Considering the forests rather than the trees, the Pentagon may have set its sights on competition from China instead of the clash amidst domestic technology titans. . In this cross-border military cloud computing race, the U.S. does not want China to win. If China wins the cloud computing marathon, the DoD will not celebrate on cloud nine.