Billions of dollars appear to be in the top US government and military positions as the Pentagon cancels former President Trump's $ 10 billion deal with Microsoft.
The plan of the ministry Defense των ΗΠΑ ονομάζεται Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI), έχει προϋπολογισμό ύψους 10 δισεκατομμυρίων δολαρίων και αποτελούσε μέρος ενός ευρύτερου ψηφιακού εκσυγχρονισμού του Πενταγώνου με στόχο να το καταστήσει πιο ευέλικτο από τεχνολογική άποψη. Η ανάθεση όλων των απαιτήσεων security of the US Army to a private cloud company would be a seal of confidence, possibly affecting all other government customers, and take the contractor off the ground.
According to Reuters, the agreement with Microsoft was made during the Trump era, even leaving spikes that the former president had influenced the Pentagon military for their decision. Back then the two main rivals were Microsoft and Amazon. The two Companies they had been trying for years to convince businesses and governments that it was safe to use their services.
Although Amazon was the favorite, the deal was awarded to Microsoft, prompting Amazon to file a complaint against the decision, claiming that the former president acted improperly. pressure to military officials to remove the contract from Amazon.
Trump publicly ridiculed then-Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and repeatedly criticized the company. Amazon, for its part, said the Pentagon's decision was full of "terrible mistakes" that resulted from "inappropriate pressure from Trump."
However, the shares of both companies closed at a high record.
