Microsoft protests Amazon win of big US cloud contract

Agence France-Presse

<p>SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Microsoft on Thursday confirmed it is challenging a decision to award a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract to its rival Amazon.</p><p>US media reports said the contract valued at $10 billion is for modernizing storage of classified data at the National Security Agency (NSA).</p><p>&quot;Based on the decision we are filing an administrative protest via the Government Accountability Office,&quot; Microsoft said in response to an AFP inquiry.</p><p>&quot;We are exercising our legal rights and will do so carefully and responsibly.&quot;</p><p>The NSA spokesperson said that it &quot;will respond to the protest in accordance with appropriate federal regulations,&quot; while Amazon declined to comment.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/30/21/cloud-computing-earnings-42-billion-worldwide">Spending on cloud computing hits $42 billion worldwide: tracker</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/28/20/cloud-services-soar-in-asean-as-pandemic-pushes-work-learning-online-amazon-web-services">Cloud services soar in ASEAN as pandemic pushes work, learning online: Amazon Web Services</a></li></ul><p>A post on the Government Accountability Office website showed that it is considering a protest filed by Microsoft in July concerning the NSA, but provided no details.</p><p>The move came as payback of sorts for Amazon successfully protesting a different $10-billion cloud computing contract that had been awarded to Microsoft.</p><p>The Pentagon in July scrapped the deal, known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, sidestepping a bitter dispute between Amazon and Microsoft over allegations of political bias that swayed the bidding.</p><p>Microsoft in late 2019 won the JEDI contract, sparking a challenge by Amazon on grounds that then president Donald Trump may have improperly influenced the outcome.</p><p>Amazon alleged it was shut out of the deal because of what it called Trump&#x27;s vendetta against the company and its chief executive Jeff Bezos.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/26/21/ph-firms-fairly-aggressive-in-demand-for-apps-analytics-cloud-adoption-amazon-web-services">PH firms &#x27;fairly aggressive&#x27; in demand for apps, analytics, cloud adoption: Amazon Web Services</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1746858" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Microsoft on Thursday confirmed it is challenging a decision to award a multi-billion-dollar cloud computing contract to its rival Amazon.

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Microsoft protests Amazon win of big US cloud contract

Microsoft protests Amazon win of big US cloud contract

Agence France-Presse

Published Aug 13, 2021 02:48 PM PHT

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