Defense Dept. cancels $10 billion JEDI cloud contract given to Microsoft

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 6, 2021

The Defense Department on Tuesday canceled a $10 billion cloud computing contract that's been the subject of ongoing legal battles, saying it "no longer meets" requirements. A Pentagon representative told reporters that instead, the department will be soliciting new proposals from cloud service providers. "Today, the Department of Defense canceled the Joint Enterprise Defense Inf