{"id":40531,"date":"2020-03-09T12:22:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T12:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=86e58a3b50c503e81b4d33061cb43bef"},"modified":"2020-03-09T12:22:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T12:22:48","slug":"aws-likely-to-succeed-in-jedi-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/aws-likely-to-succeed-in-jedi-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS “likely to succeed” in JEDI appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span>
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9 Mar, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Department of Defence (DoD) improperly evaluated a Microsoft storage price scenario, the US judge that halted work on the JEDI contract has said.<\/p>\n

Federal Claims Judge Patricia Cambell-Smith added that because of this AWS is “likely to succeed” in its court challenge, according to Reuters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure project, awarded to Microsoft in October<\/a>, is a $10 billion project to migrate the DoD’s computer systems. It has been marred in controversy from the start, with companies like IBM and Oracle attempting legal action over its single-vendor nature.<\/p>\n

A large part of AWS’ complaint<\/a> was that the bidding process was unfairly influenced by US President Donald Trump, but that was not mentioned in the Judge’s opinion.<\/p>\n

Campbell-Smith wrote that Amazon “is likely to succeed on the merits of its argument that the DoD improperly evaluated” a Microsoft price scenario. She added that the scenario assessed by the Pentagon was not “technically feasible”.<\/p>\n

In response, Microsoft dismissed the decision as it focused on a “lone technical finding” of data storage under one price scenario out of six, according to Reuters<\/em>. The company is confident it would eventually be able to move on with the project.<\/p>\n

“The government makes clear that in their view Microsoft’s solution met the technical standards and performed as needed,” a Microsoft spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

This could be seen as the first real tech-related argument of the JEDI saga<\/a>, with large sections of the lawsuit focusing on the alleged interference of US President Donald Trump, who reportedly became concerned<\/a> with the bidding when other cloud providers complained of being unfairly excluded.<\/p>\n

Trump also has a long-running feud with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, which is seen as a possible reason for his alleged involvement. Former Pentagon Secretary James Mattis is thought to have said that Trump directed him to “screw Amazon” out of a chance to bid on the contract. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n

9 Mar, 2020 <\/p>\n

The Department of Defence (DoD) improperly evaluated a Microsoft storage price scenario, the US judge that halted work on the JEDI contract has said.
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