IBM protests Pentagon cloud contract expected to favour Amazon


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 11 Oct 2018

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2009 file photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One. The Pentagon says the U.S. is offering to put its cyber-warfare capabilities to use on behalf of its NATO allies. Officials planned to announce it in the coming days as U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis attends a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

International Business Machines Corp said it has filed a protest against the Pentagon’s planned winner-take-all cloud computing contract because it restricts the field of competition. 

“Throughout the year-long JEDI saga, countless concerns have been raised that this solicitation is aimed at a specific vendor,” Sam Gordy, general manager of IBM US Federal wrote on a company blog on Oct 10. “At no point have steps been taken to alleviate those concerns.” 

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