Pentagon watchdog clears Microsoft’s cloud win over Amazon

The Pentagon has said that JEDI, with its acronym inspired by Star Wars, is intended to help bring American military technology into the modern era. — gregwest98/Visualhunt.com/CC BY

The US Defense Department’s watchdog found no evidence that the Pentagon’s controversial decision to award a US$10bil (RM43.52il) cloud-computing contract to Microsoft Corp was the result of interference from President Donald Trump, though it said its probe was limited by the White House.

The 317-page report issued April 15 by the inspector general’s office also found that giving the JEDI contract to a single company – Microsoft – rather than dividing it among competitors was "consistent with applicable acquisition standards.”