Microsoft Formally Opposes Amazon's NSA Cloud Computing Contract Win - Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Microsof

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) protested with the Government Accountability Office on Jul. 21 against the National Security Agency award of a cloud computing contract.
It challenged NSA's decision to award the $10 billion contract to Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN).
The NSA will respond to the protest as per appropriate federal regulations, a spokesman stated, CNBC reports.
Amazon Web Services challenged the NSA when Microsoft won the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract in 2019, alleging President Donald Trump's bias.
The Department of Defense canceled the JEDI contract because the Microsoft-Amazon brawl announced a new multi-vendor contract known as the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability.
The NSA JEDI cloud contract aimed to modernize the Pentagon's IT operations for services rendered over as many as ten years.
Price Action: MSFT shares traded higher by 0.98% at $289.76on the last check Thursday.
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