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Oracle Is Leading Anti-Amazon Lobby on Pentagon Cloud Bid
- Microsoft, IBM, Dell, HPE are said to be involved in effort
- Initiative aims to ensure contract goes to multiple firms
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Oracle Corp. is leading a campaign in Washington to prevent Amazon.com Inc. from winning a lucrative Defense Department computing contract that’ll be awarded in coming months, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The Oracle-led effort relies on a loose coalition of technology companies also seeking a slice of the Pentagon work, including Microsoft Corp. and International Business Machines Corp., said the people, who described the matter on condition of anonymity. Dell Technologies Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. are also participating, said one of the people.