IBM Protests Pentagon Cloud Contract Expected to Favor Amazon
- Oracle also has protested project valued at up to $10 billion
- Defense Department has set Friday as the deadline for bids
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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 U.S. Federal wrote on a company blog on Wednesday. “At no point have steps been taken to alleviate those concerns.”