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BREAKING: DoD says it has upheld its original award of the JEDI contract to Microsoft, saying it "continues to represent the best value to the government."
— Jared Serbu (@jserbuWFED) September 4, 2020
There's literally zero upside in Amazon throwing a temper tantrum about losing a government contract even if they believe it was rigged.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) September 4, 2020
Takes a huge sense of entitlement to do this then expect to keep winning contracts in the future like nothing happenedhttps://t.co/DJe5sXnhZJ
Pentagon reaffirms Microsoft’s JEDI cloud win despite procurement mistake, via @Post_AG https://t.co/3Ko48kZH5E
— Jay Greene (@greene) September 4, 2020
Microsoft says: “We appreciate that after careful review, the DoD confirmed that we offered the right technology and the best value. We’re ready to get to work and make sure that those who serve our country have access to this much needed technology.”
— Brian Fung (@b_fung) September 4, 2020
Breaking: Pentagon again chooses Microsoft for $10 billion cloud computing JEDI contract, despite claims of political interference from White House to thwart Amazon bid.https://t.co/sSm1YApQA3
— Ziva Branstetter (@ZivaBranstetter) September 4, 2020
Man, this @amazon response:
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) September 4, 2020
“The question we continue to ask ourselves is whether the President of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of the Department of Defense to pursue his own personal and political ends?”$AMZN #JEDI https://t.co/KpEpHCGmpC
Amazon vows to keep protesting the JEDI contract award, calling DOD’s review "nothing more than an attempt to validate a flawed, biased, and politically corrupted decision”: https://t.co/TA7eL4dQt7 pic.twitter.com/9y3QYjApYc
— Brian Fung (@b_fung) September 4, 2020
This is extraordinary, full-on “toys out of the box” behaviour from Amazon, on losing out on a military contract. Procurement nerds will raise several eyebrows. https://t.co/ItrgSIPWuM pic.twitter.com/zfFqym488D
— Rachel Coldicutt (@rachelcoldicutt) September 4, 2020
Not surprised it went this way https://t.co/K4HpBgno5E
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) September 4, 2020
Bezos to Trump: You are a loser #teamamazon #thoughsatyaisverynice: JEDI: Why we will continue to protest this politically corrupted contract award | AWS Public Sector Blog https://t.co/HZHRmM90dI
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) September 4, 2020
Return of the JEDI (contract) DOD just put this out about awarding big Pentagon deal to Microsoft after re-evaluating other proposals. $MSFT $AMZN https://t.co/hJwuHSAJka
— Paul R. La Monica (@LaMonicaBuzz) September 4, 2020
Big: The Pentagon has reaffirmed its decision to award the massive JEDI cloud contract to Microsoft, saying it "continues to represent the best value to the Government”: https://t.co/5sg8MUqO4r
— Brian Fung (@b_fung) September 4, 2020
The Defense Dept. reaffirmed its $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract with Microsoft that has been disputed in court for months by Amazon. https://t.co/YuF59B4rce
— Axios (@axios) September 4, 2020
DOD affirms JEDI award to Microsoft -- and Amazon Web Services is going to keep pursuing its bid protest lawsuit. https://t.co/0ISTOF7JGR pic.twitter.com/oSxurN93Oj
— FCW (@FCWnow) September 5, 2020
Amazon calls JEDI cloud decision 'politically corrupted' by Trump https://t.co/MbKDn8kSAm by @sjvn
— ZDNet (@ZDNet) September 5, 2020
There's literally zero upside in Amazon throwing a temper tantrum about losing a government contract even if they believe it was rigged.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) September 4, 2020
Takes a huge sense of entitlement to do this then expect to keep winning contracts in the future like nothing happenedhttps://t.co/DJe5sXnhZJ
米国防総省とのクラウド契約「JEDI」を巡る、現地時間本日付のAWS公式ブログ。タイトル(仮訳)が『なぜ私たちはこの政治的に腐敗した契約発注に抗議し続けるのか』と、手厳しい。https://t.co/QrTCpyQztQ @awscloud
— Ikuo Koboku (@Koboku_Ikuo) September 5, 2020
It’s not magic: The best cloud team in the world continues to deliver for our customers. Proud that AWS remains the cloud leader in @Gartner_inc Infrastructure & Platform Services Magic Quadrant for 10 years running.https://t.co/JjSIFZkKBD
— Teresa Carlson (@teresacarlson) September 5, 2020
AWS has been named as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services, and placed highest in Ability to Execute and furthest in Completeness of Vision.https://t.co/LglcNP2mnU
— Matthew S. Wilson (@_msw_) September 5, 2020
? AWS Named as a Cloud Leader for the 10th Consecutive Year in Gartner’s Infrastructure & Platform Services Magic Quadrant ✍️ https://t.co/UYX1grTZ3K pic.twitter.com/Y0Rk12vw5H
— Danilo Poccia (@danilop) September 4, 2020
Pentagon ‘reaffirms’ Microsoft as winner of $10B JEDI cloud contract; Amazon appeal still pending https://t.co/zG5bRVQkVM
— toddbishop (@toddbishop) September 4, 2020
$amd Pentagon says it will stick with Microsoft for $10 billion JEDI cloud contracthttps://t.co/H9ResgChJ5
— KaZen (@Kaz9837) September 5, 2020
Pentagon says it will stick with Microsoft for $10 billion JEDI cloud contract https://t.co/gVqwlXxg3l
— CNBC Tech (@CNBCtech) September 4, 2020
Pentagon confirms their commitment to Windows Vista: https://t.co/gWI966hfnS
— . (@cloud_opinion) September 4, 2020
#Pentagon says it will stick with #Microsoft for $10 billion #JEDI cloud contract https://t.co/mO3Knj3CgL > absolutely the right decision, not surprised. Well done @microsoft and @Azure
— Eric Overfield (@EricOverfield) September 4, 2020
Amazonの訴訟によりJEDIプロジェクトは差し止めになっているが、ペンタゴンが「プロジェクトを包括的に見直したが、やはり委託先としてはMicrosoftが良いと判断した」と発表。https://t.co/qyCzsxseu7
— 今村咲 (@saki_imamura) September 4, 2020
Amazon pulling no punches: “On JEDI, President Trump reportedly ordered former Secretary Mattis to ‘screw’ Amazon..." https://t.co/YWI0wVr8Dj
— Matt Rosoff (@MattRosoff) September 4, 2020
Minnesota court rejects 2 major permits for PolyMet mine https://t.co/hy047xNkdi
— Rebecca Otto (@Rebecca_Otto) January 13, 2020
A fatal encounter in Portland: A video analysis of the moments before the shooting during an Aug. 29 protest that left one man dead in the street, and another shot last night as law enforcement tried to take him into custody. https://t.co/9WeRWcKP0V
— Mary Pat Flaherty (@marypatflaherty) September 4, 2020
American #Police shoot and kill more than 1000 citizens every year, many of them are not engaged in any crime and many are not armed in any way. Even when engaged in crime, Americans have pesumption of innocence and a Constitutional Right to #DueProcess! https://t.co/oR9dXpN0D8
— Celestial Sojourner (@CSojourner) September 4, 2020
A lot of news organisations are trusting their sources on this allegation.https://t.co/AQm5rqUGHhhttps://t.co/UtxS71kZNwhttps://t.co/LFFgVWlxvFhttps://t.co/hshdIKMRN6https://t.co/LEZMtUQDduhttps://t.co/izgfIFIIdFhttps://t.co/hglHhTbnczhttps://t.co/kXN4KDQWyl
— Steve Bowkett (@doccynzl) September 4, 2020
Who got the last round of PPE loans?@SpeakerPelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi's EDI Associates and Piatti Restaurant Company received $2.4 millionhttps://t.co/Euf9CQcnuc https://t.co/FRyNPMR2ZT
— ⏳California Towhee ⏳?☮️ (@amborin) August 8, 2020
Trump wants to bulldoze literally 1,000,000 acres of the Great Basin desert in a pathetically misguided attempt to slow down wildfires, which will fragment habitat and possibly make the fire problem worse. @CenterForBioDiv and allies are fighting back. https://t.co/fzdTpZQVqU
— Patrick Donnelly (@BitterWaterBlue) July 22, 2019
Media: @MaxBoot: "@TheDemocrats say the 2020 election is the most important in our lifetimes and that defeating @realDonaldTrump is essential to protect our democracy. They are right. But they need to act like it." @SpeakerPelosi @MurielBowser @NYGovCuomo https://t.co/bsYtr51zTt pic.twitter.com/RzekQsF1fb
— Porter Anderson (@Porter_Anderson) September 3, 2020
Here's the #breaking #JEDI story https://t.co/DRA7obrBqN
— Aaron Boyd (@Federal_IT) September 4, 2020
More to come ...
BREAKING: The Pentagon re-awards its $10B JEDI cloud contract to Microsoft over Amazon, saying its solution "continues to represent" the best value to the government. Amazon will almost certainly continue its bid protest in federal courthttps://t.co/emwOX8PuFZ via @Federal_IT
— Frank Konkel (@Frank_Konkel) September 4, 2020
I just want to marvel at this headline out of contexthttps://t.co/HzsD3ZjeRy
— Dr. Ellie Lockhart, endure and survive (@BootlegGirl) September 5, 2020
Amazon calls JEDI cloud decision 'politically corrupted' by Trump https://t.co/p0HOn5sICu via @ZDNet & @sjvn No more Mr. Nice Company. @AWScloud directly accuses #Trump of corruption in DoD #JEDI $10-billion #cloud contract.
— Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (@sjvn) September 5, 2020
JEDI: Why we will continue to protest this politically corrupted contract award #AWS https://t.co/kLataCRl9d
— Werner Vogels (@Werner) September 6, 2020
I've been asking for 24 hours now, where are you, John Kelly, Jim Mattis, Mark Milley?
— TurningOverTables (@OverTables) September 6, 2020
What is going on? Our democracy may rest on this. https://t.co/Y9cSdQu8mb
Masks work. Be safe. Stay safe. Keep others safe. https://t.co/3kt40OEixH
— Sandra (@GoreNielsen) September 5, 2020
Pentagon Awards JEDI Cloud Contract to Microsoft for the Second Time - Nextgov @JanaMurray https://t.co/JY7eWIPKtB
— BLONDENFUN1 (@blondenfun1) September 4, 2020