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August 29, 2019 08:50 pm
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Microsoft Vendors Win a $7.6 Billion Deal for Pentagon Software
Vendors led by General Dynamics were awarded a contract for as much as $7.6 billion to provide Microsoft office software for the Pentagon, the Defense Department and General Services Administration said. From a report: While the Microsoft 360 productivity software is cloud-based, the contract isn't related to the hotly disputed "JEDI" cloud project that the Pentagon has yet to award. Amazon.com and Microsoft are the two remaining competitors for that prize, which may reach $10 billion. The project awarded Thursday, called Defense Enterprise Office Solutions, or DEOS, will provide tools including word processing, email, file-sharing and spreadsheets. The agencies said they chose a bid from General Dynamics' CSRA unit and partner companies for a contract that the Defense Department estimates at as much as $7.6 billion over 10 years, including a five-year base period and opportunities to renew.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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