Google To Bid For Pentagon Cloud Computing Contract; Oracle, IBM May Join Too

  • Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL Google is pursuing a massive cloud-computing contract with the Department of Defense, the Wall Street Journal reports
  • Google abandoned a similar bid process three years back in the face of employee protests.
  • Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian recently met Pentagon officials to discuss the bid process for a contract called the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability.
  • The three-year contract will be split across multiple bidders, replacing the 10-year, $10 billion JEDI cloud-computing contract terminated in July.
  • The project was a bone of contention between Microsoft Corp MSFT, which won the bidding, and Amazon.com Inc AMZNwhich contended the process was politically motivated under the Trump administration.
  • The officials expect cloud-industry leaders Amazon and Microsoft to bid on the contract and other qualified bidders like Oracle Corp ORCL and International Business Machines Corp IBM.
  • Google's cloud marketing share of 6% lags considerably behind Amazon at 41% and Microsoft at 20%.
  • Related Content: Oracle Loses Court Appeal For JEDI Contract: Bloomberg
  • Price Action: MSFT shares traded higher by 0.10% at $334.32 in the premarket session on the last check Thursday.
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