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It's not only about the $10 billion. Microsoft has essentially cemented being the cloud provider for the Pentagon for the foreseeable future. Once all of the p
by gzer0 7y ago
It's not only about the $10 billion. Microsoft has essentially cemented being the cloud provider for the Pentagon for the foreseeable future.
Once all of the pentagon is integrated with Azure, after the 10 years are up, it will be very unlikely for Pentagon to want to switch, not only due to costs, but everyone will have been trained specifically for handling Azure.
This gives Microsoft a massive lead in terms of government infrastructure and all but guarantees we'll be seeing more and more contracts handed to Azure.
- p0rkbelly 7y agoHopefully both sides learn from the long-term downward spiral of HP's contract with the Navy. https://www.wired.com/2010/08/hp-holds-navy-network-hostage/ https://www.wired.com/2010/08/hp-holds-navy-network-hostage/
- mrep 7y ago> Microsoft has essentially cemented being the cloud provider for the Pentagon for the foreseeable future. How? AWS already has 3 entire regions dedicated to the US government and those aren't going away anytime soon.
- gzer0 7y agoAWS certainly has numerous US government contracts; however, none of those are from the Pentagon. With the awarding of the contract, the Pentagon specifically has chosen Microsoft over AWS. Note: Pentagon != all US govt agencies
- bilbo0s 7y agoYeah, but if MS wants that headache, why not let them have it? Politics nowadays are just way too unpredictable and destructive. Just best not to be anywhere near it when, say, cost overruns on this project happen and you still haven't delivered anything the DoD is actually using.