JEDI
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Industry sources say focus on the JEDI cloud procurement by Congress and interest by the new DoD CIO could further delay the final solicitation.
June 04, 2018 -
John Sherman, the Intelligence Community’s chief information officer, wanted to tamp down any rumors about why the IC signed a deal to bring Microsoft’s cloud into the mix.
May 31, 2018 -
Although the Coalition for Government Procurement commends DoD for its transparency in making its decision/rationale publicly available, its report raises additional questions and concerns related to DoD's single-award strategy.
May 25, 2018 -
Pentagon's new rationale for JEDI: A multiple-award contract would slow the process of migrating military computing to the cloud.
May 15, 2018 -
Celero Strategies President and CEO Stan Soloway and Lohfeld Consulting CEO Bob Lohfeld join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss a number of contracting issues, including the procurement climate under President Donald Trump. May 7, 2018
May 07, 2018 -
Industry says the Defense Digital Service is wedded to an approach to move to commercial cloud and the lack of open and transparent discussions is causing concerns.
May 07, 2018 -
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says there has been a lot of misconceptions about the JEDI contract.
April 24, 2018 -
The second draft RFP, answers to questions and the cover memo raise more questions regarding the Defense Department's justification for a single award strategy.
April 20, 2018 -
After receiving one thousand comments on the first one, the Defense Department decided to use the same strategy for its second RFP.
April 20, 2018 -
Chris Howard, the vice president of federal sales for Nutanix, explains why a multi-cloud environment for the military makes more sense.
April 18, 2018 -
Among more than 1,000 questions about DoD's upcoming JEDI contract, dozens of vendors questioned its single-award approach. But the Pentagon isn't changing its strategy.
April 17, 2018 -
Three different events show how lawmakers and vendors are getting more involved in the ongoing contest around JEDI.
April 16, 2018 -
The Alliance for Digital Innovation is expected to launch this week with a goal of promoting adoption of commercial technologies in the federal sector.
March 26, 2018 -
The draft JEDI Cloud RFP is prompting questions regarding its potential impact on DoD’s long-term access to competition and innovation from the commercial marketplace.
March 23, 2018 -
Alfred Rivera, who retired after serving more than 20 years at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said DoD can’t underestimate the costs and time it takes to migrate to a single cloud foundation.
March 16, 2018