Microsoft Catching Up to Amazon in Security Clearances for Cloud

Microsoft is getting close to getting the certification needed to host the government's most sensitive, classified information -- something Amazon Web Services already has, Bloomberg reported • The certification would give Microsoft an edge over other bidders for the contentious multibillion-dollar cloud services contract Pentagon is seeking to award • A federal market analyst for Bloomberg Government said there were only two real competitors for the contract -- Amazon and Microsoft -- based on the security accreditation process alone • The Defense Department is moving slowly toward issuing a final request for proposals for the JEDI, or Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, contract

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