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Pentagon, Microsoft Ordered To Pause Work On JEDI Cloud While Court Considers Amazon’s Protest

Pentagon, Microsoft Ordered To Pause Work On JEDI Cloud While Court Considers Amazon’s Protest
Jeff Bezos, Amazon chief executive officer, speaks with retired Gen. Larry Spencer, Air Force Association president, during AFA's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 19, 2018. ASC18 is a professional development conference that offers an opportunity for Department of Defense personnel to participate in forums, seminars, speeches and workshops. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

A federal judge has ordered the Pentagon and Microsoft [MSFT] to pause work on the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud program while the court considers Amazon’s [AMZN] legal challenge of the contract award.  A summary of a sealed opinion filed by a Federal Claims Court judge on Thursday includes a stipulation that Amazon Web Services must provide $42 million, to be held until the case is closed, to cover potential losses associated with the program delay. "We…

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