Okokugcina IPentagon iqoke iMicrosoft njengonqobile ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule wokuncintisana kwezinsizakusebenza zamafu zomphakathi zoMnyango Wezokuvikela wase-US. iphumelela ngama-Amazon Web Services. Inkontileka yeminyaka eyishumi yengqalasizinda yezokuvikela, eyaziwa nge-JEDI, kubangele ukungqubuzana phakathi kwe-Amazon, iMicrosoft, IBM, i-Oracle, neGoogle ukuthola umklomelo nokusiza iPentagon ukudala indawo ejwayelekile yamafu ngaphakathi koMnyango Wezokuvikela ukuthi izomboza wonke amagatsha e-US Army.
Ukwenza izinhlelo zakho ze-IT zibe zesimanje, iPentagon ihlela ukuthuthela emafwini ama-80% njengengxenye yephrojekthi yeJoint Business Defense Ingqalasizinda, ezobandakanya imininingwane ehlukanisiwe futhi engahlukanisiwe.
"Isu likaZwelonke lezokuVikela lisho ukuthi kumele sithuthukise isivinini nokusebenza kahle lapho sithuthukisa futhi sisebenzise amakhono ezobuchwepheshe besimanje kwabesilisa nabesifazane bethu begqoke umfaniswano."
Iningi lamasosha lisebenzisa izinhlelo zamakhompiyutha kusukela ngawo-80 nawo-90 futhi umnyango wezokuvikela ususebenzise izigidigidi zamaRandi ukuzama ukuwenza abe sesimanje, futhi izikhulu zikhala ngezinhlelo zamakhompyutha eseziphelelwe yisikhathi kanye nokwehluleka ukuthola amarekhodi noma ukwabelana ngolwazi ngokushesha okwenziwe emkhakheni ozimele.
"Lo mklomelo uyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekusetshenzisweni kwecebo lethu lesimanjemanje." Ukuqinisekiswa kokunikezwa kwalesi sivumelwano okunikezwe iMicrosoft isikhathi esiyiminyaka eyishumi, kuze kube ngu-Okthoba 10, 24.
I-Durante inqubo umklomelo yalesi sivumelwano, lokho yahlala izinyanga eziningi nge ukusonta ezahlukene kanye ematfuba, UMnyango Wezokuvikela uphenye i-AWS ngoJanuwari, esolwa ngokuqasha owayekade esebenza ePentagon owayekade eyingxenye yenkampani yakhe ukuze amsize ekubhaleni isiphakamiso sakhe sokuphendula ikhwelo lamabhidi.
Ngo-Ephreli, uMnyango Wezokuvikela waphetha ngokuthi akukho kungqubuzana kwezintshisekelo, kepha nokho wabona izinkinga zokuziphatha ezaholela ekutheni luthumele uphenyo ku-Inspection General.
Ngaleli hlobo, Kwakuyithuba likaMongameli waseMelika, uDonald Trump, ukusikisela ukuthi angalukala lolu daba, azi ukuthi uJeff Bezos, umsunguli we-Amazon, akakaze abalekele ukumgxeka kwakhe.
Abanye abahlinzeki bamafu, njenge U-IBM no-Oracle, abaxoshwe ngo-Ephreli kulo mncintiswano, basigxeka isinqumo se-United States Defence wokukhetha umhlinzeki wefu oyedwa. Oracle owafaka icala wayechithiwe kodwa wayesengadlulisa icala.
Selokhu kwethulwe ithenda, izinhlelo zenkontileka yeJEDI bezivele zinempikiswano kwabanye abahlinzeki. Ngokwengxenye yayo, i-Oracle Corporation unqume ukufaka isikhalazo phambi kukahulumeni wase-US. Ukubhikisha ngomqondo wokunikezwa kwenkontileka efwini lePentagon kumhlinzeki oyedwa. Ku-Oracle, lokhu kungalimaza ukuqamba, ukuncintisana nokuphepha.
Icala lika-Oracle Ubuye wathi inqubo yokwahlulela yaphazanyiswa yizingxabano eziningi izintshisekelo, kufaka phakathi ubudlelwane phakathi kwezikhulu zangaphambili zoMnyango Wezokuvikela kanye ne-Amazon.
Kepha Google, futhi onentshisekelo kule nkontileka, yena ngokwakhe wahoxa emncintiswaneni ekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba 2018, bethi iphrojekthi ingangqubuzana nezindinganiso zabo. Esitatimendeni, iGoogle yathi:
"Yize sisebenzela ukusiza uhulumeni wase-US ngefu lethu ezindaweni eziningi, asibhalisi ngenkontileka ye-JEDI ngoba asiqiniseki ukuthi lokhu kuyahambisana nemigomo yethu maqondana nokusebenzisa i-AI, sabe sesinquma ukuthi kunezingxenye ezithile inkontileka ebingaphandle kwesitifiketi sikahulumeni wethu samanje.
Ekushicilelweni kwakho ngabezindaba, uMnyango Wezokuvikela uqaphele ukuthi inqubo ukutholwa yenziwa ngokuhambisana nemithetho nemithethonqubo esebenzayo: «Bonke ababambe amathenda baphathwa ngendlela efanele futhi bahlolwa ngokwenqubo yokuhlola esungulwe 'kusicelo sethenda', usho kanje.