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Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella told employees his leadership team is fully behind the sale of software to the U.S. Defense Department, after the company won a $10 billion Pentagon contract that some workers have opposed.

Cloud-native technologies like containers and microservices have made infrastructure infinitely more complex. Service meshes are there to help.

Executives said the company will keep spending to pursue opportunities in cloud, artificial intelligence and consumer hardware.

Within hours of Amazon.com Inc. losing a lucrative Pentagon cloud-computing contract to rival Microsoft Corp. there were hints that the Seattle giant would challenge the decision. Amazon has several options to do so, extending from federal courts...

The $10 billion cloud contract -- unthinkable for Microsoft even a year ago -- will likely come at a cost, both legally and internally.

Microsoft Corp. said it’s seeking to expand its partnership with the Pentagon after winning the sought-after JEDI cloud computing contract valued at as much as $10 billion over a decade.

Microsoft has won the sought-after JEDI cloud computing contract with the Pentagon valued at as much as $10 billion over a decade, dealing a blow to the market leader, Amazon.com, which had been the front-runner.