Name: Insights: Amazon Exec Details Company's $10 Billion Pentagon Cloud Bid
Uploaded: 2020-03-12
Duration: 4 min 26 s
Description: Amazon’s $10 billion bid to build out the Pentagon’s new cloud computing infrastructure is huge.

[MUSIC PLAYING] MICHAL LEV-RAM: For those of us who aren't fully steeped in government procurement processes and the DOD's JEDI project. What is the JEDI project? Can you just explain? TERESA CARLSON: Well, first of all, thanks for having me. And it's amazing to be here with all these other women. And I'm totally shocked that everyone doesn't understand government procurement. But JEDI is a $10 billion contract that the Department of Defense has put out. It's called a warfighter contract. And it's the first time they've gone out for an enterprisewide capability for a new technology that really supports the warfighter at the edge for mission. So it's very different. A lot of these are kind of back office, and they're large IT contracts, but this is really considered a warfighter contract. So it's significant. And it's a new kind of model they're looking to drive. MICHAL LEV-RAM: 10 year, $10 billion contract. Give an example of what is a warfighter cloud or contract mean. What kind of applications will this enable? TERESA CARLSON: Yeah. Well, one of the reasons this is different, if you think about a warfighter, they need information in real time. And in kind of an old model today, they've had to be-- it takes them a long time to get information that they need because they would have to buy tools and wait for them to get them. And when you're in the field and you're in dangerous areas and [INAUDIBLE] areas around the world, you can have as an example, you need information dissemination. So you need the ability to rapidly pull in and process data and analyze it, and get it to the warfighters so they could do something with it. And today, because of the amount of data and how much comes down as being processed. If you think about unmanned vehicles, overhead, or drones that are looking at things, there's a lot of information flow coming from that. And if they can't process and decide what to do with that information quickly, the other area is continuous communications or resiliency of communications. So if satellites-- many times in the field for warfighters, their satellites get jammed or communications networks get cut. Then, cloud computing allows them to have that continuous level of communication. And the third area may all would be like training and maintenance where they have continuous information about fleets, so they know what's working what's not. And then, just virtual in real time training. And it's critical for them to have these capabilities at all times. MICHAL LEV-RAM: This all sounds like something that we would think already existed, but doesn't at DOD. Why is that? TERESA CARLSON: Well, DOD, for some of you who may not know the US Department of Defense spends more money on IT than anyone in the world by far. And you have, again, like I said IT capabilities. And then, you have mission. And mission, trumps everything in government as it should just in business. But the old model of IT is one where you go out and you buy bunch of servers and you buy things that you don't always need and kind of hope you have what you need. Cloud computing is still fairly new. It's not new to startups. Most of the companies you've heard here they begin they begin their companies and build and sustain. They don't know. They're cloud native we call. They just build their tools in cloud Well governments around the world, most of them have old, very outdated legacy systems. And part of it is because of what you just said, that procurement processes are long, laborious, and they get they had protested all the time. So it takes a very long time. And in the past, governments have tended to do these really long contracts without continuous innovation built in. So now, they're trying to make this shift. So all legacy for a very long period of time. Now, they're really going through a modernized approach to how they're actually procuring and using technology, which must be done in the United States of America. It's got to be done. 

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Amazon’s will build the Pentagon’s new cloud infrastructure.

Amazon Exec Details Company's $10 Billion Pentagon Cloud Bid

Amazon’s $10 billion bid to build out the Pentagon’s new cloud computing infrastructure is huge.

those of us who aren't fully steeped in government procurement processes and the d o d Jed I project. What is the Jet I project? Can you just explain? Well, first of all, thanks for having me. And it's amazing to be here with all these other women, and I'm totally shocked that everyone doesn't understand government procurement. But that Jet I is a $10 billion contract that the Department of Defense has set out its called a war fatter contract. And it's the first time they've gone out for an enterprise wide capability for a new technology that really supports the war. Fatter at the edge for mission. That's very different. A lot of these, they're kind of back office in their large I T contracts that this is really considered a war fatter contract. It's a significant, and it's a new kind of model. They're looking to drive 10 year, $10 billion contracts, um, given example of what is the warfighter cloud or contact me and what kind of applications? Well, one of the reasons is different. If you think about ah, war fatter, they need information in real time and then kind of old mall today they've had Thio be. It takes him a long time to get information that they need because they would have to buy tools and wait for them to get him. And when you're in the field and you're in dangerous ferries, there's areas around the world you can have as an example. You need information dissemination, so you need the ability to rapidly pull in and process data and analyze it and get it to the war fathers so they could do something with it. And today, because of the amount of data and how much comes down, is being processed. If you think about N men vehicles over header drones that are looking at things, there's a lot of information flow coming from that. And if they can't process and decide what to do with that information quickly, the other area is continuous communications or resiliency of communications. So it's satellite many times in the field for war fighters, their satellites get jammed or communications network get a cat, then cloud computing allows them to have that continues level of communication in 1/3 area. Me hall would be like training and maintenance, where they have continuous information about fleet so they know what's working, what's not. And then just virtual in real time training. And it's it's critical for them to have these capabilities at all times. This all sounds like something that we would think already existed but doesn't a d o d Why Why is that? Well, d o d for some of you may not know the U. S department defense. Then more many on I t than anyone in the world by far. And you have again. Like I said, I see capabilities and then you have mission, admission, trance everything in government as it should just in business that the old model of I t. Is one where you go out and you, Babin, just servers and you back things that you don't always need and kind of hope you have what you need. Cloud computing is still fairly new. It's not needed. Startup that cos you've heard. Here they begin. They begin their companies and building sustained. They don't know their cloud native. We call. They just build their tools and clouds. Well, governments around the world Ms Devane have old, very outdated legacy on part of it is because of what you just said. The procurement processes are long, laborious, and they get they get processed it all the time. It takes a very long time. And in the past, governments have tended to do these really long contracts without continuous innovation built in. So now they're trying to make this ship the old legacy for a very long period of time. Now they're really going through a modernized approach to how they're actually procuring and using technology which mess be done in the United States of America. It's got to be done.