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