
Amazon [AMZN] filed a motion in court on Wednesday to pause Microsoft’s [MSFT] work on the Pentagon’s potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud program until the court makes a final decision on its protest of the contract award. The move to seek a 'stay' on the JEDI cloud program arrives as Microsoft is set to begin initial JEDI cloud activities with the Pentagon by mid-February. “It is common practice to stay contract performance while a protest is…