Boeing doles out cloud award to Amazon, Microsoft, Google

In the latest sign that multi-cloud computing awards will become a corporate and government agency norm, Boeing Co. BA, -2.24% on Wednesday announced it has awarded a contract to the three biggest U.S. cloud-computing companies — Amazon.com Inc.’s AWS AMZN, -3.19%, Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -4.33% and Alphabet Inc.’s Google GOOGL, -3.00% GOOG, -2.85% — to revamp its cloud services for airplane designers and software developers. “This represents a significant investment in the digital tools that will empower Boeing’s next 100 years,” Susan Doniz, Boeing’s chief information officer and senior VP for information technology and data analytics, said in a LinkedIn post. “These partnerships strengthen our ability to test a system – or an aircraft – hundreds of times using digital twin technology before it is deployed.” Boeing’s deal comes before final approval of the Defense Department’s multibillion-dollar Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract, which is expected to be awarded to AWS, Microsoft, Google and perhaps Oracle Corp. ORCL, -1.34%.