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Pentagon Signs $7 Billion Oracle Software Agreement. The Pentagon awarded Oracle a nearly seven-billion-dollar contract to simplify software purchasing across multiple military organizations nationwide today. The agreement will consolidate on-premises Oracle software licenses into one enterprise-wide contract lasting up to ten years total. Officials said the centralized approach replaces fragmented purchasing systems previously managed separately across military branches and agencies nationwide. The contract covers the Pentagon, Coast Guard, intelligence community, and other organizations using Oracle's on-premises computing technologies together. Defense officials estimate the agreement will generate approximately four-hundred-forty-one million dollars in taxpayer savings through streamlined software procurement processes. The Oracle deal follows a similar multibillion-dollar Microsoft agreement aimed at reducing duplicated technology spending across government operations. Officials say both contracts support broader efforts to modernize procurement while improving efficiency and delivering technology faster to warfighters.
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