Pentagon awards Oracle nearly $7 billion deal in latest software consolidation push

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon announced on Thursday a nearly $7 billion, up-to-10-year agreement with Oracle to consolidate the department’s on-premises software licenses into a single contract, the latest move by the Pentagon’s technology chief to cut ‌costs by ⁠eliminating ⁠fragmented purchasing.

The Enterprise Software Agreement, negotiated by the Department of the Navy, is between the Pentagon and Oracle for its on-premises compute usage.