Pentagon awards $9.7 billion in contracts to Dell, Microsoft to provide software, stop license sprawl, and cut costs across military and intelligence networks

Closeup of DELL Technologies logo sign on the company headquarters office building in Silicon Valley, SF Bay Area.

• Dell has won a Pentagon contract worth $9.7 billion
• The technology services company will act as a single procurement point
• The Pentagon, intelligence community, and Coast Guard will jointly procure software

The Pentagon is looking to cut costs and stop software license sprawl in its latest contracts with Dell and Microsoft.