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• Navy floats $600M IT overhaul in potential bounty for partners

  Proposes new hardware and software panel for IT infrastructure upgrade

• Defence calls on new partners for applications support

  Panel suppliers however still get first dibs

• Microsoft beats Amazon for Pentagon's US$10 billion cloud computing contract

  The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI) contract is part of a broader digital modernization of the Pentagon meant to make it more technologically agile.

• Thales back pays staff $7.4M in wages

  Underpaid 407 staff for seven years

• Defence taps IBM for $95.5M ERP program

  Works with delivery partners including Dalmation 6, DXC Technology, EY, Fujitsu, Infosys and Veritec

• Defence to use relocatable data centre for network operations

  Awards $7.4 million contract to Canberra-headquartered Datapod