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    Just weeks before the Gershon review of the government's $6 billion IT spending was delivered, the Department of Defence has quietly inked a massive five-year deal with IBM worth $268 million.

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    Recently appointed Defence CIO Greg Farr will target Defence's "short of perfect" HR system as the first major tech overhaul he will head up.

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