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Australia Chooses Five Industry Partners To Improve Information, Communications

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

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Australia’s Department of Defence yesterday said it has selected five Preferred Industry Partners (PIPs) to provide application services. The companies are: Accenture Australia Holdings Limited; BAE Systems Australia; CSC Australia Pty Ltd; IBM Australia Limited; and Hewlett Packard Australia Pty Ltd. The change is a significant milestone in Defence’s strategy to improve the Department’s performance in delivering Information and Communications Technology (ICT) capability as part of the Strategic Reform Program, MoD said in a statement. Defence has traditionally struggled to achieve timely and…

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