Defence will spend almost $100 million a year for the next five years on Microsoft Azure under a new cloud services deal that deepens the tech giant’s long-running ties with the department. The bumper contract, signed through the whole-of-government volume sourcing arrangement with exclusive licence reseller Data#3, is Microsoft’s largest ever deal with Defence, dwarfing…

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