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IBM wins $32M Ontario government contract despite delivering problem-riddled software

Despite 18 months of problems associated with the software responsible for tracking Ontarians on social assistance, the Ontario government has awarded a two-year $32-million IT contract aimed at servicing the software to the same company that created it.

The union representing workers using SAMS — short for "social assistance management system" — is not happy that the contract has been awarded to IBM.

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Related: SAMS Index Page