British Olivetti Ltd is to supply floppy and hard disk micros to the UK Ministry of Defence in an exclusive agreement that could be worth up to UKP16m – the amount the Ministry spent last year. Olivetti’s one year appointment is already effective and was made by the Ministry following tender proposals from 18 other suppliers: in addition to micros, the deal covers the supply of six types of software, plus system installation, training, maintenance and user support for hundreds of Ministry of Defence purchase points including ones in Gibraltar.