
West Sussex’s Oracle rollout pushed back again as costs balloon 15 times
Already five years late, the project has been delayed by another six months after the price tag swells from £2.6M to £41M.

Already five years late, the project has been delayed by another six months after the price tag swells from £2.6M to £41M.

“We think the SaaSpocalypse applies to others, but not to us” was the bullish response from Oracle’s chairman in an effort to calm investor fears that AI will replace traditional software tools.

Renewed research has found nine in ten customers are concerned, as pricing changes push many toward open source alternatives.

West Sussex County Council plans to triple use of property sales as their ERP budget blows past original estimates.

Five years after its planned go-live date, the system remains incomplete – with costs ballooning more than sevenfold.

The Bank of England initially advertised a £7 million contract to help with its Oracle cloud migration – that’s now up to £21.5 million.

The Oracle scheme has been the source of costly delays and chaos since it was first planned – now the go-live has been put back again.

Google and Microsoft continue to close the gap, while Oracle and neoclouds are steadily growing from a small base.
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