Martin Ford 09 May 2024

Oracle project costs soar from £3m to £40m

The budget for replacing an IT system with Oracle has ballooned from £2.6m to almost £40m, councillors in West Sussex have heard.

It comes as Birmingham City Council grapples with a total bill of £120m to correct problems with its troubled Oracle HR and payroll system and the Vale of Glamorgan Council reported a £3.7m overspend from installing an Oracle system

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