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Birmingham City Council's Oracle ERP fiasco now £144M and still not working

The Register · last updated

Five years after its planned go-live, the system remains incomplete as costs balloon more than sevenfold

Birmingham City Council’s SAP-to-Oracle project is set to cost £144.4 million – more than seven times earlier estimates – as it waits for a fully functioning system five years after its planned go-live date.…

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