When ERP projects go bad: Surrey County Council's £30m ditch SAP effort delayed again Existing hold ups already cost millions as UK authority fails to put a price on latest setback Databases19 Dec 2022 | 14
Unit4 releases connector mesh as it sinks deeper into Microsoft's 'grizzly bear' hug Vertical differentiation helps users see the wood from the trees Databases17 Nov 2021 | 2
Surrey County Council faces £700k additional SAP support fees as £30m Unit4 ERP set to miss go-live target Which doesn't help when there's a £47.1m hole in the budget SaaS07 Oct 2021 | 14
Unit4 handed police ERP deal after 'significant deficiency' found in Oracle Fusion system Big Red product only went live in 2019, but commissioner is ready to ditch it Databases18 May 2021 | 12
Dutch enterprise software outfit Unit4 acquired for $2bn in private equity takeover Existing leadership to continue while majority shareholder exits stake Databases22 Mar 2021 |
University of Nottingham looks for new HR and finance software just 18 months after massive Unit4 system upgrade Time to make some ch-ch-changes Software27 Jan 2021 | 11
Two English councils sign up to Azure for six years in £35m reseller deal as ERP project faces delays, ballooning costs Local authorities' shared Unit4 system is late, overbudget, and only works on Microsoft's cloud PaaS + IaaS07 Jan 2021 | 12
Scottish council awards Unit4 £4.75m support and hosting contract as it seemingly runs out of options Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Software06 Jan 2021 | 4
Consultant leading Surrey County Council's £30m jump to new ERP system will bag £177,000 as £83m cuts bite local citizens Go-live date of 1 December 2021 or authority incurs the full cost of SAP support and maintenance for 2022 Software06 Oct 2020 | 16
Oracle and SAP are Big Software, but for how long? Choked by the cloud, or death by a 1,000 cuts Software13 May 2013 | 23